21st+Century+Skills

=What is a 21st Century Teacher?= by Josh Stumpenhorst People toss around terms in education and attach the words “21st century” to appear cutting edge or on the front end of trending ideas. As a teacher in the 21st century, I find it amazing to see some of the things that are so-called 21st century and yet are no different from ideas from the 20th or even the 19th century. With that in mind, I reflected on what it takes to be a teacher in the 21st century and what such a teacher looks like. Read more here. = = =Best Websites for Teaching and Learning= by American Association of School Librarians The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. See all websites [|here] = = =30 Online Multimedia Resources for PBL and Flipped Classrooms= by Michael Gorman In this PBL Mania Post I explore Online Multimedia Resources. These fantastic mega-sites can provide lessons and formative assessment activities for PBL. The power of project based learning integrated with this type of online technology allows teachers to provide multimedia that can be used individually, in groups, or even at home. The multimedia may be a movie, sound clip, picture, simulation, reading, or game. In PBL, the multimedia may be an entry event, a tutorial, a basis for further discussion and inquiry, or a tool that measures student understanding. It could possibly even be an assignment or activity for students to investigate at home. Best of all, students can even be in control of the speed of delivery and even control their own remediation by repeating sessions. Multimedia can be used to flip the classroom, allowing students to participate and formulate their own inquiry through teacher facilitated posts in content delivery systems such as Edmodo or My Big Campus. Let's take a look at some of these large mega resource sites. Click [|here] for complete list.
 * Media Sharing
 * Digital Storytelling
 * Manage & Organize
 * Social Network & Communication
 * Content Resources
 * Curriculum Collaboration

=Engaging Learners through Digital Storytelling: 40+ Websites and Tips= Through digital storytelling we motivate our learners to apply, contextualize, visualize, and personalize the language they learn. There are 100s of free digital tools and websites to inspire your learners to create extremely imaginative stories and share them with a global audience. The site includes links for comics, music, digital animation. . . even sock puppets! Teachers could also use the resources for increasing engagement in a lesson. Click here.