STSD Curriculum & Technology Update

Regular updates and musings on curriculum and technology in the Salisbury Township School District in Allentown, PA.

21st Century Skills

Borrowing from fellow colleague STAR DEN Advisory Board Member Jennifer Dorman, I am including her research links for our learning community’s professional development.
* U.S. Department of Education National Education Technology Plan
* U.S. Department of Education Technolgy Evaluation and Research
* The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
* Noodle Tools 21st Century Literacies
* 21st Century Technology Support Project
* Landmarks for Schools
* enGauge: 21st Century Skills - Literacy in the Digital Age
* Skill Sets for the 21st Century
* The Evolving Definition of Literacy
* Big6 The Importance of Contemporary Literacy
* Teaching Information Literacy
* Learning in the Digital Age
* Preparing the Digital Generation for the Age of Innovation
* The Challenge of the Digital Age

Randy discussed enGauge in our initial meeting.  I thought if we shared a common list of resources, we might deconstruct our notion of “basics” in light of the what Pink [A Whole New Mind] calls the Conceptual Age.