March+2


 * Guest Speakers**
 * Diane Kasaczun - Elementary Special Education
 * Lynn Fuini-Hetten - Instructional Coach - Thinkfinity Resources

This is an assignment in a format of your choice (essay, blog post, podcast, video, etc.). You will need to address //either// (1) your answers to the essential questions of the course:
 * Concluding Assignment**
 * 1) //What do we mean by the "21st century classroom?"// There are a variety of answers to this question, but few get at the transformation in teaching and learning that can be brought about by the shifts that are happening in our world today.
 * 2) //How do we apply technology tools in ways so that we can more easily achieve meaningful teaching and learning in the 21st century?// Our focus on technology in education rarely gets beyond the dimension of technical skill. Education professionals must have additional skills to be able to evaluate emerging and every-evolving technology tools and determine how they will meet the needs of the 21st century learner.

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(2) your growth over the course as related to the ISTE Standards for teachers.
 * 1) Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
 * 2) Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments
 * 3) Model digital age learning and work
 * 4) Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
 * 5) Engage in professional growth and leadership

As with all of your work in this course, reflection will be the standard for achieving the highest quality of work for this assignment. Regardless of the format you choose for this assignment, your work should __//reference your detailed experiences//__ (including the reading) in this course. As for length, if you were to use text as your format choice, a quality assignment would be a minimum of three (3) double-spaced pages. Of course, you may choose alternate formats that work best for you and your learning style. You may wish to consult your blog entries from the semester, weaving them into this concluding assignment. __//The most skillful students will weave this concluding assignment into their final project to form a comprehensive final product representing the process of learning you have engaged in over the course of the semester.//__


 * Rethinking Education...** Chapters 9 & 10
 * What is your greatest takeaway from reading the book?
 * How do you think it will impact your work as a teacher?

Please post your project description and rubric to your individual wiki page (see left navigation). All final projects and Concluding Assignments will need to be uploaded or linked to your page. See **Note** at the bottom of this wiki page.
 * Final Project/Concluding Assignment Worktime and Consultation**


 * Sharing**
 * Typography (Randy)
 * [|An iPad for the Preschool Set] (mike)
 * Why Assignment Structure is Detrimental to the Development of Thinking (Randy)
 * How to request ad removal from a Ning (Randy)
 * Inspiration Software (Jennifer Schmitt)
 * Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next
 * The Future of Learning Manifesto (Randy)
 * 10 Sages Read the Future of Print (Randy)
 * Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English (Randy)
 * [|World's Largest Book Club?] (mike)
 * Apple and child labor (kristine)
 * Students Sound Off On School Tech Use (Randy)
 * Lawsuit against PA, spying using webcams (kristine)


 * Note about assignments:** All blog entries, discussion forum posts, final projects and concluding assignments must be completed by __//**Sunday, March 7 by 9:00 AM**//__ . I will provide you with substantive feedback and your final grade by that evening.