21st+Century+Communication


 * Outline for Presentation at NECC- 21st Century Communication**

•Creativity and Innovation •Communication and Collaboration •Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making •Digital Citizenship •Technology Operations and Concepts
 * ISTE NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) Addressed:**

•ease of use! •compatibility •visual communication as a way to overcome language barriers •highly motivating •addresses a variety of learning styles •provides modeling •students as "experts" •authentic- students writing to communicate, share, interact •opportunity for cultural exchange •start with what students know and are able to share=sparks interest in learning new things
 * Why use Tech4Learning products as tools in combination with open-source web tools like blogs, Voicethreads, etc?**

-4th grade blogpals (screenshots)- KinderKids Draw- (how to show the VoiceThread offline? can this site be simulated? Use screencasting software?) [|1000 Things That Matter] (online- can show video offline, show screenshot of site?) Global Dreamers- (screenshots)
 * Examples:**

-Jacksonville A-Z book (will have copy of book) also have this on webblender, can publish locally and show.


 * How to find opportunities to communicate and collaborate with other schools. **

should I actually be demo-ing particular tools? How long to spend on this part? Or just explaining/showing where and why I might choose a particular T4L tool for a particular task. ie: image blender to create custom headers for blogs because you can set the size so it fits exactly (show this?) Pixie because it is so easily exported to web-friendly formats and so easy to master that kids can communicate extremely well with it. **
 * T4L products-