I was impressed with how dedicated this group of people is in emphasizing the importance of teaching 21st century skills to today's youth. The 21st century standards focus on skills, content knowledge, and expertise that students need to succeed in the 21st century work force. the standards emphasize engaging students in real world learning in and outside of the classroom.
As I was looking through the website, I did not really find anything that I disagreed with. In fact, I found the articles on cursive writing becoming a lost art to be very interesting and true. this website has many varied topics that affect us as educators, parents, business professionals, and future workers. It has a lot to offer and is a great resource for staying current with what is taking place within education.
As an educator, I need to find ways to implement technology into my teaching to help provide the skills my students will need to be successful upon graduation.
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I agree with you that this website was very encouraging to see how involved this group of people are, to increase students skills for the 21st century. Did this website encourage you more to focus on 21st century skills or give you ideas? Also, do you see yourself using this website as a resource? I thought it was a good website but I do not see myself using it very often as a resource.
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ReplyDeleteI love your cat!! The course itself has given me ideas and has motivated me to learn as much as I can about using and implanting technology into my classroom. But I do see myself checking this website out more thoroughly for other resources. There are three sites that caught my attention: Thinkfinity.org; www.schoolkit.com; and www.tech4learning.com.
I, too, believe that cursive writing is becoming a lost art. I require students to sign their names in order to check out books, and only about five percent know how to sign in cursive. I understand the importance of covering the standards, but when did penmenship become unimportant? Please pardon my seemingly offtopic rant, but your post hit a sensitive subject for me.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read the articles you found on cursive writing. My school requires the students to write in cursive at all times. I do not like forcing my students to write in cursive (5th grade) because I do not feel that cursive is always used as we get older. I barely ever use cursive as an adult. I think that it is important for students to know how to write. One of the things that I feel that we are lacking on teaching is keyboarding skills. One of the skills needed for using technology in the 21st century is typing, and many of the students struggle with that. I wish I could spend more time teaching my students how to type versus writing in cursive.
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