First things first … Report to classroom 310G. Sign the attendance sheet. Put name tent beside you at your desk/CPU. Have first lesson available for discussion. Have Intel® Teach book opened to Module 3, p Glad to see each of you. :-)

Instruction and Technology February 6, 2009

Overview Consider 21 st century skills Assessment process and strategies Complete lesson review and consider next steps Review/update lesson(s) as you reflect on rubric guidelines Options: help with presntation apps, WebQuest, online wiki, blog AND/OR revise/update lessons

21 st Century Education Skills How can we best help our K-12 students? “Today’s student will require new abilities to thrive in the future. In the knowledge-based economy, knowing how to locate information quickly, weigh and evaluate information for bias and accuracy and synthesize and apply that information to solve problems will be a primary asset. These 21st century skills include digital age literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication and high productivity abilities.” The CEO Forum School Technology and Readiness Report See also Module One, p “Which one describes your classroom or school?” Reflect on your lesson. Complete Module 3, page Share insights with a partner.

BREAK -- Be kind to yourself. Take a ten minute break. You have earned it!!!

Assessment Process and Strategies Positive effects of student-centered assessment – see pedagogical practices, Module 5, pp Think about your lesson(s) assessment(s) and complete pp Class review pp Set up Assessment Project Wizard and assessment manager, pp and 5.13 Don’t forget to uses resources on Intel® Teach program CD.

BREAK -- Be kind to yourself. Take a five minute break. You need it!!!

Options for remainder of class: Help with Office applications “how-to” of Publisher, Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration, Wiki, Blogs.... AND/OR Continue refining/updating lessons as well as adding lessons to your work sample. Complete blog for the week.

Next Steps… Fine tune student activities for lessons Continue with help in learning technology presentation apps, online classroom tools/generators Visit helpful teacher web sites – collect hot list of most helpful web sites (everyone contributes) Respond to class blog Check class wiki for updates, upload your drafts to personal wiki pages on class wiki