Partnership for 21st Century Skills

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills website contains information and resources about how to integrate skills needed for 21st century learning in the classroom.  This seems to be a solid start to the important task of preparing our current students for their future workplace.  I was surprised at who was involved in supporting the website, which is a mix of corporations, the U.S. Department of Education, and some state departments of education.  This shows there is awareness on many levels regarding the importance of integrating these skills for our future leaders, which is a very important step in the right direction for change.  There was nothing on the website I disagreed with, other than it was a little difficult to navigate and find information, and I hope the corporations involved have students best interests in mind and not simply a business opportunity.  As I continue to become more familiar with the website, I'm sure it will prove to be an invaluable tool in teaching me how to integrate skills into my classroom.

Blogs in the classroom

I teach 7th grade math and science, and I believe blogging in my classroom would benefit my class greatly. Blogging is a way for students to support each other with math help, to communicate homework to an absent student, or to pose questions not necessarily related to curriculum but still educational.  My blog can be a running summary of what each day's lesson entailed, complete with further examples and links to other resources for the students.  For science, news links and other links could be posted to enhance content covered in class.

Welcome!

My name is Michael, and I currently work at a charter school in Detroit.  I created this blog to keep a record of what technology I am using in my classroom, and what is working and not working.  Feel free to stop in and share resouces, or to comment on anything that grabs your interest!