If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important. -Barbara Colorose

Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops. -Henry Brooks Adams

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. —Jacques Barzun

The man (or woman) who can make hard things easy is the educator. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. -Anonymous

Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression. - Haim Ginott

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds hard to answer. -Alice Wellington Rollins

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. -Bob Talbert

Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child. Listen to the DON’TS Listen to the SHOULDN’TS The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON’TS. Listen to the NEVER HAVES Then listen close to me- Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be.” -Shel Silverstein

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. -William A. Ward

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -William Butler Yeats

Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions. -Unknown

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. -Albert Einstein

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible. —Robert M. Hutchins

If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. -Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Estrada

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

As a general rule, teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say. -Unknown

Never do anything for a student that he is capable of doing for himself. If you do you, you’ll make him an educational cripple…a pedagogical paraplegic. -Howard Hendric

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. -John Dewey

+ Blast off with 21 tips for creating a 21 st Century Classroom With a little technology and a lot of Web 2.0! Ann Witherspoon Midlothian ISD

+ Tip #1 Understanding 21 st Century Learning Do you have a clear understanding what is meant by 21 st Century learning? A.Yes B.No

+ The 21 st Century Skills Skills and knowledge students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21 st Century. From Partnership for 21 st Century Skills Standards and Assessments 21 st Century standards, along with a balanced system of assessments that measure 21 st Century skills is crucial. Standards and Assessments 21 st Century standards, along with a balanced system of assessments that measure 21 st Century skills is crucial. Professional Development Teachers should be provided with effective 21 st Century skills training and support for integrating these skills in the classroom. Professional Development Teachers should be provided with effective 21 st Century skills training and support for integrating these skills in the classroom. Curriculum and Instruction Instructional materials and practice should support student mastery of 21 st Century skills. Curriculum and Instruction Instructional materials and practice should support student mastery of 21 st Century skills. Learning Environments Where students learn affects what they learn-today’s learning environment must support 21 st Century skills. Learning Environments Where students learn affects what they learn-today’s learning environment must support 21 st Century skills. Core Subjects and 21 st Century Themes Core subjects should be taught in the context of themes like global awareness and civic literacy. Core Subjects and 21 st Century Themes Core subjects should be taught in the context of themes like global awareness and civic literacy. Life and Career Skills These skills describe the ability to be flexible, adaptable, self-directed, socially aware, accountable, and responsible. Life and Career Skills These skills describe the ability to be flexible, adaptable, self-directed, socially aware, accountable, and responsible. Learning and Innovation Skills These important skills include Creativity & Innovation, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, and Communication & Collaboration. Learning and Innovation Skills These important skills include Creativity & Innovation, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, and Communication & Collaboration. Information, Media, and Technology Skills These skills include Information Literacy, Media Literacy, and Information Communication & Technology (ITC) Literacy. Information, Media, and Technology Skills These skills include Information Literacy, Media Literacy, and Information Communication & Technology (ITC) Literacy. Support systems necessary to ensure student mastery of 21 st Century Skills

+ 21 st Century Principles Partnership for 21 st Century Skills

+ 21 st Century Environment Enables students to learn in a relevant, real-world 21 st Century learning environment that provides: connectivity access community Relationship Supports a professional learning community

+ 21 st Century Learning

+ Tip #1 21st Century Set of Literacies Students will be able to: Find information Validate it Synthesize it Leverage it Communicate it Collaborate with it Problem solve with it

+ The Traditional Classroom

+ Tip # 2 The 21 st Century Classroom Partnership for 21 st Century Skills

+ Tip #3 Professional Learning Communities collaborate share best practices

+ Tip #4 A little equipment

+ Tip #5-Get a Delicious account Tip #6-Get a class Gmail account Tip #7-Everything Google Tip #8-Create an online learning environment (class website) Tip #9-Get Jing Tip #10-Aviary A Little Productivity with Web 2.0…

+ Tip #11-Glogster’s #1 Tip #12-Vuvox Tip #13-Prezi Tip #14-Voki Tip #15-Oddcast Tip #16-ShowBeyond Tip #17-Toondoo A Little Creativity with Web 2.0…

+ Tip #18-Cell Phones Tip #19-Google Earth Tip #20-ePals Tip #21-Skype Bring the community and the world in

+ Putting it all together… Welcome to the world of the digital learner Which of the following did you find you are most eager to explore? A.Developing a Personal Learning Network B.Utilizing more productivity options such as Delicious, Gmail, Online Learning Community C.Integrating Web 2.0 applications into your curriculum D.Bringing the world into the classroom E.None, I like my 100 year old classroom!

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