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= **The 21st Century Classroom Workshop** =

**Date:** Friday, July 1, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. **Faculty:** Professor Joseph Conroy, **conroyj@rider.edu** **Location:** Sweigert Room 115, Rider University **Network:** Nowires **Username:** summereducation // (case sensitive, all lowercase) // **Password:** sed123 //(case sensitive, all lowercase//)

**Description:** Are you looking to engage your students with today’s technology tools? The 21st Century Classroom will challenge you to engage social media purposefully and methodically through research, collaborative projects, discussion and application. By following real time media trends and newly developed processes for engaging social networks, you will learn communication theories and skills applying 21st century tools such as wikis, screencasts, slidecasts, podcasts and multimedia and the effects of this usage on today's educational system, developing children, families and themselves. CURR-536-01//The 21st Century Classroom// is offered for graduate credit during the week of Monday, July 18 - Friday, July 22.

**Objectives:**
 * Highlight technology "in action" to better understand implications for teaching & learning
 * Identify the 21st Century Skills that need to be taught alongside technology
 * Explore technology & 21st century skill possibilities for your own teaching practice
 * Plan a course of action for tech integration in the upcoming academic year
 * Collaborate with other pre- and in-service teachers to share best practices

**Itinerary:**
 * __Morning Warmup__
 * //Carousel Discussion Activity//
 * //Check In / Google Doc Attendance//
 * __Demonstration of Authentic Examples__
 * //Example #1: Podcasting in the Writing Workshop//
 * Audacity
 * Portable Apps
 * //Example #2: Media Literacy & 21st Century Skills//
 * [[file:Critical Media Literacy Questions.doc]]
 * Media viewing habits of teens
 * Deconstructing media messages
 * Constructing media messages with technology
 * //Example #3: Tech Integration for Reading Workshop// **CLICK HERE**
 * Class Wiki
 * VoiceThread
 * Twitter
 * Google Calendar
 * Tag Clouds
 * __Individualized Sandbox Learning__
 * Preview list of resources on 21st century teaching & technology
 * Hands-on learning with one particular technology
 * Planning & small-group sharing session
 * __Sharing Protocol & Wrap Up__
 * Post paragraph blurb with links to course wiki
 * Think, pair, share