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A Publication of the 3C Collaborative: This manual presents materials through which teachers/counselors in all subjects can help students define and understand the skills they will need in their careers, post-secondary education and as citizens. It begins with an overview of 38 skills grouped into ten categories, followed by a Student Skills Assessment of the 38 skills that teachers/counselors can introduce at any stage in a high school student's program. This is followed by guidelines for teacher/counselors evaluations of the Student Skills compact lessons for each skill and includes a plan for which students can use to practice and continue to assess their development of each skill.

This article and guide outline the importance of effective assessments and how they can be used to measure student learning on project-based lessons. There is an easy downloadable guide w/ 10 tips for asssessing learning at each stage of a project-based lesson. This is relevant guven our need to shift our focus with the Common Core Standards.

NYS Adoption of TPACK

These projects are examples of the work that is done at all of the High Tech High Schools. It is our record of what we have done and how to get there. Teachers can utilize this to show off what they have done with their students, and get ideas from others teachers. Students can show their parents and friends the work that they have done, and the community can see how project based learning enables students to do and learn. Please enjoy the projects and videos.

TPCK Talking about technology integration in the classroom, let alone implementing it, can be difficult initially. It's a complex topic with a lot of nuance. Overly focusing on technology can lead to use which doesn't support learning and SOLs which is a waste of everyone's time and energy. The TPCK model clarifies things. It honors key elements of a great classroom. Technology, pedagogy and content knowledge. The overlap of these three components is where the 21st Century classroom is most powerful.