1. Consumers to Creators Brad Fountain Discovery Education http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/ How to teach today’s students

3. Who are 21 st Century Learners?

5. Are They REALLY That Different?

8. Are you ready for my little girl? Name Alex Age 3 1/2

10. Where is your “Personal Learning Community”?

11. What about safety…and What About Me?

13. So What Does this Mean for Teachers and Schools?

15. “ If you are not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. By the time students become adults they have lost that capacity. And national education systems are where mistakes are the worst things you can make. The result is we are educating people out of their creative capacities. ” - Sir Ken Robinson

16. Aliteracy Poem Mrs. Thompson's second graders are amazing! The principal says they can comprehend anything-- Even a medical textbook. Mrs. Thompson's second graders are incredible! The superintendent says their oral reading is completely seamless-- Like the gentle flow of an eternal spring. Mrs. Thompson's second graders are fantastic! The PTA president says they finished the reading workbook and the phonics workbook before the end of the Third Quarter. Mrs. Thompson's second graders worry me. You see, I'm the aide who works in Mrs. Thompson's classroom, And I know something that others don't. Mrs. Thompson's second graders don't like to read. Poetry for Literacy Teachers from "Life's Literacy Lessons" by Steven L. Layne. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. 2001

18. Being Literate Today Means…

19. Search Engines moving toward video Hitwise, Phil Butler, profy.com YouTube other sites

20. Putting it into practice.

35. What Will You Do to Make A Difference? Brad Fountain [email_address]