1. If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier.If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important. -Barbara Colorose

2. Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops. -Henry Brooks Adams

3. Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. —Jacques Barzun

4. The man (or woman) who can make hard things easy is the educator. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. -Anonymous

6. Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression. - HaimGinott

7. The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds hard to answer. -Alice Wellington Rollins

8. Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. -Bob Talbert

9. Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child.Listen to the DON’TSListen to the SHOULDN’TSThe IMPOSSIBLES, the WON’TS.Listen to the NEVER HAVESThen listen close to me-Anything can happen, child,ANYTHING can be.” -Shel Silverstein

10. The mediocre teacher tells.The good teacher explains.The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. -William A. Ward

11. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -William Butler Yeats

12. Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions. -Unknown

13. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. -Albert Einstein

14. A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin

15. Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible. —Robert M. Hutchins

16. If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. -Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Estrada

17. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

18. As a general rule, teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say. -Unknown

19. Never do anything for a student that he is capable of doing for himself. If you do you, you’ll make him an educational cripple…a pedagogical paraplegic. -Howard Hendric

20. If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. -John Dewey http://www.theapple.com/benefits/articles/8743-20-powerful-quotes-for-teachers?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=ta_r1_20090723_m

21. Blast off with 21 tips for creating a 21st Century Classroom With a little technology and a lot of Web 2.0! Ann Witherspoon Midlothian ISD

22. What is 21st Century Learning? Do you have a clear understanding what is meant by 21st Century learning? Yes No

23. The 21st Century Skills Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes Core subjects should be taught in the context of themes like global awareness and civic literacy. Information, Media, and Technology Skills These skills include Information Literacy, Media Literacy, and Information Communication & Technology (ITC) Literacy. Learning and Innovation Skills These important skills include Creativity & Innovation, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, and Communication & Collaboration. Life and Career Skills These skills describe the ability to be flexible, adaptable, self-directed, socially aware, accountable, and responsible. Skills and knowledge students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st Century. Standards and Assessments 21st Century standards, along with a balanced system of assessments that measure 21st Century skills is crucial. Professional Development Teachers should be provided with effective 21st Century skills training and support for integrating these skills in the classroom. Curriculum and Instruction Instructional materials and practice should support student mastery of 21st Century skills. Learning Environments Where students learn affects what they learn-today’s learning environment must support 21st Century skills. Support systems necessary to ensure student mastery of 21st Century Skills From Partnership for 21st Century Skills

24. 21st Century Principles Partnership for 21st Century Skills

25. 21st Century Environment Enables students to learn in a relevant, real-world 21st Century learning environment that provides: connectivity access community Relationship Supports a professional learning community

26. 21st Century Learning

27. Tip #121st Century Set of Literacies Students will be able to: Find information Validate it Synthesize it Leverage it Communicate it Collaborate with it Problem solve with it

28. The Traditional Classroom

29. Tip # 2The 21st Century Classroom Partnership for 21st Century Skills

30. collaborate www.webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com www.classroom20.com share best practices www.go2web20.net http://www.internet4classrooms.com/ http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aboutaasl/bestlist/bestwebsitestop25.cfm Tip #3 ProfessionalLearning Communities

31. Tip #4 A little equipment

32. A Little Productivity with Web 2.0… Tip #5-Get a Delicious account Tip #6-Get a class Gmail account Tip #7-Access Google Docs Tip #8-Create an online learning environment (class website) Tip #9-Get Jing Tip #10-Everything Google

33. A Little Creativity with Web 2.0… Tip #11-Glogster’s #1 Tip #12-Scrapblog Tip #13-Toondoo Tip #14-Voki Tip #15-Oddcast Tip #16-Gliffy Tip #17-Art.com

34. Bring the community and the world in Tip #18-Cell Phones Tip #19-Google Earth Tip #20-ePals Tip #21-Skype

35. Putting it all together…Welcome to the world of the digital learner Which of the following did you find you are most eager to explore? Developing a Personal Learning Network Utilizing more productivity options such as Delicious, Gmail, Online Learning Community Integrating Web 2.0 applications into your curriculum Bringing the world into the classroom None, I like my 100 year old classroom!