Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:Taking the Digital Plunge - 2 views
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Clay Burell is Korea's best kept secret, asking provocative questions about the changing nature of schooling. Jenny Luca is an Aussie dynamo, encouraging teachers to create meaningful service learning projects. Kevin Jarrett runs one of the most inventive elementary-level computer labs in New Jersey.
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Merry Stuhr on 23 Jun 10I need to check out their work!
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Wouldn't young adults truly prepared for the 21st century have experience using computers to learn with—rather than simply about—the world
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no one has taught them about the power of these connections
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few are using those networks to pursue meaningful personal growth
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Consider the potential: Students from different countries can explore global challenges together. Small cohorts of motivated kids can conduct studies of topics with deep personal meaning to them. Experts can "visit" classrooms thousands of miles away.
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I began using discussion tools like VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com) to create electronic forums for my students to interact with peers around classroom content—with extraordinary results
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Model learning transparently.
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The key to becoming an effective 21st century instructor is to become an efficient 21st century learner.
