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INFOhio--Webinar Learning Commons: # 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 21

INFOhio--Webinar Learning Commons: # 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 21. Garth Holman, Beachwood City Schools  Mike Pennington, Chardon City School www.teachersfortomorrow.net Thursday November 18, 2010. "We are preparing students for their future not our past" D. Pink.

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INFOhio--Webinar Learning Commons: # 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 21

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  1. INFOhio--WebinarLearning Commons: # 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 21 Garth Holman, Beachwood City Schools  Mike Pennington, Chardon City School www.teachersfortomorrow.net Thursday November 18, 2010

  2. "We are preparing students for their future not our past" D. Pink How has technology changed our life in the last 10 years?  How will technology change in the next 10 years?  What are you preparing your students for?  Food for Thought!!! Students starting kindergarten today will retire in 2060!!! In the future, what skills will these student need to be successful and are you ready to teach them?

  3. What you need before you can engage in 21st Century Skills? You will need a window to the world.  Student's have to be able to look in and see out.   We recommend a wiki or a blog as a starting point.   Check out these two free examples: www.wikispaces.com                                                            www.weebly.com Without one of these windows, how can your student's see?  

  4. 1.  What is a widget?  2.  How does a widget         work?  3.  How can widgets        changed teaching and        learning?  4.  Where can I find        widgets?  5.  How are we using         widgets to engage        students in creative         projects?  #3: Are You Encouraging Student Success in Creative Projects and Research Assignments?

  5. RSS Feeds, Blogs, YouTube...   1. How do you find out what's going on?   2. How can you sort through new information from         multiple web sources? #5: Do You Use The Latest Trends to Keep Up?

  6. More RSS Feeds

  7. 1. Do you and your students      understand what it means      to leave a digital footprint? 2. Once online, always online. 3. What is our responsibility      as Web 2.0 teachers and   learner? #6: Do you Promote and Model Digital        Citizenship and Responsibility?

  8. Digital Footprints?

  9. What you need before you can engage in 21st Century Skills?                                                         .   Student's Leaving Digital Footprints

  10. 1. Google Options, Google      Squared, Wolfram Alpha,      Sweet Search, Cooliris,      Clusty (all visuals are of    "Ohio History" searches) 2. Using the right search to       find the right information #10: Are You Up-To-Speed with New Search            Engines and Graphical Display Options?

  11. 1. Wordle/Tagxedo     -Word clouds 2. Google Docs     -Document sharing 3. Skype 4. Glogster       (not user friendly) #11: Cool Tools for 21st Century Projects

  12. Digital Textbook     1. Standards-based     2. Student-edited     3. Enduring Work Sample         Electronic portfolio        for students     4. Empowering Students         Life-long learners          creating their own          windows to the world     #21: Capstone: Putting It All Together

  13. Students' futures... Creating students that can be successful in their future is not simply a matter of "point and click" methodology.  Students need to understand that their ability to collaborate and create in a digital environment is as much a responsibility, as it is a skill.  We, teachers, must engage our students in conversation and critical thinking concerning the use of technology. Daniel Pink said, "We are preparing students for their future not are past."...are you?

  14. Useful Links for the Future 1.  Our Professional Blog:  www.teachersfortomorrow.net          Skype name: teachers4tomorrow 2.  Our classroom blog: www.7aworldhistory.com 3.  Online textbook:http://dgh.wikispaces.com/ 4.  Delicious accounts: Dgholma  and  Alskowr23 5.  Emails:  Garth-dgh@beachwoodschools.org                   Mike-  mike.pennington@chardonschools.org

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