Literature

21st Century Literature Resources Each of the following links provide insight into 21st Century Learning. = The Honor Roll: 50 Must-Read K–12 Education IT Blogs Good ideas and information - Many are quick reads =

The 25 Best Pinterest Boards in Educational Technology Each link leads to ideas, blogs, articles, and lesson plans - Excellent resource Templars of Technology This site offers a collection of resources based on subject area. It also offers links to other useful tools such as converters.

[|What is 21st Century Education][|READ PRIOR TO THE FIRST CLASS] This is an evolving news letter. It has information comparing education in the 20th Century and education and change in the 21st Century.

[|Twenty First Century Learning Demands Mix of Abilities] A (short) report detailing the fundamental abilities of 21st Century learning.

Sardine Blog - All that is teaching and learning in the 21st Century

[|The Lure of Data -- Is it Addictive?] "...a hit of pleasure, stimulation and escape. It takes the same pathway as our drugs of abuse and pleasure. Though this report concentrates on adults, it is very important to apply the findings to students. It is an insight into their insatiable need to have their phones with them at all times . It provides the necessary dopamine squirt necessary for kids to function.

How Technology Rewires the Brain

“The technology train has left. You have to deal with it, understand it, and get some perspective.”

[|Always On - Frontline]

Digital Nation -Excellent documentary about students, learning, and technology

Visual Blooms A visual representation of Bloom's Taxonomic Heirarchy with 21st Century Skills Frame.

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This .pdf report explains learning for the 21st Century. Additionally, it details an implementation plan.

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|21st Century School House] <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is a blog written by a teacher. It has interesting ideas about incorporating 21st Century skills in the classroom and it discusses pitfalls of education.

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Partnership for 21st Century Skills The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. This is their official website.

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|21st Century Fluency Project] The 21st Century Fluencies are not about technical prowess, they are critical thinking skills, and they are essential to living in this multimedia world.

Happy Birthday P21 - Lessons Learned

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">What have we learned in the first decade of 21st Century education?” A focus question and post by Ken Kay the founding president of P21.

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Moore's Law and Education] <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This site discusses the impact of faster, cheaper, smaller technologies and their impact on education.

Mark Prensky - Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants Do you print your email? Do you email someone and when seeing that person later in the day as if he/she received your email? I guess you are a digital immigrant.

[|Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators] This site is sponsored by Intel. It has links to articles concerning technology and learning for students and teachers

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">[|The Digital Divide: Where We Are] <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Article from July, 2011 discussing the digital divide in America

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Closing Digital Divide, Expanding Digital Literacy <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">An NPR discussion

[|21st Century Skills: The Challenges Ahead] To work, the 21st century skills movement will require keen attention to curriculum, teacher quality, and assessment.

[|iTunes University: Apple Learning Exchange] Though a somewhat shameless commercial for Apple, it has good information and links to free educational apps.

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Guest Blog: Reinventing Assessment for the 21st Century] <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is a short, but interesting article that offers a contrary way to think of assessment.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">[|Socratic Questioning] <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Socrates was one of the greatest educators who taught by asking questions and thus drawing out answers from his pupils.

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|*] [|International Society for Technology Education - Standards for Students] National Technology Education Standards

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|MILE GUIDE: Milestones for Improving Learning and Education] <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">An Updated List of Strategies and Tactics (2009) An online FREE assessment tool for districts. Where does Manitowoc fall on the continuum?

<span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|iPads in Education] and [|iPads in Education] <span style="color: #2c3e91; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Unrelated sites, but both sites share information regarding the use of iPads in the classroom setting. Both have reviews of Apps, interesting ideas, forums, and blogs.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|One Transformed Classroom]

Combine 29 fifth graders, 15 iPads, and one gifted teacher and what do you get? A truly transformed classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYLirypK_Yo