teaching and engaging students in the 21st

centuryA Classroom Teacher’s Perspective

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Introductions

Think-Pair-Share

What’s one negative and one positive

experience you’ve had with technology

integration in the classroom?

My Path

authentic audience

personalization

anywhere anytime learning

collaboration

authentic audience

personalization

collaboration

anywhere anytime learning

ENGAGEMENT

Social Networking Sites in the Classroom?

Ning

online platform that allows you to create

your own social network

What sites/tools have you seen or used during your practicum placements?

Successes?Problems?

Think-pair-share

Other Tools we Use

Class website/blog

Google Calendar

igoogle

edmodo

Diigo

prezi

Voicethread

ISSUES

How does this get me an A?

They’re Just tools

I h8 U

Perceived Anonymity

The Keeper of all Knowledge

Tips

blog

Tweet!

Join

Take Risks

Resources

Media Literacy Resources

• Media Awareness Network

• Don’t Buy It

• Centre for Media Literacy

• Association for Media Literacy

• Critical Media Literacy

Blogs to Read

• Dangerously Irrelevant

• Free Technology for Teachers

• Moving at the Speed of Creativity

• Cool Cat Teacher

• The Spicy Learning Blog

• Weblogg-Ed

New Teacher Resources

• Tools for the 21st Century Teacher

• The Educator’s PLN Ning

Instant PLN?Follow these people on Twitter

• @thecleversheep

• @royanlee

• @courosa

• @dougpete

• @shareski

• @wfryer

• @cyndiejacobs

• @Grade1

• @gsiemens

• @teachingwithsoul

• @colinjagoe

• @alanacallan