Changing+Our+Classroom+Culture

= = =Essential Question: =

How can we prepare students to meet the demands of the 21st century?

 * ====What skills will they need to succeed?====
 * ====What can we do in our classrooms to equip students with both core competencies and with 21st century skills?====

**Did you know?**
// Our country's global economic success in the future depends on K-20 graduates honing their "21st Century Skills." Today's tech-savvy generation has no shortage of user-friendly devices...and they know how to use them. But are they putting these tech skills to good use? You've heard of the 3Rs, but what about the 5Cs such as critical thinking, creative problem solving, communications, collaboration and cross-cultural relationship building? Beginning in 2012, "tech literacy" will be added to our Nation's Report Card. This means student proficiency in the application of technology will be measured for the first time. It isn't just layering technology over traditional core competencies, though. It's about totally integrating the two for success in an increasingly competitive world.// (Source: [|eSchool News])

=**Today's Learning Task:** =
 * Collaborate with your team to **create a blog post** with a visual representation of your groups assigned NETS for Students standard and at least three (3) classroom lessons/activities students can do to learn a particular course content while simultaneously developing that NETS standard. To get started, with your group...
 * 1) Select an author for the group--have him or her complete [|the survey] so that I can add you as an author to our TIE Team blog.
 * 2) Read and discuss your groups assigned [| NETS Standard.][|.]
 * 3) Explore the resources below for lesson ideas. Notice how Bloom's connects to NETS.
 * 4) Create a visual representation of the standard.
 * You could create a [|Wordle] or an [|Animoto] video or a paper sketch and snap a photo or anything you can imagine that will transform the key concepts into a visual representation of those ideas.
 * 1) Work with your group author to craft the blog post, embedding your visual creation into your post and sharing your three lesson ideas.
 * The hand-out gives step-by-step directions for creating a new post and embedding your visual creation.

= Resources for Completing Your Task: =



 * [|Digital Bloom's Flash Tutorial]
 * [|Applying Bloom]'s + [|Cool Visual] + More Applying Ideas (the Bloom's mecca!)
 * Intel Project-Based Learning: Explore this site to find lesson ideas.

Model Blogging Projects:

 * [|Book Collaboration]
 * Book Talks
 * [|Science Project]
 * [|Portfolios]
 * [|Group Analysis of Text]
 * Student News Show
 * Math Scribe Blog

Creating Your Blog Post 

 * How do I publish a post?
 * How do I add a video? ( This gives instructions for copying HTML code for a YouTube video. Use the same strategy for adding a Wordle or Animoto video or any other Web 2.0 tool that gives you HTML code!) Here's one-page hand-out ([[file:HowtoEmbed.pdf]]

More Blogger Tutorials

 * How do I create a blog and start blogging?
 * How do I customize my sidebar? (Scroll down to the //Customizing Your Layout// section.)
 * How do I create a TEAM BLOG (class blog)?
 * How do I enable comments?
 * How do I moderate comments to my blog?
 * Blogger's list of tutorials