Partnership for 21st Century Skills

I just visited the Partnership for 21st Century Skills website. The site is for a national organization that is trying to make sure that student skills are ready for the 21st century. They are trying to bridge the gap between what is taught now in schools and real world applications of information being learned. I was surprised to find that many of the member organizations were big name companies such as Apple, Dell, and Microsoft that create new technology that can be used in today’s classroom. Many of the skills that they are stress are topics that many teachers try to advocate in their classroom already. There were resources available such as speakers, publications, and videos representing the skills they were stressing. I think the site will help support ideas that teachers are already doing and open some teacher’s eyes to ways they could change their approach to teaching. Implications that it has my students are the skills they will need as they finish school and move on to a career. As a teacher the implication is how the information is presented to my students. To me many students move on to college and become very successful professionals. So do teachers really need to overhaul the way they teach or just become aware of different ways they can introduce information?

A way for Students to asks Questions

As a high school math teacher, teaching all types of math except for calculus, I was thinking of using a blog as an outlet for the students to ask math questions.  I think this will allow students to help others with their homework.  I will be able to see what the students are struggling with so that I can address the different questions in class that they may not normally ask in class.  I think this will be a good way for students to help each other outside of the classroom.  What are your thoughts on this idea?

Rick Orr

New to Blogging

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to blogging and I am taking a class on intergrating technology into the classroom.  I am injoying learning the different ways that I can use a blog in my classroom.  I am using this blog as practice for creating one for my classroom.  I want to be able to allow my students to be able to ask questions whenever they need help.  I also want the ability for the students to discuss different topics and ideas with all of the different sections.  The more that I learn i think the students would enjoy the ability of using the blog for the classroom.

Rick Orr