U Tech Tips » Dennis Harter http://www.utechtips.com Articles, Tips, Screencasts, and Tutorials for Educators Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is the term 21st Century out of date? http://www.utechtips.com/is-the-term-21st-century-out-of-date/ http://www.utechtips.com/is-the-term-21st-century-out-of-date/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:02:26 +0000 Dennis Harter http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1740 Cross posted at Building Understanding.
It began when Tara and I took on the task of articulating our ISB21 curriculum’s standards and benchmarks. I voiced it in a single tweet:

Okay, some background…
Our task is to ensure that the thorough standards from both ISTE and AASL were completely represented, while remaining true to one of our [...]

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On to the Tips…
Apparently, I am very late on the bus with this particular tool (thanks Jenny and NZChrissy for pointing that out).
However, I [...]

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