1. David Warlick ED 530 Theorist Presentation Spring Semester 2010 Lauren Frederick

2. Background Grew up in western North Carolina Did not enjoy education, but enjoyed learning Had some outstanding teachers and decided he wanted to be a teacher Taught middle school social studies, math, and science for 10 years Image Source: http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=5

3. Background Began introducing teachers to the educational potential of personal computers Built the nation’s first state department of education website In 1995, started “The Landmark Project” –a professional development and innovations firm in Raleigh North Carolina Image Source: http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=2

4. Delivers conferences and workshops to educators in the U.S. and many other countries Creates free technology tools for teachers Has written three books on technology use in education Contributes to many publications –Technology and Learning Magazine, Education World, CUE Online, The Washington Post, The New York Times Background

5. Theory The world is continuously changing The nature of information is changing Today’s students are different In order to reach today’s students, we need to use new learning and teaching techniques Literacy for the 21st century needs to be redefined

6. The Landmark Project http://landmark-project.com/ A professional development and innovations firm started in 1995 Provides educators with free resources to help integrate technology into the classroom Intended to share knowledge and ideas Provides information on using Twitter, blogging, raw data, images, visualization, media, etc.

7. Tools for Teachers Citation Machine (http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/)http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/) –a bibliographic citation generator serving 500,000+ page views a day Rubric Builder (http://www.landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/)http://www.landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/) –A rubric library that gives teachers access to thousands of rubrics PiNet Library (http://pinetlibrary.com)http://pinetlibrary.com) –an online bookmark tool that also integrates SLATE and offers an easy to use classroom Web site service Class Blogmeister (http://classblogmeister.com/)http://classblogmeister.com/) –a free classroom blogging tool serving more than 160,000 users The Education Podcast Network (http://epnweb.org)http://epnweb.org) –a directory of education-related pod cast programs

8. Publications Raw Materials for the Mind: 4th Edition — focuses on integrating technology into the curriculum, Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century — a succinct model for literacy skills in a world of networked digital information, Classroom Blogging: 2nd Edition— One of the first books for teachers about blogging and other Web 2.0 applications.

9. References http://landmark-project.com/ http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=2 http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=3 http://www.classblogmeister.com/ (http://www.landmark- project.com/rubric_builder/)http://www.landmark- project.com/rubric_builder/) (http://landmark- project.com/citation_machine/)http://landmark- project.com/citation_machine/)