The+21st+Century+Classroom


 * The Newsweek article is an astounding reminder of how far we have come technologically in the past decade. It is staggering proof of how society, and mostly students, have reinvented how we communicate, consume data and inter-relate with each other in such a sort span of time. The statistics in the article are overwhelming proof of not just how we must adjust to our students" learning needs and styles but that this technological boom is really a runaway freight train that would look even more different in the next decade or less.**
 * Our students communicate in ways that require technological elements and forms of collaboration that previous generations never encountered. The virtual notebook we have discussed is one tool that will assist in effective collaboration and also aid teachers like myself that need much more time in getting deeply connected to the tools of learning engagement most familiar and comfortable to my students.**


 * This article reinforces the adjustments we must make to prepare our students for the world that awaits them in all aspects of their future lives. It is our role as educators to allow them to receive the educational matter in a way most comfortable to them and in a manner which as always excites them to want to know more and expand their minds to be life long leaners.**