This document provides information about a new class exploring 21st century technologies, including computer skills, hands-on design projects modeling engineering tasks, and developing problem solving skills. Students will complete individual and group projects and participate in technology-focused activity challenges to learn 21st century skills like collaboration. They are asked to suggest project ideas for the class and provide related website URLs.

1. Exploring 21 st Century Technologies Day 01 Mr. Mullen Rm. 145 (sometimes)

2. A New Class for ’09-’10 Course Info: Prerequisites: None Focus: Explore technology that models engineering and technical professions of the 21st century. How: Students will engage inprojects designed to introduce them to technical terminology, computer skills, and hands-on designs that model current technology-based engineering tasks. Goal: Help students develop problem solving and decision making skills.

3. Experiential Learning Computer-based information literacy and application competency. Hands-on project challenges that will be completed in the class by each student (or small group of students). Tech Wars 2010 – project review and activity challenges

4. 21 st Century Skills

5. People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-suffused environment, marked by various characteristics, including: access to an abundance of information rapid changes in technology tools the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale. To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media and technology. Source: 21stcenturyskills.org

6. How are you involved with 21 st century technologies In School? At Home? At Work? Your hobbies? Your interests? Your free time? Virtually and/or Physically?

7. Before next class: Email me a list of project ideas (at least 3) you would be interested in working on this semester. [email_address] For each project idea on your list include at least one website url that demonstrates or provides information related to the project. No email? Calendars