We all recognize that today's students are different than the students of 10 or even 5 years ago. I think of how many things my 6th graders are involved in after school, how many "conversations" they have with classmates from the time they leave school to the next morning and the increase in their desire to have questions answered immediately. Yet I still see that excellent teaching continues to follow the ideology that if I tell them a fact they will forget it, if I show them a demonstration they will remember, and if I involve them they will gain understand.
With the tools available to us today at ACS, we can be thankful that we can actively involve our students in learning. As you engage your students, think about how many of the the 4Cs (Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creatively and innovation) you are asking your students to use. These are the skills our students need to be practicing in our classrooms.
Digitally speaking, here is a list of the top 100 educational tools used in 2011. How many did you use this past year?
In the comment sections below post which of the top 100 are your favorites.
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