Our world has SO many possibilities. Now, more than ever, our students have to be prepared for the life they will live in our current and future society - a life full of information, problems to solve, and constantly advancing technology! In fact, www.p21.org is dedicated to help the education world teach our 21st century learners. 21st century learning isn't just about the use of technology, although it's important. It's about helping our students use the 4 C's of critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity to be successful and active members in our world!
Listen to the 2010 Teacher of the Year, Sara Brown Wessling, speak about how to meet kids where they are, build upon that foundation, and then stretch them to use critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.
2010 Teacher of the Year Video Link
Additionally, here's a great tool I learned about through one of my graduate classes that you could use with your students to motivate them to READ and talk ABOUT reading! You could have small group discussions and can make them as simple or complex as you like! No logins or passwords to remember - just simple and easy! This is one I created. It took about 2 minutes!
www.wallwisher.com/wall/coolwords
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