21st Century Learning

1. Moving Classrooms from Phase 1

1.1. Teacher Resistance

1.1.1. Teachers are comfortable using some technology for instruction, but that is where it stops

1.2. Budget

1.2.1. Many technologies are costly for school districts to purchase, implement and maintain

2. Phase 2 implementation

2.1. Interactive Whiteboards

2.1.1. Some teachers may not be using the interactive parts of the whiteboard, or may not be fully utilizing them.

2.2. Computers

2.3. iPads

2.4. Schools and teachers may have access to an increasing amount of new technologies to integrate into the classroom. It's possible that the technologies themselves are seen as 21st century learning.

3. Phase 3 implementation

3.1. fully utilizes available technologies

3.2. teaches critical thinking skills such as how to think about thinking

3.3. allows students opportunities to collaborate on projects to learn people skills needed to succeed in a diverse world

3.4. teaches students how to utilize technologies to find information - not just rote memorization of facts

3.5. Technology is used as a tool to change students thinking and interaction with their own learning