LHS+PDS+Tech+Tools+2009-Loveland,+CO-Sept.+22,+2009

=LHS PDS Tech Tools Workshop-Sept. 22, 2009=

Agenda September 22, 2009
__**21st CENTURY STATEMENT OF TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES: ** __In order to adequately prepare today's students for their future, teachers must effectively participate in professional learning networks, share and model the use of current internet tools, lead authentic, integrated project-based learning activities, assist students as they establish their own learning networks and digital footprint, learn alongside our students as they create, collaborate, and share, provide sufficient learning opportunities for students to become digitally literate and fluent, while also inspiring each child to be quality, digital, global citizens. Alec Couros

===**21st Century Skills and Abilities. “Colorado’s description of 21st Century Skills is a synthesis of the essential abilities students must apply in today’s rapidly changing world." These essential skills are as follows:**=== • Critical thinking and reasoning (e.g., problem solving, analysis, logic, and cause/effect) • Information literacy (e.g., knowledge acquisition, source discernment, and systems management) • Collaboration (e.g., synergy, team resourcing, social skills, leadership) • Self-direction (e.g., adaptability, initiative, personal responsibility, work ethic, self-advocacy) • Invention (e.g., creativity, innovation, integration of ideas) ===CDE's Postsecondary and workforce readiness document approved by the Colorado Department of Education 6/30/09: [|postsecondary and workforce readiness cde 2009adopteddescription63009.pdf]===

Bloom's Taxonomy: Alternative Assessment Info and Tools [|100 helpful web tools for every kind of learner] Webtools4u2Use: site filled with great resources [|Web 2.0 for the Classroom teacher] [|Convert PDF files to word] World Languages and Tech Tools (tools that can be used by many content areas)

[|ISTE] (International society for Technology in Education) standards for 21st century learning and tech.
21st century tech standards: IISTE Standards for Teachers: [|NETS_TeacherStandards_Final.pdf] ISTE Standards for Adminstrators: [|ISTE Standards for Administrators_2009.pdf] ISTE Standards for Students: [|NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards.pdf]