21st Century Learning and Communicating Tools

Teaching in the 21st century requires many tools. Throughout this semester we have learned about many different tools for communicating with other teachers for ideas, and tools to enhance learning in the classroom. One of the ways we communicate as teachers is through our PLN or Personal Learning Network. There are several tools that you can use in your Personal Learning Network to communicate. A few of these are Twitter, Facebook, and ED Utopia.

One of my favorite tools to use for communicating with other teachers for ideas is Facebook. In todays age there are very people who do not have a Facebook Which makes it easy to connect with a variety of educators. Facebook also strecthes across continents. This can allow you to connect with people on different sides of the globe. Facebook makes it easy to connect with others no matter where you are. For example while you are on a break you can use your phone or tablet to discover new people and pages that offer advise or ideas.

There are also several tools we can use to help our students learn with technology in the classroom. Learning in the classroom begins with a lesson plan. Planning a project based lesson plan takes a lot of creativity. Sometimes it is hard to come up with new ideas for lessons. I have found BIE very helpful for coming up with project based ideas.Through this website you can find different lesson plans and callanders to help you as a teacher in the classroom. After you have planned a lesson there are several tools you can use to help your students complete their projects. One of the most useful is I Curio. With I Curio you can make sure that your students are only seeing age related and course related material. I curio can be very useful for any research project that you are having your students complete.

These are only a few tools that you can use to communicate and help your students learn with. There are endless tools online that will help you as a teacher in the 21st century.