The Academic Vision: Develop character, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, real-world proble...

1. TOOLS

1.1. laptop with webcam

1.1.1. skype

1.1.2. voice thread

1.2. Library databases

1.3. video-conferencing

1.4. multi-media studio

1.4.1. adobe creative suite

1.5. SmartBoard

1.5.1. notebook software

1.6. kindle

1.7. laptop carts, computer lab

1.7.1. diggo, delicious

1.7.2. word processing, dictation, wiki, google apps

1.7.3. social media sites

1.8. moodle

1.8.1. blog

2. Professional Development

2.1. Powerful Learning Practice (PLP)

2.2. Teaching With Ted

2.3. MAGPI - Videoconferencing

2.4. TPCK Model

3. New node

4. Future tools

4.1. itouch

4.2. ipad

5. New node

6. P. Bassett's Demonstrations

6.1. Conduct a fluent conversation in a foreign language about a piece of writing in that language.

6.2. Write a cogent and persuasive opinion piece on a matter of public importance.

6.3. Declaim with passion and from memory a passage that is meaningful — of one’s own or from the culture’s literature or history

6.4. Construct and program a robot capable of performing a difficult physical task.

6.5. Exercise leadership

6.6. Using statistics, assess whether or not a statement by a public figure is demonstrably true.

6.7. Describe a breakthrough for a team on which you served and to which you contributed to overcoming a human-created obstacle so that the team could succeed in its task.

6.8. Assess media coverage of a global event from various cultural/national perspectives.

6.9. Demonstrate a commitment to creating a more sustainable future with means that are scalable.