learningIT

My school hosts a yearly educational conference called “Bridging the Gap” (Nov. 19-21), which is open to all staff and parents. Several teachers from the local area will be presenting as well as Kim Cofino.  Now in it’s 8th year, the school has also included unconferences and BarCamps. The theme this year is on education and technology with an emphasis on, What does 21st century education look like? I’m not sure if it looks like anything, but I do know that processes and ways to present sure have changed.

I’ll be presenting on essential 2.0 tools for teachers and students. I had a very long list and managed to narrow it down to about 15. I was speaking to some teachers though and was surprised to hear that some still do not know what RSS is, see the relevancy of blogs or even know they can create their own wiki. There still seems to be some divide. I may need to revisit this list so as not to info-whelm everyone and cater to some of those entry-level teachers. (Hey, at least they are showing up to learn. That’s the first step.) Once done, I’ll post all the resources here. If you feel you have a kicker of a resource/essential app tool, please do drop me a line to share.

UPDATE: My list now has 25 essential tools. I thought I should include some more basic stuff for the beginners.