1. TECHNOLOGY in the K-12
Classroom
Why is it important?

2. The answer, in my opinion, could not
have been stated any better than
Bethany Smith’s.
Bethany Smith
works as Asst. Director of Learning Technologies at the College of Education- NC State
University.
With her permission, the following presentation gives all of us something to think about.

3. Some have it

4. Some don’t
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5. Some use it
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6. Some don’t
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7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/evansent/135767789/sizes/o/
Why don’t we?

8. Time
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9. Juggling one more thing
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10. But really, it’s… Awareness
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13025462@N08/3226405500

11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyza/276990225/sizes/o/
It’s interest, not age.

12. The 21st Century isn’t “coming”
– it’s here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20884341@N00/302931951

13. Teachers will not be replaced by
technology, but teachers who
don’t use technology will be
replaced by those who do.
-Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

14. Why do students need us in the age
of
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15. Give students tools to succeed in
life
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16. Give students tools to make good
decisions
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17. Prepare students for college

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadtripmemories/517066135/sizes/o/
Prepare students for jobs

19. Learning & Innovation Skills
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20. Creativity
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21. Critical
Thinking
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22. Communication & Collaboration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/julielindsay/3049218069/sizes/l/in/set-72157609661303135/

23. Information, Media & Technology
Skills
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24. Integration
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25. Start Small, but Dream Big
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/2222523486

26. 21st Century Skills are all about
teaching our kids to navigate the
world as THEY are experiencing
it, not the world WE
experienced.
-Wil Richardson

27. Bethany V. Smith
bethany_smith@ncsu.edu
Twitter: bethanyvsmith
http://transparentlearning.blogspot.com