The Road Ahead: Technology in Education
The school building was imperative. The classrooms were compulsory, and the banters and the brawls in the corridors? INESCAPABLE!
But as they say, at the ‘Stroke of Midnight’, everything changed!
21st Century Literacy
The Future is Here!
After the pandemic walloped the world, Amy Adams, an elementary school teacher in Brooklyn, New York; realized she needed to brush up her technology skills, if she wanted to survive in the job that was more than a job, it was her passion.
21st Century Literacy Skills – Part 3 (Chromebooks, Collaborative Writing, Screencasts, Oh My!)
Bridging the gap between traditional literacy skills and those of the 21st century. This has been the topic of discussion here for the past few weeks. In Part 2 of this series, I concluded by providing a couple of examples of a unit’s end product. As a refresher, here they are again: Example 1: [vooplayer […]
21st Century Literacy Skills – Part 2
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and __________________ (fill in the blank). Mark Surman, executive director of Mozilla, would fill in this blank with the following: Digital Literacy This, he believes, is the 4th “R” of 21st century learning (video here). Last week I began discussing my experience working through a new curricular unit, attempting to bridge traditional literacy […]
21st Century Literacy Skills
Times have changed. The skills needed for students to thrive have changed. Consequently, we as teachers must change. What does this mean in the world of literacy? With the evolution of technology has come a whole new dimension of literacy. Digital literacy. Although this presents a world of exciting opportunities, it […]