Edited Bethany Smith presentation

TECHNOLOGY in the K-12 Classroom Why is it important?

The answer, in my opinion, could not have been stated any better than Bethany Smith’s. Bethany Smith works as Asst. Director of Learning Technologies at the College of Education- NC State University. With her permission, the following presentation gives all of us something to think about.

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

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

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

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

But really, it’s… Awareness http://www.flickr.com/photos/13025462@N08/3226405500

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

The 21st 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/

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/

Prepare students for college

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

21st 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 bethany_smith@ncsu.edu Twitter: bethanyvsmith http://transparentlearning.blogspot.com

Edited Bethany Smith presentation

by Mel Garnett on Oct 03, 2010

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