F.+21ST+CENTURY+SKILLS

Aligned with Content Instruction, the 21st Century Skills can and must be taught in every classroom. If students are to compete in the world outside of the school they must be able to communicate, collaborate, think critically, problem solve, and be self learners. Technology is important to the development of those skills. As a Curriculum Coordinator, it is my role to faciliate the utlilization of the Apple One to One initiative. Teachers must be given the time and resources to explore the use of the ways that technology can be used to enhance student learning. This summer, I had the opportunity to be a part of the ACT21 workshop. During this time, I worked with three Language Arts teachers to create an ACT21 project over grammar. This was a great experience and one the teachers will implement at Wyandotte next year. Below is the project description of our work The end product is to create a student ran writing center for all students, parents, and or community members to utilize in regards to formal writing.



Also, in my teaching of the English I class last year, there were several ways that I incorporated technology in the classroom. I replaced the traditional journal with the Discussion thread. I utilized Inspiration for graphic organizers replacing the traditional paper and pencil organizers. I also had students use Comic Life to organize vocabulary terms and other items. As an Instructional Coach, I strongly urged teachers to become as digital as possible using track changes on Microsoft Word over printing each paper out, reading text online and digitially versus buying books and printing stories, using googledocs to create assessments and checks for understanding as well as many other utilizations.

It is my goal to continue the push to utilize the capapbilities of our technology to assess our student's knowledge. In order for our students to be 21st Century Learners, we ourselves must be those learners. Teachers need the development and the space to become those learners.