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What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sandy McConnell Jun 18, 2010. 11 Replies 0 Likes
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Sandy McConnell replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?Lorna Gagneux replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"Andrew,
I have been following a conversation by community college professors at this site for a while. Did that group ever get together for discussions on Web2.0. I am Manager of the Technology Resource Center at a community college in Largo, MD. We…"
Vanessa Maffia replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"Thanks all. This has been a great start. I will definitely post our presentation when we get it all completed. We just received many of our tech orders for this year which included ipod touches. I am anxious to learn about innovative ways to put…"
paul Luke replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"Hi Marsie, I am keen to gather more examples and research that supports the ubiquitous deployment of technology in schools. I am in a similar situation in leading tech initiatives and looking at 1-1 for the older primary students. We have nearly…"
"This doesn't answer your question, but did you know that Karl Fisch's "Shift Happens" started as apresentation to his school's faculty? So, good luck in whatever you decide to do. Perhaps "Shift Happens" could…"
Kim Trefz replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"PDS
Hope it works this time:)"
Kim Trefz replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"First of all, you probably want to get rid of your text books:) I work in an Independent school in Memphis, TN and we consider our school to be a 21st Century school. Every student has a laptop and every room has a smartboard and projector. A lot of…"
Marie Linder replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"Hello Vanessa!
We have a ceiling mounted projector connected to an on-line computer in every classroom. It projects onto a large screen on the wall. This enables us to surf together with a whole class and find things out in collaboration. I find…"
Candice Walsh replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"I am in the interesting position of creating a 7th grade language arts class where the focus is on 21st century learning with an emphasis on collaboration. I am uploading the foundation of the proposal that was sent to the district office in…"
Vanessa Maffia replied to Vanessa Maffia's discussion What steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning environment?"Hi Marsie,
I have been looking at the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow, 21st century school (great resource) http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/, and a few other sites I've come upon randomly. I am also part of the Bay Area list serve and have been…"
Vanessa Maffia posted a discussionWhat steps have you taken to move your classroom towards a 21st century learning enviroment?
I am currently doing research for a presentation to our faculty. I am the technology coordinator at my school and am working with our grade 2 teacher to "model a shift towards a 21st century classroom". We are looking into classroom organization and equipment, web 2.0 tools, and redesigning one or two social studies units in order to model for our school what steps need to be taken in order to move towards a more student centered "21st century" approach. We are also researching and grappling…See More
Vanessa Maffia replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion Introductions"Hi there! I'm Vanessa Maffia and I am a tech coordinator at a private school in Menlo Park, CA. Looking forward to some great discussions and inspiration!"
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- At 12:12pm on July 15, 2009,
Mark Cruthers said… - Hi Vanessa,
With your work as a Technology Coordinator, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.
- At 6:27pm on July 8, 2009,
Anne Mirtschin said…
- Hello Vanessa and wlecome to classroom2.0 There are always great discussions going on, so make sure you follow the ones that really interest you, or make one of your own choosing.
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