Information & Technology Literacy SUMMER INSTITUTE

REDEFINING LITERACY FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Why not google?

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Google supports school systems with emails and other services. Since Bill demonstrated some of it’s functionality, why not look into using it instead of First Class?

Finally!

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I’ve finally made it into the blogosphere!  Time to go an play…

David Warlick’s conception of 21st century skills gives one lots to ponder. Working collaboratively to come up with Westport’s definition is a higher level activity which is exciting to pursue.

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Question for Bill

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Hey Bill,

Thanks for showing us the link to all of the articles in the blue binder.  My question is, how do I go through iTunes to download the articles to my iPod and then read them “on the go”?

Thanks

Hey Bill

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This is awesome!

no more silos!

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Another trend that kept popping up in our discussion today is the fact that 21st century skills are not isolated skills– each skill weaves into another.  It’s hard to talk about critical thinking without discussing synthesis, relevance, creativity and initiative. 

Great Warlick Quote

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“Any school that thinks it is preparing students for the 21st Century without teaching music and art is nothing more than a factory!” – Thank you, David Warlick!

Aug 18-Admin Meeting

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Great presentation and activities related to new skills for the 21st century.

A most critical 21st Century Skill

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It was interesting that questioning was mentioned by nearly every group as an important 21st century skill.

Afternoon Blogging — Administrators SHS

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We are looking at two blogging tools… Classblogmeister and Edublogs.org. Everyone will add a post to the Edublog ITLSI blog, and change the template on their own blog and add an entry to it.