This will be the initial posting for this new Blog. I hope to take advantage of this space to pass on cool things I find and new information (sometimes not so new information!) and other things that I think will interest folks in K-12 Schools.
Those of you who already know me know that I believe that students will do things on the computer that they will not do with pencil and paper. Therefore, we really need to capitalize on this to get our students to do what we need them to do. Now, my hope is that I can find some things to inspire you...but I promise that I will not encourage you to have students do things that would be better on paper...let's hope I can help you to get to higher levels of work by using technology with your students,
I am also a huge fan of 21st Century Skills and P21. I believe that what they have found is true...that these skills-communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity-the 4 Cs-merged with the 3 Rs-reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic-are what we need to teach our students today. I believe that these 4 Cs are what employers want, whether the job is engineer, doctor, scientist, or McDonald's worker. We have spent so many decades now teaching students for the high-stakes tests that we have not found time to prepare them for the world of work! The good news is that these skills can be "taught" along with what we need to teach for the tests.
Enough for today! What do you think?
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