NEW APPROACHES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Bridging the Gap Connecting education with how young people use digital technology in their personal lives

Ideas ...
- Video from a teacher who gets her students to use 21st Century Tools
- Teachers do not have to know the technology to use it in the classroom...they need to know what the technology can do. It is up to the students to learn the technology.
- Applications such as Google Apps should be embraced by all secondary school educators
- Do not do technology for technology sake ... do what engages students and worksr
- “When students write a paper, they're usually only writing for their teacher. When they know their peers will read what they write, students care and they try harder.” speaking about student wikis Mike Lawrence - Executive Director, CUE

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“Anecdotal evidence and research suggest that teachers' integration of digital tools into instruction is sporadic. Many young people's reliance on digital technology in their outside lives stands in sharp contrast to their limited use of it in school."  A Digital Decade.,  Education Week , 3/29/2007, Vol. 26, Issue 30

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