Arlington+Heights

Arlington Heights Elementary

 * **Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools by: Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum** ||
 * **Book Study** || **Reader's Response** ||
 * Chapter 1 New World, New Web, New Skills

Chapter 2 Students and Learning

Chapter 3 New Tools || jobs are changing, challenge to find a job available after graduation-biggest skill is being able to adapt to changes. we're coming from command and control-to connect and collaborate and information delievered and tested to information shared and explored. students will not be prepared for the work place if they are not taught these changing skills.


 * 1) How can teachers better address the needs or engage today's digital learners?-
 * 2) Do we get on our students for writing like they text??
 * 3) What do we do with the gap we have about where we are going and where we (the district) are at now? (Reality)


 * use higher order thinking skills
 * apply technology
 * adapt to change
 * acquire workplace skills

ajax (web tools) see powerpoint on wiki

I learned that there is way more out there than I thought, and I'm pretty up to date... I wish there was a way to link all of these tools...like tweet deck for facebook and twitter....

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 * Chapter 4 New Tools in Schools

Chapter 5 Professional Development

Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools || -there are so many tools! ESOL using the IPOD as a language lab-record vocab, conduct question and answer conversations, check pronounciation, etc ||
 * Chapter 7 Online Safety Security

Chapter 8 Systemic Issues

Chapter 9 New Schools || Chapter 8 Systemic Issues

Assumption: Every student has access to technology Agree: Blogging and social networking increase comprehenion and communication in ESOL students Argue: What is the reality of actually having the equpiment (the problem with the "IPOD" brand vs. Microsoft Aspire: All students have equal access ||