Summary

 To summarize, our “Exploring the World” technology day consists of varying types of technology to enhance 9 content areas. Students will work with the following technology: PowerPoint, digital cameras, Inspiration software, WebQuests, Guitar Hero, Weight-By-Date™ Software, MapMyRun, Geometer’s Sketchpad and Turning Point Anywhere software. The activities we have planned are meant to engage and maximize the learning in all content areas.

According to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, “There is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they need in typical 21st century communities and workplaces. To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by infusing 21st century skills into their teaching and learning.” (From the __Partnership for 21st Century Skills__ website, 2009)

We believe that 21st century skills are important and we work hard to integrate them into daily lessons at Elissa Jen Lornan Intermediate School. Our technology day is no exception. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has broken the skills down into 3 categories which are, learning and innovation skills, information, media and technology skills, and life and career skills. We have made sure to include activities that will touch on all these 21st century skills. __ Learning and Innovation Skills __  A key component of this set of skills is communication. We have planned some group projects that will force the students to work together creatively. Specifically, the Health and Social Studies activities call for the students to work together for the final product. __ Information, Media and Technology Skills __ Many of the activities we have planned will fall under this set of skills. As for information literacy, students will need to access, evaluate and use information to complete the activities for their Science, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education lessons. Our Art lesson, in which the students will use digital cameras, will focus more on media literacy. They will both analyze and create media. Students will also create media in our Language Arts PowerPoint lesson. The final piece of this set of skills is technology literacy. The goal of our technology day is for students to be able to use varying kinds of technology, so all lessons will fall into this category. Every lesson gives the students a chance to work with some sort of technology. __ Life and Career Skills __  This set of skills focuses on preparing students to enter the workforce. Students need to be able to adapt to change, work independently within a time frame and interact effectively with others if they are going to be successful in the 21st century workplace. Our projects vary from the students working independently to working in groups. This way they will not only practice working with others, but the students will also have to manage independent work as well. In the real world, people have to be able to work in both these ways.

Overall, we feel that our technology rich day will be a fun, engaging way for students to interact with each other and with different forms of technology.

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