Slideshow from presentation at Decatur ISD Jump! event, July 29, 2008.

1. Web 2.0: Meaningful Tools for Today’s Students Randy Rodgers Birdville Independent School District

2. Pop Quiz!

10. Where Have We Been?

14. And now?

15. Source: Pink, Daniel (2005). A Whole New Mind . Riverhead Books: New York.

16. Skills Today’s Students Will Need Tomorrow

17. Where are we as educators now?

18. Here…

19. … or here? Video

20. “ The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler Photo Credit

21. The Challenge: Change

22. “ To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by infusing 21st century skills.” Partnership for 21 st Century Skills ( www.21stcenturyskills.org )

23. “ Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.” Alvin Toffler

24. “ I believe so much in the future that I invest exclusively in ‘futures.’ In fact, you can't invest in ‘pasts,’ they don't offer that. I've checked.” Michael Scott

27. “ I believe we will have achieved education reform when no teacher believes he or she can teach the same thing in the same way from one year to the next.” David Warlick

28. The Read/Write Web as a Tool for 21 st Century Teaching/Learning

49. “ Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda Image Credit