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Skills We Need (See Curriculum for details.) “Be respectful,” “be thankful for what you have” and “honesty is the best policy” are the top three life lessons American parents hope to teach their children, according to a new survey. Rounding out the top five life...
The two most important things we always need to learn to be successful are: 1) how to use the tools available to us, and 2) how to use our minds to best use the tools. And the important reality is that while the tools we need to learn to be successful change all the...
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5 Competencies for 21st Century Workers The 5 Competencies for 21st Century Workers: Communication - You need to be able to connect with others from different cultures Reading, writing, Talking, Listening, Media Literacy Technology - You need to be able to use...
How to Teach Children About Avatars It is important to teach children about Avatars. An avatar is a personalized graphical illustration that represents a computer user, or a character or alter ego that represents that user. An avatar can be represented either in...
Computer Terms for Kids This is a list of computer terms for kids. It highlights some important concepts. Backup – This is an extra copy of a file or document. Browser – This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files, like...
google_ad_section_start Giving a kid a phone "feels a little like trying to teach your kid how to use cocaine, but in a balanced way." If I was ever tempted to give my children iPhones before they leave home, an article in the Wall Street Journal has quashed that urge...
Of course our goal is to be on this list. But, because we are new and have not built any "Authority" yet, it is understandable why we are not on this list. However, we can study this list and figure out why they are on the list and what we need to do to get on this...
Technology has always been a powerful tool in learning. The earliest learning technology, writing, transformed learning from just the memorization of stories told by a few near by elders, to the study of many different ideas from many different people and from many...
The instant we domesticated the electron we gave to educators the power to transform 18th Century paper based teacher centered education into 21st Century learning tools. EdTech is what we call this electronic Education Technology. And the world over smart people...
21st Century Communications tools are absolutely great. My Stock Broker had a question about year-end taxes. With just a few short emails, and the appropriate cc's, the question was answered. If I had to use a phone, I would have had to call my CPA, hoped he would...
Learning to use 21st Century tools is critical for success in the 21st Century. While clearly computer skills are one of those important skills that should be mastered, there is actually a 1st Century skill that should also be mastered; Writing! To become a good...
Baseball has just started using Video to review calls. Football has been using it for years. So has tennis. Using video to review calls made by umpires helps us resolve disputes.