Edith+Wolford+Elementary

**Edith Wolford PD Schedule 2012**
3 hours (imbedded)
 * Introduction to 21st Century Skills – (Workshop offered to staff as Professional Development )**

Feb. 16, Feb. 21; 1.5 contact hours; offered twice = 3 hours
 * Using the district databases and resources:** Explore the extensive resources offered through the district Knowledge Center, World Book Online and CultureGrams. Find lesson plans, information and online activities that support your standards and 21st Century Learning.

March 6; 1.5 contact hours
 * Curriculum 21: Utilizing the resources:** Come explore the resources that Curriculum 21 offers. We will be "playing" with Museum Boxes, Online Pop-Up Books, and more!!!

April 10; 1.5 contact hours
 * Update your class site with School Center:** This class will give you the basics of School Center, the software we use to update the Wolford Web pages. It includes time to work on your site.

April 12; 1.5 contact hours
 * ClassroomTechIntegration100 site: Tools for 21st Century learning:** In the ClassroomTechIntegration100 wiki you will discover technology tools that correlate with Marzano's Nine Instructional Strategies.

April 16; 1.5 contact hours
 * Critical Thinking with Primary Sources:** Explore the Library of Congress database and other sources to deepen student learning and facilitate your students' critical thinking skills. Look at images of Abraham Lincoln's letters in his own handwriting, see an original 1890 map of Colorado Springs or an image of Alexander Graham Bell's science journal describing his first successful telephone experiment!

March 1 (I), March 8 (II), March 13 (I), April 2 (I), April 19(II), May 8(II) and May 15- tent.-(III); 1.5 contact hours each session
 * iPads in the Classroom (offered more than once):** Come learn the basics of how iPads work and how you can use them in the classroom. This includes Part I, an introduction to the iPad, and Part II and Part III, a deeper look at how iPad apps can be implemented in the classroom.

Skills of a teacher for 21st century:
 * Skills for 21st Century teachers**
 * Innovate
 * Offers collaborative opportunities to kids
 * Risk taker
 * Embraces technology
 * Creative
 * Inventive
 * Offers choice
 * Builds relationship with students and peers
 * Promotes critical thinking
 * Problem solver
 * Flexible
 * Gives feedback
 * Life- long learner
 * Collaborates with peers