21st+Century+Skills

**By integrating Web 2.0 tools into our curriculum and teaching through:**

 * Blogs - Support Blogging
 * Wikis/Google Docs - Wikis in Education and using Google Docs
 * Podcasts - in Education Podcasting Basics Video
 * Videos - integrate into the classroom
 * Video Conferencing - Skype 50 Ways to use Skype in the Classroom
 * Connections - Twitter; using Twitter in the classroom;  and a Getting Started Guide
 * Tom Barrett's 'Interesting Ways' series - presentations with information on just about anything you want to know or implement in your classroom

**What can you use these tools for in the classroom?**

 * Research
 * Writing
 * Communication
 * Interviews
 * Collaboration
 * Surveys
 * Creativity
 * Problem-solving
 * Showcasing student work
 * Service Learning
 * Ways to Use Web 2.0 in Education

==In other words, we can use these tools for applying 21st Century skills across the content areas. We also need to be able to differentiate instruction. In order to do this, we need to be more proficient in the outcomes and support for students so they can master these skills. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a Framework to assist with this that also includes standards, guides and assessments as well as other support systems. The P21 program will help better prepare yourself and your students with the skills needed for the 21st Century.==

Blogs -

 * Sussex STEM Camp
 * Chemistry/Physics/Ecology Teacher Blog
 * Geometry Teacher Blog
 * Instructional Technology Blog
 * Mrs. Walton's World History Blog - Harrisonburg High School

Wikis -

 * Teaching Writing Through Blogs and Wikis
 * Podcasting For Instruction Wiki
 * Cools Tools for Schools Wiki
 * Getting Tricky With Wikis
 * United States History Wiki

Google Docs -

 * Teacher Collaboration Doc
 * Summer STEM Camp Planning Doc
 * Instructional Tech Planning Survey Form
 * Instructional Tech Planning Spreadsheet

Writing Resources for Google Docs -

 * Google Docs teams up with Weekly Reader
 * Teachers 2.0 - using Google Docs for feedback
 * Google Docs - secrets to distraction free writing
 * Google Docs - features to support writing projects

Podcasts -

 * iTunes
 * Education Podcast Network
 * CNN Podcasts
 * Education Podcast
 * CCS Board Podcasts
 * GCPS Podcasts
 * Podcasting in Plain English

Videos -

 * Geometry Class Videos in Blog
 * Physics/Chemistry Class Video
 * STEM Camp Video
 * Algebra/Geometry Class Video at Animoto

Service Learning -

 * Hands On Greater Richmond Youth
 * AmeriCorps in Virginia
 * Buffalo Can Challenge
 * Virginia Service
 * The Water Buffalo Story

Links

 * Bob Pearlman 21st Century Secondary Schools
 * Catalina Foothills Schools 21st Century Info
 * RSA 21st Century Enlightnment
 * Thinkfinity.org 21st Century Skills
 * Henrico County Public Schools Staff Development site - awesome!