21stCenturySkills

=**21st Century Skills in Pleasant Plains Schools**=

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Today's Web 2.0 world has a plethora of ideas and funny-named tools. Some of these tools have been around a long time (2-3 years) and some of them may have just been created yesterday. Web 2.0 is an ever-changing collaboration arena where "the only limitation is someone's imagination."

Join us as we explore some of these areas. Dr. Leigh Zeitz (leigh.zeitz@uni.edu) will take you on a tour of technological possibilities that you might want to include in your curriclum

Please **add to these lists** as you find new resources. **Change them even as we speak** today. This is designed to improve the **interactive nature** of this learning experience.

Hopefully, this will expand our opportunities to collaborate.


 * Here are some of the links to the topics covered in the workshop:**

[|National Business Education Association Standards] page

 [|ISTE National Educational Technology Standards - Students (NETS-S)] & [|National Educational Technology Standards - Teachers (NETS-T)]

[|Partnership for 21st Century Skills]

[|Iowa Core Curriculum]

[|Del.icio.us] Illinois State Board of Education--Career and Tech Education Page []
 * [|Social Bookmarking in Plain English]

Wiki Applications:
 * Wikis**
 * [|Wikipedia]
 * [|Pleasant Plains in Wikipedia]
 * Latino Pride


 * Google Docs** - [|http://docs.google.com]
 * [|Google Docs in Plain English]


 * iGoogle**
 * [|iGoogle - A mini-product tour video]
 * [|Social Networking in Plain English]
 * [|RSS in Plain English]


 * Blogging**
 * [|Blogging in Plain English]
 * [|Google Blog Search]
 * [|Blogger]


 * Video Conferencing**
 * [|Skype] - Free downloadable application (good for 1 on 1 video and audio)
 * [|ooVoo] - Free downloadable application (good for up to 6 participants video and audio)


 * Twitter**
 * [|Twitter in Plain English]
 * [|Evan Williams (founder) Talks about Twitter] on [|TED Talks]
 * [|Twitter Satire and Spoofs]
 * Questions/Observations**
 * What is the future of American business/manufacturing/commerce? I think it will be in the conceptual aspects of business--creativity, innovation, marketing, packaging, etc. Our challenge is to create curriculum that facilitiates these. Our challenge is to Tfind instructional methods that develop the skills.
 * The NETS-S standards reflect these changes.
 * I like the idea regarding students asking "What if I. . ." I think it is a simple way to check if students are engaged.
 * I love the idea of having the ROP video taped and placed on YouTube. I think that it is a great way to cover the material and to be able to disseminate the info to kids.
 * John Langley--we need to get those podcasts up. which podcasts?
 *  Do we need to change? If so, what's first?
 * Collaboration is a key....what are examples of successful collaboration in our district/building? What are the barriers for collaboration? What do we need to collaborate more effectively or frequently?
 * At the elementary level, I worry about protecting the privacy of my students while they are using the web based applications. How can this best be addressed?
 * Elementary students also have a habit of clicking on all of the links that are available on the free applications. While I keep an eye on the students while they are in class, I would like the students to access the programs from home, but cannot guarantee the students won't access the links while they are working from home.
 * Tech savvy vs. tech comfy: this is a good teaching point. Also, having
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 * Terri's idea re: having ROP "presentations" posted/podcasted, etc. I also like the idea of collaborative work.
 * voicethread.com
 * twitter
 * Roberto Muffaletto: Kids should be able to text a friend for an answer; have them use google to answer a questions; have them be able to collaboratively find those answers. This is an interesting issue--Use their world to help them learn better.
 * this is a challenging assertion.
 * University of the People
 * Distance Learning--Virtual high schools don't use the power of the media.
 * 