Partnership for 21 Century Skills

My first reaction when looking at this particular website was that it was going to be a whole lot of boring reading. Everything looked organized and well thoughout, but will it really benefit me? As I skimmed across the information, the members and partners really grabbed my attention. Seeing those big names like Dell, U.S Department of Education, and the National Education Association really made me feel like this could be interesting and worth looking into with more depth. I honestly thought it was going to talk about all these different kinds of technology and teaching kids how to use them to their advantage. I was surprised to see that the website proposed plans about how bring education, business, and government together. The proposals wanted to create productive memebers of society.

I don't really agree or disagree with the information on the website. I think it all sounds grand. There are so many plans and proposals to do this and that when it comes to providing and better education for our students, I'm just anticipating the day when something really happens.

This year my students could not agree on anything. I teach fifth and sixth graders who really love to talk and love the computer. Whenever we had discussions they went on for hours. I think as for as my classroom, I would use my blog as a place for my students to make comments or to respond to daily questions. I would post daily questions or just ask for their opinion on content that we discussed. They could read what the the different comments and we would even talk about some in class. With the students being able to blog everyone would get a chance to say what they feel, and not just a few outspoken ones.

I have recently started taking on line classes. I was afraid at first, but once I completed one class I began to feel comfortable. I am learning so much in my technology program. This week I learned about something called the RSS feeder(Real Simple Syndication). It sounds cool and I can't wait to learn more about it.