Technology in the Classroom Bethany V. Smith http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/667298782/in/set-72157600060542948/

Some have it

Some don’t http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewwhatley/184847826/sizes/o/

Some use it http://www.flickr.com/photos/julielindsay/3049226561/sizes/l/

Some don’t http://www.flickr.com/photos/23258232@N00/2212767142

Cutting edge?

Why don’t we? http://www.flickr.com/photos/evansent/135767789/sizes/o/

Time http://www.flickr.com/photos/jekemp/3553245/sizes/l/

Fit http://www.flickr.com/photos/47658930@N00/476481053

Juggling one more thing http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland/3066167162/sizes/o/

But really, its…

Awareness http://www.flickr.com/photos/13025462@N08/3226405500

Comfort Level

Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants? http://www.flickr.com/photos/shapeshift/104263974/sizes/o/

It’s interest, not age. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyza/276990225/sizes/o/

Why we should Did You Know 3.0

The 21 st Century isn’t “coming” – it’s here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/20884341@N00/302931951

Teachers will not be replaced by technology, but teachers who don’t use technology will be replaced by those who do. -Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

Why do students need us in the age of http://www.flickr.com/photos/manfrys/2226178289/sizes/l/

Chris Lehman Ignite Philly

Why do we teach in the first place? What is the purpose of education?

Give students tools to succeed in life http://www.flickr.com/photos/julielindsay/3241222078/sizes/l/

Give students tools to make good decisions http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominik99/1403329318/sizes/o/

Expand our student’s view of the world http://www.flickr.com/photos/julielindsay/3241736396/sizes/l/

Prepare students for college

Prepare students for jobs http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadtripmemories/517066135/sizes/o/

None of the Top 10 jobs that will exist in 2010 existed in 2004. -Richard Riley (former US Secretary of Ed)

Need another reason? http://www.flickr.com/photos/obliterated/3189753315/sizes/l/

Partnership for 21 st Century Skills

Life & Career Skills

Digital Footprint http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevedave/3250080709/sizes/o/

Netetiquette http://www.flickr.com/photos/escapethematrix/2149921039/sizes/o/

http://www.scottmcleod.net/cyberbullying/

Wired Safety’s Cyberbulling video

Learning & Innovation Skills http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/WrightBrothers1900Glider.jpg

Creativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/zesmerelda/270924149/sizes/l/

Digital Storytelling

Critical Thinking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Thinker_close.jpg

Communication & Collaboration http://www.flickr.com/photos/julielindsay/3049218069/sizes/l/in/set-72157609661303135/

Wikis & Blogs

Information, Media & Technology Skills http://www.flickr.com/photos/25211216@N00/258331658

Copyright

Ethics http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/21151707

If it’s on the Internet, it must be real http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_dog.jpg

Is what your see what you get? http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124425616@N01/962315433

Core Subjects & 21 st Century Themes http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/440698504/sizes/l/

Dove’s Evolution Commercial

Fitting the puzzle together http://www.flickr.com/photos/47658930@N00/476481053

Integration http://www.flickr.com/photos/13763932@N04/1401862296/sizes/o/

How do I get the tools I need? http://www.flickr.com/photos/36045027@N00/2054989998

Start Small, but Dream Big http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/2222523486

21 st Century Skills are all about teaching our kids to navigate the world as THEY are experiencing it, not the world WE experienced. -Wil Richardson

Bethany V. Smith [email_address] Twitter: bethanyvsmith http://transparentlearning.blogspot.com