Have the skills teachers need for success changed or evolved over time, particularly as we dig in to the 21st century? Certainly, many are the same, but perhaps some are unique to our current tech savvy age. Andrew Churches, a head of the tech department at his school in New Zealand, offers eight essential skills [...]
I’m currently enrolled in a master’s class from Lehigh University labeled “Supervision and Professional Development.” As part of the class we were asked to contribute a “best learning experience.” Given my enthusiasm for classroom tech, I offered the following submission: “The best learning experience I’ve had in the last couple of years is one that [...]
I found the following graphic on a nice website called 21st Century Classrooms. It draws an interesting comparison between 20th and 21st century education. While I’m on board with most of the philosophies and dynamics of the right side of the column, I’m wondering if a couple of the characteristics on the left side of [...]
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills serves up an informative and useful white paper about structuring schools for the challenges inherent in this century. Included in the paper is a discussion of these topics: Structures for learning Time for learning Tools for learning Communities for learning Policy in support of learning This paper should be required reading [...]
A study by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) reveals that though U.S. school districts recognize the importance of web 2.0 tools, not many districts are fully embracing nor implementing them. James Bosco, EdD, Principal Investigator of the MacArthur Foundation grant and Co-Chair of CoSN’s International Advisory Council [stated], “If U.S. students are to be [...]
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