CFF+Bootcamp

Helpful notes and resources from Classrooms of the Future Boot Camp 10/14/08 to 10/17/08:

I. Students Teaching Teachers at Ferndale Area HS - students conducted an in service on Photo Story 3 with CFF Coach, Karen Soohy - http://www.fasdk12.org

II. Model Lessons-Social and Personal Responsibilities. Commitment to Character - educators from Canada challenge students to become 21st Century global learners who focus on character building - [|http://www.jcarleton.net/iearn/]

III. My Hero Project - this would be an interesting project for English and social studies teachers- http://www.myhero.com

IV. National Public Radio uses this site to pull information to read it live. It contains a public dialogue about beliefs. This could be a good tool for Podcasting especially in social studies and English - http://www.thisibelieve.org

V. Technology should drive the ability to modify or enhance the material you teach. - promote higher level thinking skills by encouraging students to create projects using technology - prepare students to become 21st Century learners - independent learners - develop stronger relationships between students and teachers by creating a community of learners where students teach teachers and teachers teach students

VI. The Flat Classroom - creating a world of global learners. a. Relevance -the demand for information technology is more than doubling every year. b. Learning experiences should allow for failure, success, and learning c. Authentic assessments d. Students must be able to: Think (collaboratively and individually), Create (using knowledge and skill), Innovate (reform and recreate institutions, technology, and systems and schemes for solving problems)

Remember...IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENTIATION AND TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR PLANNING PROCESS CHANGES EVERYTHING!