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Top ten reasons to award funding
to theReading Public
SchoolsUrsula Abad, Karen Callan,
Laurie Smith, Jo-Ellen McGinnity
Top ten reasons to award funding
to theReading Public
SchoolsUrsula Abad, Karen Callan,
Laurie Smith, Jo-Ellen McGinnity
Accessibility • Fully Wireless schools
• 21st Century classrooms
- laptops for every child - Interactive projection systems - MP3 players - Video cameras - Headphones/microphones - Webcams
Applications of Technology• Research tools
* Wikipedia * Internet searches• Writing and Publishing
* Blogs * Wikis• Communicating
* Skype * Frappr * Flickr• Virtual Field Trips
* United Streaming * National Geographic• Student Engagement
* highly motivating * meaningful
Support•Full-time technicians•Integrated technology support•21st century competitive salaries•Up-dated infrastructure•Small class size
School Environment• Green Buildings (http://www.icampustech.com/pdf/ict_singlepage_060707.pdf )
~Paperless classrooms ~Proper lighting ~Excellent air quality and ventilation ~Solar heat/light sources ~Alternative energy sources ~ Use of recycled materials ~ Recycle programs• Classrooms (http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/creating-the-21st-century-classroom/)
~ team-orientated workspaces ~ creative environments ~ accessible technologies ~ conducive to phsical activity & nutrition• School programs
~ Year long schooling ~ Rotating six week modules
Student Coursework• STEM courses
~ rigorus, up-to-date, research based ~ collaborative with universities and community ~ collaborative with businesses• Core subjects (www.21centuryskills.com)
~ authentic ~ differentiation ~ advanced coursework• Foreign languages
~ opportunities for many languages ~ begin at pre-school level• Internship programs
~ experience real-world applications ~ entrepreneurships (Bruno, A. http://nlcommunities.com/communities/expanding_teaching_course/archive/2008/09/26/189295.aspx )
• Project-based learning ~ virtual collaboration ~ increasing verbal and written communication
Standards and Assessment
• Standards that address critical thinking skills, collaboration, and creative thinking (Pink, D. p.65)
• Power standards at all grade levels• K-12 portfolio, project-based, and open-ended
assessments, which include research and critical thinking skills
• Culminating senior project that begin in freshman year
Field Trips
• Visitations to local venues that enhances learning outside the classroom
• On-site work opportunities for possible future internships
• Enhance global awareness through international travel for the purpose of culture, language, science and social systems
• Student semester or year long exchange programs
Abad, U. Abad, U. (2008, September 30). Opportunities we can take advantage of in a Flat World. Retrieved from: http://www.google.com/reader/view/?hl=en&source=en-mmm#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fnlcommunities.com%2Fcommunities%2FMainFeed.aspx%3FGroupID%3D1807
Staff Training
• Knowledgeable in any updated hardware • Staff proficient in current applications; including
but not limited to – wikis, blogging, Flickr, Skype, movie making, podcasting, Frappr,
• Versed in internet safety, including safe searches, reliability of online sources, web ethics, responsible cyber citizenship
• Competent in moderating student posts, entries, etc.
• Applying and Integrating all current technology skills
Community • Courses/workshops for 21st century
skills; including parenting workshops to support global learning
• Providing online community resources• Continuing parent involvement within
all schools• Funding for parent/community grants to
support our 21st century classrooms• Partnering with public and private
sector
“.. But as knowledge hurtles forward, inventing the future becomes a harder and harder task - one that takes more of the right education, the right infrastructure, the right ambition, the right leadership, the right parenting. We need to get our whole country focused around meeting this challenge.”
Friedman, p.399
Help us to prepare our students to become the
leaders of the twenty-first century!!
Bibliography
• Bruno A. (2008, September 26). The World is Flat Response. Retrieved from: http://nlcommunities.com/communities/expanding_teaching_course/archive/2008/09/26/189295.aspx
• eSchoolNews (2008) The 21st Century Classroom. Retrieved from: http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/creating-the-21st-century-classroom/
• Friedman, T. L. (2007). The World is Flat. New York: Picador/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Ideal 21st Century Model Classroom (2008). Products for 21st Century Classroom. Retrieved from: www.icampustech.com/pdf/ict_singlepage_060707.pdf
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2008). Framework for 21st Century Learning. Retrieved October 1, 2008. From: www.21century skills.org
• Pink, D. (2006). A Whole New Mind. New York: Riverhead Books
• Abad, U. (2008, September 30). Opportunities we can take advantage of in a Flat World. Retrieved from: http://www.google.com/reader/view/?hl=en&source=en-mmm#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fnlcommunities.com%2Fcommunities%2FMainFeed.aspx%3FGroupID%3D1807