Challenge for Educators in the 21st Century
Educators identify the implications of a globally connected economy and relate it to instructional strategies enhanced by use of the Internet to support the diverse needs of learners. A “must” for any school focusing on both today’s performance and tomorrow’s realities.
Topics include:
- Instructional strategies to nurture student achievement including inquiry, collaboration, and problem based instruction
- Data driven decision-making, differentiated instruction, assessment, and millennial learning styles
- Digital equity issues and assistive technologies for at-risk students and under-served population
- The changing roles of librarians, teachers, and administrators
Upon completion of this workshop you will be equipped with strategies for responding to the challenges of teaching and learning in a technology enhanced environment. You will be able be to:
- explain issues related to life in a world linked by the Internet
- discuss the implications for teaching and learning in a digital world.
Questions to explore include:
- How has technology changed the learning landscape?
- What is the difference between literacy in the '60's and today?
- Can technology support different learning styles and differentiated instruction?
- How are assistive technologies being used to give students with disabilities new opportunities? For learning disabled gifted students?
- Why does technology in schools sometimes not live up to its potential?
- How do instructional stratgies differ in a classroom that has fully integrated technology into the learning process compared to traditional instruction?
- Who are the "Millennials" and what makes them different?
- How can problem- and project-based instruction motivate student learning and performance?
- Why does inquiry-based instruction lend itself to an online-enhanced learning environment?
- What is the digital content divide?
- Is data-driven decision making valid?