Presentation given to parents about the uses of technology in the high school setting.

1. Transforming Education with 21st Century Tools Technology and Teaching

2. Our Audience

3. Our Competition

4. Our Traditional Methodology

5. Using Technology to Transform Instruction Meeting student expectations (as a result of our societal changes) requires adopting new technologies Technology makes learning with real-world relevance easily achievable Not necessarily intended to entertain; the workload of this type of work can be overwhelming at times Teaches secondary set of skills: collaboration, time management, pre-planning, media literacy, and more

6. Technology in Practice:Blogging

8. Useful for collaboration between groups of people

11. Media literacy is a 21st Century skill set that is increasingly valuable to students facing increased “screen time”