21st Century Skills- What are they and why I should care?

How much of our curriculum is centered on authentic problem-solving, teamwork and information literacy? Administrators and educational leaders need to rethink our K-12 education using 21st Century Skills to help students be successful in the global economy. We will assist you to integrate and implement the use of Digital Tools to:Collect, Retrieve, Interpret, Present, Organize and Manage informationEvaluate the quality, relevance, and usefulness of informationGenerate accurate information through the use of existing resourcesDevelop Information, Communication, Thinking and Problem-solving skillsCreate Interpersonal and self-directional skillsUse Digital Age Literacy to promote Inventive Thinking ,Effective Communication and High Productivity

Program Length:1hr 15 min

Cost per Site: $225.00

10 Rules for Revolutionaries in the 21st Century Classroom

Our students deal with an enormous number of sensory inputs on any given day. Helping them focus attention is a critical first step when engaging students. Getting their attention is only the first step. Learn how to keep your learners' interests piqued so you can keep them engaged. Find out what it will take to compel students tod o things differently and how to engage with ideas, information and each other, on terms they define for themselves.Our Digital Kids learn from watching, showing and sharing with others who care as much as they do. Discover what social learning is all about and how to allows students latitude with social learning and give learners a sense of feeling personally engaged.To provide a 21st Century learning environment, we need to engage learners in the active negotiation of new knowledge so that new learning will be relevant to each and every contributor and will provide a memorable learning experience. If we learn how to change the learning environment then the greater the likelihood students will remember what they've learned.Learning is unique to each individual, and we need to discover how to give the learners the skills to decide where to engage. In today's socially networked world, it's important to help students feel connected to the community.

Program Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Cost per Site: $225.00

Howie DiBlasi

howie@frontier.net

928 River Walk

Georgetown, TX 78633

(970) 749-0760

Fax: (512) 819-0627