Partnership for 21st Century Skills

I thought the Partnership for 21st Century Skills website is a site that my district officials should take a look at. There is lots of information to show to the high officials that we need more technology and a way to implement it in the classroom. There was not any thing that I disagreed with on the site. I believe that my students do need to work on the three R’s and four C’s (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation). I really liked the listing of professional development sites. It is great that there are organizations out there who are fighting for this cause.   If you have not had a chance to check out this site I am posting the link below.
http://www.p21.org/index.php

School Blogging

I am not sure how I would use a blog in my classroom. My school has a strict policy about blogs. They do not want teachers to be friends on blogs with students. I would love to have a blog where students could interact. If this was possible I would create a blog that was dedicated to young adult literature. I would create a place where my students would be able to find suggestions for books and share their opinions about the latest material that is out there. I teach all four levels of English and I feel like a class blog would bring students of all levels together. Maybe my freshman could learn from my juniors and seniors.

There are two sides to every story...

There are two sides to every story...

Welcome

Welcome to my first blog. I am excited to see what comes of this new experience. I teach secondary English and my students would benefit from having a classroom blog. I look forward to sharing my views and lesson ideas with the world.