Headlines+in+Educational+News

//Core value: Relevancy- as we examine effective teaching practices & educational trends//
 * TEC21 Workshop Program** **Headlines in Educational News** **2011-2012**
 * Headlines in Educational News Highlights:**
 * Front load an article on Edmodo

Topic: "21st Century Leaders" Article: [|__http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-leadership-overview-ken-kay__] Video: [|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsan9hjWSPg&feature=player_embedded__] Podcast: Question of the Month: What's the one skill you'd like incoming students to have mastered before they come into your classroom and why?
 * __September__**

__**October**__ Topic: "The Death of Education, and the Dawn of Learning" Article: [|__http://12most.com/2011/08/09/12-important-kids-today/__] Video: [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk&feature=player_embedded#!] Podcast: Question of the Month:

__**November**__ Topic: "Let the Tool Fit the Task" Article: Video: Podcast: [|http://chronicle.com/article/Audio-Should-Colleges/124352/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en__] Question of the Month:

__**January**__ Topic: "Laptops 1:1, iPads, and Hand-held Devices Initiatives" Article: Video: Podcast: Question of the Month:

__**February**__ Topic: Article: Video: Podcast: Question of the Month:

__**April**__ Topic: Article: Video: Podcast: Question of the Month:

__**May**__ Topic: "Life-long Learning, Networking, & Collaborating" Article: Video: Podcast: Question of the Month:

**Formative Assessment****Reflections and Brainstorming**

**In terms of processes, structure, and content- "What's working?", "What's not?", "Any suggestions...**

Topic: "What’s Your Learning Style?" Article: [|__http://www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test-b.html__] an online self-assessment tool Video: Podcast: Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or learning process)
 * Topics in Development**

Topic: "Why Grow Professionally?" (Feature TEC21) Article: Intro with a series of headlines from ASCD e-news highlighting PD [|__http://tiny.cc/9cika__], [|__http://tiny.cc/56esr__] Video: Podcast: Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or the learning process)

Topic: "Ipads in the Classroom" Article: ASCD e-news highlighting [|__http://tiny.cc/8thrd__] have Janet Dobler share her Ipad; __[]__

Video: Podcast: Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or the learning process)

Topic: "Digital Citizenship" (internet safety, cyberbulling, or other???) Article: [] Video: Podcast: Question of the Month: Write down one aspect of digital citizenship that you think is important to teach students and why?

Topic: "Changes in Education" Article: [|__http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/17/6-technologies-that-will-change-education.aspx__] Video: Podcast: Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or the learning process)

**Resources**

__RSS Feed__


 * The Journal- Transforming Education through Technology [|__http://thejournal.com/home.aspx__]
 * ASCD- Learn. Teach. Lead. [|__http://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx__]
 * The Chronicle- of Higher Education [|__http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5/__]
 * Edutopia- What Works in Education [|__http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-leadership-overview-ken-kay__]

__Video__


 * YouTube

__Podcast__


 * Miscellaneous Topics, Articles, Videos, Podcast, and Questions**

__Topics__ Internet Safety Cyberbulling IWBs Handheld devices Project-based learning

__Articles__ Effective searching tips...[] Fearless Explorer...[]

Videos (link to a video repository)

Podcasts (identify a couple of great ones)

“Questions of the Month”


 * Question of the Month: If your school had UNLIMITED education funds, what's the one change you'd make to your school and why?
 * Question of the Month: What's one way social media (Webkinz, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) has impacted your students' lives?
 * Question of the Week: What's the most effective way...that works for you- to do tech on a budget?
 * Question of the Week: What's the most effective way--that has works for you--when learning something how to use a new technology tool? Are you hands on or hands off?