If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier.If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important. -Barbara Colorose

Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops.-Henry Brooks Adams

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. —Jacques Barzun

The man (or woman) who can make hard things easy is the educator. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. -Anonymous

Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression.- HaimGinott

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds hard to answer. -Alice Wellington Rollins

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. -Bob Talbert

Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child.Listen to the DON’TSListen to the SHOULDN’TSThe IMPOSSIBLES, the WON’TS.Listen to the NEVER HAVESThen listen close to me-Anything can happen, child,ANYTHING can be.”-Shel Silverstein

The mediocre teacher tells.The good teacher explains.The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. -William A. Ward

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.-William Butler Yeats

Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.-Unknown

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. -Albert Einstein

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.—Robert M. Hutchins

If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. -Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Estrada

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.- Aristotle

As a general rule, teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.-Unknown

Never do anything for a student that he is capable of doing for himself. If you do you, you’ll make him an educational cripple…a pedagogical paraplegic. -Howard Hendric

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. -John Dewey http://www.theapple.com/benefits/articles/8743-20-powerful-quotes-for-teachers?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=ta_r1_20090723_m

Blast off with 21 tips for creating a 21st Century ClassroomWith a little technology and a lot of Web 2.0!Ann WitherspoonMidlothian ISD

What is 21st Century Learning?Do you have a clear understanding what is meant by 21st Century learning?YesNo

The 21st Century SkillsCore Subjects and 21st Century ThemesCore subjects should be taught in the context of themes like global awareness and civic literacy.Information, Media, and Technology SkillsThese skills include Information Literacy, Media Literacy, and Information Communication & Technology (ITC) Literacy.Learning and Innovation SkillsThese important skills include Creativity & Innovation, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, and Communication & Collaboration.Life and Career SkillsThese skills describe the ability to be flexible, adaptable, self-directed, socially aware, accountable, and responsible.Skills and knowledge students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st Century.Standards and Assessments21st Century standards, along with a balanced system of assessments that measure 21st Century skills is crucial.Professional DevelopmentTeachers should be provided with effective 21st Century skills training and support for integrating these skills in the classroom.Curriculum and InstructionInstructional materials and practice should support student mastery of 21st Century skills.Learning EnvironmentsWhere students learn affects what they learn-today’s learning environment must support 21st Century skills.Support systems necessary to ensure student mastery of 21st Century SkillsFrom Partnership for 21st Century Skills

21st Century Principles Partnership for 21st Century Skills

21st Century EnvironmentEnables students to learn in a relevant, real-world 21st Century learning environment that provides:connectivityaccesscommunityRelationshipSupports a professional learning community

21st Century Learning

Tip #121st Century Set of LiteraciesStudents will be able to:Find informationValidate itSynthesize itLeverage itCommunicate itCollaborate with itProblem solve with it

The Traditional Classroom

Tip # 2The 21st Century ClassroomPartnership for 21st Century Skills

collaboratewww.webtools4u2use.wikispaces.comwww.classroom20.comsharebestpracticeswww.go2web20.nethttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aboutaasl/bestlist/bestwebsitestop25.cfmTip #3 ProfessionalLearning Communities

Tip #4 A little equipment

A Little Productivity with Web 2.0…Tip #5-Get a Delicious accountTip #6-Get a class Gmail accountTip #7-Access Google DocsTip #8-Create an online learning environment (class website)Tip #9-Get JingTip #10-Everything Google

A Little Creativity with Web 2.0…Tip #11-Glogster’s #1Tip #12-ScrapblogTip #13-ToondooTip #14-VokiTip #15-OddcastTip #16-GliffyTip #17-Art.com

Bring the community and the world inTip #18-Cell PhonesTip #19-Google EarthTip #20-ePalsTip #21-Skype

Putting it all together…Welcome to the world of the digital learnerWhich of the following did you find you are most eager to explore?Developing a Personal Learning NetworkUtilizing more productivity options such as Delicious, Gmail, Online Learning CommunityIntegrating Web 2.0 applications into your curriculumBringing the world into the classroomNone, I like my 100 year old classroom!