21st Century Skills and Technology Education

Our lives in the 21st century are significantly influenced by technology, both current and that yet imagined. To properly prepare our students for their future, we need to teach 21st century skills. This means a seamless integration of technology across the spectrum of school activities by the students, staff, and community.

Summer work and Conferences

Much of my work this summer revolved around planning for technology in our District. In June we submitted our technology plan, and had worked with teams of from other schools around Vermont as a group called VT LEAD IT (Vermont Leadership for Information Technology in Education )

In the summer the teams had the wonderful opportunity to spend several days at UVM to continue the work at a conference. Teams had time to work as teams, and also to learn from nationally recognized technology experts. Bernie Dodge, the “guru” of Webquests was the keynote speaker at an evening event. David Warlick, the founder of the Landmark Project shared many Web2.0 resources. One of my absolute favorite tools is the Citation Machine. Jim Moulton presentation on Project Based Learning rounded out the event.

Several members of our admin team also attended Alan November's Conference in Boston.