Professional Development Solutions

Technology Integration for the 21st Century Classroom

In this foundational program for teachers and district facilitators who are new to technology integration concepts, participants will:

• Gain an understanding of 21st century classroom components
• Learn practical steps for creating and managing technology-rich lessons
• Identify key opportunities to differentiate instruction with technology.

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Teaching Strategies for a 1:1 or Multi-Computer Classroom

For districts with a 1:1 laptop or multi-computer initiative,
this program helps teachers and district facilitators:

• Use laptops and the Internet as effective teaching and learning tools
• Learn how to create and deliver dynamic, technology-rich lesson plans
• Develop technology integration skills that enhance curriculum
• Incorporate effective classroom management strategies for 1:1 environments

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Transforming the Classroom with Interactive Technologies

For districts with technology-rich learning environments, or Model Classrooms, this program—tailored for the technologies available in your district— helps teachers and district facilitators:

• Effectively use interactive classroom technologies to enhance instruction
• Integrate technology into the curriculum
• Collect, analyze and use student data to improve instruction

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Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time

By Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay

Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds will take your school online one teacher at a time. Based on their award winning projects, these two classroom teachers use the principles that have connected thousands of students in educational Web 2 e-learning environments to take educators into the project plans and lesson plans that can make global collaboration a reality in the classroom.

• Outlines seven steps to bring a classroom or school into effective global collaborative practice including connection, communication, citizenship, contribution/collaboration, choice, creating and celebration.
• Prompts readers to develop professionally with the Flat Classroom® 15 Challenges that challenge them to become more familiar with new technologies (blogs, CMPs, mobile devices, wikis) and use them to create rich learning experiences for themselves and their students.

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Transforming Learning through 21st Century Skills: The Who Took My Chalk?™ Model for Engaging You and Your Students

By Lydotta M. Taylor, Jill M. Fratto

Shows how to create 21st century learning environments and curriculum using the Who Took My Chalk?™ model for intentional change through workbook-style-pages and easy-to-read chapters. This book defines 21st century skills, discusses why we need to teach today’s students differently, and shows how to apply 21st century concepts in an education setting.

• Provides a thorough understanding of 21st century skills and how they can be applied in the education setting
• Includes examples of 21st century teaching/learning and steps for modifying/recreating curriculum units so they align with these skills

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The Leader's Guide to 21st Century Education: 7 Steps for Schools and Districts

By Ken Kay and Valerie Greenhill

In this all-new resource, educational leaders get a 7-Steps guide to moving their schools and districts forward in the quest to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century.

• Educators see how to make the realities of effective 21st century education happen through the focus on implementation, including all major aspects of implementation strategy
• Coverage of the 4Cs as appropriate 21st century student outcomes, the pillars of 21st century pedagogy, and a 21st century leadership strategy is illustrated in the book's explanations of the role the 4Cs can play in leading, teaching, and learning.

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High-Impact Teaching Strategies for the 'XYZ' Era of Education

By Richard Howell Allen

Dr. Rich Allen takes a look at how technology has shaped and prepared students. His teaching strategies can help teachers engage students and reconnect with the realities of today’s classroom.

• Provides practical presentation and teaching techniques
• Helps transform instruction into high-impact teaching

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Supporting Content Area Literacy with Technology:
Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners

By William Brozo & Kathleen Puckett

To make content-area learning more engaging and meaningful for all students, William Brozo and Kathleen Pucket present teachers with a basic framework for pairing literacy strategies with readily available classroom technology.

• Helps teachers plan flexible strategies to meet a wide range of student abilities
• Guides teachers in the effective use of instructional technology

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Teaching Vocabulary with Hypermedia, 6–12

By Susan O’Hara & Robert Pritchard

Stay ahead of the curve with these fresh ideas for engaging adolescents through today’s new media! Learn to make technology work for you with this guide to integrating hypermedia into your content-area curriculum.

• Delivers concrete and research-based strategies for building vocabulary
• Provides a CD-ROM and video allowing you to see the authors’ ideas put to work in the classroom

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