February+21


 * Sharing - Google +**


 * Book Discussion**
 * Discussion Forum . For today, you were to pull from each chapter a passage, paragraph, sentence, etc. that provoked your thinking and write a short reflection on how it engaged your thinking in general.
 * "As with any revolution, there will be gains and losses." Respond to this prompt with what you believe to be the gains and losses of the technology revolution, offering evidence from the book and your own life experiences.
 * How do new technologies compel us to rethink issues of assessment and equity?

The // **BIG QUESTIONS** // to answer as we learn about each new technology:
 * Technology Tool Sharing**
 * 1) What are the "affordances" and "constraints" of the technology? In other words, what does the technology allow us to do or prevent us from doing? The answers to this question might be "messy." This fundamental understanding is important to answer the next questions...
 * 2) What new skills do we need to teach students?
 * 3) What will I need to do differently in terms of how I teach in the classroom? How will teaching and learning look different?
 * 4) How does the technology help me to foster creativity, innovation and some of the other 21st century skills?
 * 5) What are some ways I can use this technology in my classroom?


 * Concluding Assignment**
 * This will be an assignment in a format of your choice that will address either (1) your answers to the course essential questions or (2) your growth over the course as related to the ISTE standards for teachers.
 * Essential Questions:
 * 1) //What do we mean by the "21st century classroom?"// There are a variety of answers to this question, but few get at the transformation in teaching and learning that can be brought about by the shifts that are happening in our world today.
 * 2) //How do we apply technology tools in ways so that we can more easily achieve meaningful teaching and learning in the 21st century?// Our focus on technology in education rarely gets beyond the dimension of technical skill. Education professionals must have additional skills to be able to evaluate emerging and every-evolving technology tools and determine how they will meet the needs of the 21st century learner.
 * [|ISTE Standards]


 * Application Project**
 * How are you doing with next steps?
 * What questions do you have at this time?

//For reference:// How to Grow A Textbook
 * Start with an outline
 * Grab a virtual binding
 * Unpack and publish your traditional documents
 * Grab a few solid updating tools
 * Grab books for solid, more stable content
 * Grab databases and database essays, articles and chapters
 * Grab the right search tools
 * Grab your own presentations and shop for the best of others
 * Grab a couple of pathfinders
 * Grab some film
 * Grab some open source curriculum
 * Grab some student work
 * Grab some other stuff - see below


 * For Thursday, February 23**


 * Sharing:** Post any interesting articles, videos, findings on the Internet, etc. to the Google+ stream.


 * Read:** Read Chapters 9 & 10 in //Rethinking Education...// Post in the discussion forum as per previous classes..


 * Application Project**: Continue piecing together your virtual textbook chapter.

** Next Meeting: Thursday, February 23, 7:00-9:00 PM** ** New Topic: Interactive Whiteboard; Book Discussion**