Preparing Students with 21st Century Skills

June 2007 Blog Posts (4)

My First Post

Well, it has taken a while for me to get on the "bandwagon", even though my school uses blogs and wikis and I am the primary teacher of these tools, this is the first chance I have gotten to try these tools out for myself.

Here is my background:

I am starting my 3rd year at St. Raphael's Catholic School. We have a 1:2.42 student to computer ratio and we are slowly working our way to becoming a 1:1 school (at least in our middle school). I tried this year to put one of our new… Continue

Added by Lisa on June 18, 2007 at 8:04pm — No Comments

Students Learning

Integrating technology into the classroom is a challenge for teachers with today's students.

Added by MaryAnn Kauffman on June 12, 2007 at 10:37am — No Comments

Leopard is Arriving in October! Time for a New Safari 3.0!!

Apple has announced the upcoming release of Leopard, its new operating system, in October. There is also a new beta version of Safari 3.0 that will be available for both Windows and Mac users! What are your thoughts? What have you heard? How can educators capitalize on the new features these will have? Share your knowledge, ideas, and concerns here.

Added by Julene on June 11, 2007 at 3:24pm — 1 Comment

iLife – Using it Creatively

The iLife applications are perfect for project–based learning. Students want to create knowledge and share what they learn, and these are GREAT resources for doing that!

Share your best project ideas here. Below are some we have done, and I can't wait to learn what others have created!

iMovie (and iDVD):

Students created "silent movies" to recreate Edgar Allan Poe's "A Telltale Heart." Through the process, they learned about the silent movie era,… Continue

Added by Julene on June 11, 2007 at 12:19pm — No Comments