Characteristics+of+21st+Century+Teachers

=12 Characteristics of an Effective 21st Century Educator=
 * 1) Able to discern the effective vs non-effective technology
 * 2) Fosters peer relationships - Build your PLN (Personal Learnign Network) -
 * Classroom 2.0
 * Global Education Collaborative
 * Curriki
 * Eduhound
 * Free Technology for Teachers
 * 1) Collect and/or retrieve information - Top 5 search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, AOL Search - Google Custom Search Engine Google Advance Search
 * Google Alternatives -
 * Map Machine (access all National Geographic maps)
 * Spokeo (white pages)
 * Fact Bites(draws from online encyclopedias)
 * Quintura(see & find - word cloud; also have kid version Quitura kids)
 * Clusty(recently renamed Yippy)
 * Duck-Duck-GO **TRY THIS
 * WolframAlpha - Computational Knowledge Engine - VERY extensive
 * ChaCha
 * Mahalo
 * 1) Can teach and assess all levels of learners
 * 2) Anticipates the future - Canby High School (Oregon public school visionary design), Square Up (like paypal for smartphones, GM Wire Car, Knowledge Navigator (24 yrs. ago - Apple Siri! - connects to WolframAlpha)
 * 3) Can use Communication tools - oral, written, presentation
 * Glogster- online postering (publish to global community) - Glogster ambassador
 * This I Believe - public dialogue about beliefs
 * Top 100 Education Blogs -
 * Presentations
 * 1) Understands creative problem-solving - Project Based Learning - Edutopia Top Ten Tips for Assessing Project-Based Learning MagicPen Bitesize
 * 2) Use 21st Century tools to develop critical thinking - Edheads Brain Games books Bloom's Digital Taxonomy (not part of presentation) NCTM Illuminations
 * 3) Creativity and innovation - "Thinking outside of the box" - SketchUp (Google 3D sketching) Tinkering School PBS Design Squad Teach-nology Word Lens iphone ocarina (Google also has similar)
 * 4) Creating global citizens - collaboration skills Primary Pad Google Docs ScribLink Skype Videoconferencing - ePals Lynx
 * 5) Community involvment
 * 6) Is a lifelong learner