Mr. Becksfort :: Twenty First Century Skills

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Evaluation Sheet

Here is the link to the evaluation sheet that we will be using in class to determine whether your page is completed.

Evaluation sheet

The sheet here is hosted on dropbox, one of my newly discovered 21^st Century / Web 2.0 tools. I have it sync'd up on my iPad so that I have access to some of my files from my mobile device. It is quite seamless, actually. Search for "dropbox" and you will find it.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

How to Choose Technology

This is a great Article from a technology-savvy teacher in North Carolina. He makes some good points about the purpose for technology in our classrooms, and is a worthwhile read for anyone who is concerned with how to go about deciding what to use in their own class environment.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

21st Century Learning

Teaching in the 21st Century on Prezi

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Perfect Educational Technology Tool from student and teacher perspectives

The article that I read on the edweek blog was one which applies to what I may be attempting to use in my classroom soon: the iPad. It's always good to get some other perspectives.

Click here for the article:

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/leading_from_the_classroom/2011/02/teacher_and_student_insights_on_using_technology_in_the_classroom.html

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Legal Cases Assignments for EDMS 350 & 550

Click on this link to go to the legal case sign-up for the presentations coming soon!

Here is the topics you need to cover!

Use the following organization for completing your Legal Brief:

Citation: Name of Court Case
Topic: one or more word description about the topic of the case
Issue: A brief description of the issue at stake. Usually one paragraph is sufficient.
Facts: a description / list of the case facts.
Findings: How did the court rule?
Rationale: How did the court determine its findings? Why? What was the legal basis / precedent?
Implications: what does that case mean to educators today?