Presenter: Ryan Bretag, Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, IL

Presenter: David Jakes, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL

Moderator: Lucy Gray, University of Chicago, Urban Education Institute

Session Description:

Just a few years ago, it seems, they were known as “tech tools” in our classrooms. Now known as “participatory media,” they are liberating twenty-first century learning and teaching from the constraints of time, space, and place. In this session, two experienced leaders and innovators in instructional technology will analyze the transformative role of multiple technologies in our schools. They will also address the challenges—instructional, curricular, and organizational—faced by teachers, administrators, and their students to leverage technology’s power to reach beyond classroom walls into our communities and our world.

Audience Participation | What does it mean to be well educated?

Resources

What does it mean to collaborate in the 21st Century?

Moodle

Momo

Sloodle

PbWiki | Wikispaces

del.icio.us

WizIQ

dimdim

Ning

Shout'em

What does it mean to communicate in the 21st Century?

Blogger

Google Docs

Google Apps

Scribd

Gcast

Ustream

Qik

Slideshare

Skype

What does it mean to critically and creatively think in the 21st Century?

Google Earth (with Mars, Ocean and Sky)

Google Lit Trips

Voicethread

Flowgram

xTimeline

Dipity

TimeTube

Flickr

JayCut

Spore

What does it mean to be content literate in the 21st Century?

Open Yale Courses

MIT Open CourseWare

Wikipedia

iTunes (enter Stanford University in the search window)

Encyclopedia Britannica

Hippocampus

Course Notes

Vcasmo

Living and Learning with New Media:  Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project