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=Welcome to Building Better Teachers: Habits of Highly Effective 21st Century Classrooms!=

Park Hill School District hosted Dr. Howie DiBlasi's Building Better Teachers workshop. This wiki outlines valuable information presented today. Please start discussion threads, upload related materials, add and/or edit pages, and put these tools to good use in the classroom!

Dr. Howie DiBlasi

 * @http://www.drhowie.com
 * howie@frontier.net
 * Twitter: hdiblasi (great networking tool for professional)
 * Skype: durangodirector
 * Be willing to say "I can"
 * How can I do that in my classroom?
 * Everything in presentation licensed in Creative Commons (noncommercial: share/share alike)
 * iste (International Society for Technology in Education (new standards)

Books & Magazines

 * Edutopia
 * Wired
 * Fast Company
 * //Teaching the iGeneration: 5 Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills with Web 2.0 Tools// (William M. Ferriter, Adam Garry)
 * Mashup "What did you learn today?" Fotopedia
 * Backchannel []
 * //Brain Games// (available at B & N) - critical thinking
 * //Brain Storming// - Marty Fligor - critical thinking
 * //Critical Thinking: Daily Spark// - critical thinking

Questions to Ask

 * What does it meean to prepare our students for the 21st century? []
 * What core skills do employers seek? [|http://www.graduateopportunities.com]