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 * Holy Cross CFF Trainings**

__Day 1--January 17, 2012__:

 * 1) ===**Introductions**===
 * 2) ===**Tech Experience Survey--Click on the link below to access this survey. It is for information and planning only.**===
 * 3) ===**Take the Holy Cross Tech Survey**===
 * 4) ===**Philosophy of CFF (Classroom for the Future)- Member of the global society, lifelong learner, finding information, being a critical learner**===
 * 5) **Logistics of using the laptop carts**
 * 6) **21st Century Skills**
 * 7) ===**Exploring New Tools**===

Part II Day 1-- July 9
 * = ** Wikispaces ** ||
 * = ** Photostory ** ||

1. Introductions...Describe why interested in this laptop initiative 2. Activity...Describe the Ideal Classroom (Do it in partners) What would the teacher be doing? What would the students be doing? Describe the physical classroom space. How are parents involved with their students' learning? Discuss the format of lessons. 3. Take the survey 4. Discuss the CFF philosophy. 5. Review 21st Century Skills
 * Holy Cross Tech Survey**


 * 21st Century Skills **

21st Century Schools, LLC recognizes the critical need for developing 21st century skills. However, we believe that authentic education addresses the “whole child”, the “whole person”, and does not limit our professional development and curriculum design to workplace readiness. 21st century skills learned through our curriculum, which is interdisciplinary, integrated, project-based, and more, include and are learned within a project-based curriculum by utilizing the seven survival skills advocated by Tony Wagner in his book, //The Global Achievement Gap//:
 * Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
 * Collaboration across Networks and Leading by Influence
 * Agility and Adaptability
 * Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
 * Effective Oral and Written Communication
 * Accessing and Analyzing Information
 * Curiosity and Imagination

for 21st Century Success
Listed below are the six critical skills that form the foundation for 21st century success. These are the building blocks of every program developed by the Center for 21st Century Skills.

Congratulations CT EXPO 2012 Participants!
Highlights from EXPO 2012:

[|Information Literacy]
Appropriate applied research to any given challenge. The ability to find useful and reliable information.

[|Collaboration]
Working together to share, advocate, and compromise on issues critical to teams success.

[|Communication]
The ability to properly read, write, present, and comprehend ideas between a variety of mediums and audiences.

[|Creativity & Innovation]
Exploration of imagination. Refining and improving original ideas.

[|Problem Solving]
Experimentation of new and familiar concepts while processing information until a viable solution is reached.

[|Responsible Citizenship]
Demonstration of proper technology use, global awareness, and moral capacity in and outside of the classroom.

Collaboration, Global Awareness, Critical Thinking 6. Bloom's Taxonomy...Bloom's Bakery 6. Activity...What skills would you like to gain from this 2 day training? 6. Learn some skills...Rubistar, Bloom's, WikiSpaces

Day 2- July 10 Review laptop initiative currently in place at Holy Cross. How's it going? What makes a good teacher? wordle...Brainstorm how this program can be used with your students. Review laptop cart expectations/rules Examine the wikispace protocol (How is it set up?, Are you using it?) Google...Docs, Calendar,...Discovery Education

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