Here are the notes from the afternoon session that we attended at TechForumSW last Friday. Sheryl’s session on 21st century learning environments was fantastic. I don’t have as many notes because I was busy listening and contemplating! Check out her wiki for a plethora of resources.

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How to Teach 21st Century Skills (11/07/2008) Powered by: CoveritLive    Close   9:56 Meg Ormiston talking about all the ways this “technology stuff” gets kids excited about learning; it’s about using the kids’ tools, not our tools 9:57 They started off with a Wurdle of the old NETS and new NETS–very cool to see the difference–students are [...]

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TechForumSW08 Keynote (11/07/2008) Powered by: CoveritLive    Close   8:34 Sherly Nussbaum-Beach keynote21st century is not about technology hardware or toolsit’s about people 8:35 talking about the 21st century learning: Alabama case studyteachers are really engaged, but the kids are still passive learners–what does that mean for us? 8:37 she had an opportunity to talk to kids….2 questions:1) [...]

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