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Critical & Creative Education. 21st Century Skills. Beautiful web-based timeline software. Tools Do Not Determine Quality. A mallet and chisel in my hands will not a sculptor make. I could certainly do some damage to a piece of marble—or, more likely, to myself—with these tools. I could probably produce enough evidence for a television detective to conclude that I had been there, but no one would look at the results and call the Louvre’s acquisitions department. I could use the tools, but use alone would not convert my scratchings in stone to a sculpture with artistic merit. Or would it? Let’s leave the metaphor for a moment and examine something closer to the classroom. Before you call the Luddite Patrol, let me return to the metaphor. Recently, I’ve seen teachers who were so wowed by students’ use of technology that they equated the use of the tool with the depth of the learning.
See the problem? What we look for as evidence depends on the depth of learning we’re targeting. Knowledge requires activity and evidence that engages a student in recalling and organizing critical details. Image“My Tool Box 2006” The Best Sites For Beginning iPhone Users Like Me. Yesterday, my wife gave everybody in the family an iPhone as early birthday presents. It was a gracious gesture, but the mood quickly turned ugly as the kids began to argue who was going to have to teach me how to use it. “But, Mom, it’ll take forever!” Said one family member to her mother. After quickly reducing the number of people named in my will, I began to search the Web for potential resources that could help me grasp how I could best use my new gadget.
I’m eager to hear additional suggestions. Here are my picks for The Best Sites For Beginning iPhone Users Like Me (I tried to only include resources that seemed particularly recent and up-to-date): iPhone For Dummies Cheat Sheet Woopid iPhone videos 20 Ways I Really Use My iPhone To Teach Band Class (this is useful for any teacher) The Daily Beast: 15 Best iPhone Apps TIME: Top iPhone Applications Lifehacker Pack for iPhone: Our List of the Best iPhone Apps PC World: The 18 Best iPhone Apps Extreme Tech: The 30 Best Free iPhone Apps 2010.
Future_work_skills_2020.pdf. Five Skills for 21st Century Learners. Certainly a valid question, but difficult to give a concise answer. After rambling a bit about “educational maturity” and using a few educational buzz words, I moved on to the next question. However, after giving this considerable thought, I have arrived at a five-point skill set that I would like to see our students develop during their experience at the Virtual Learning and Leadership Academy. 1. Engagement Student engagement is perhaps the most misunderstood, and overused terms in education. Unfortunately, it brings to mind visions of students, sitting attentively at their desks, nodding their heads in understanding as the teacher reviews the day’s PowerPoint presentation.
However, true engagement means getting students involved, active and participating. 2. 3. 4. 5. This is certainly not intended to be a conclusive list – there are many other skills that are important for 21st century learners. Learning to Collaborate. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Welcome to Google Docs. How tweets and texts helped the rebels take Tripoli | | Brand & Content Curation.
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