January+15th+PD

**Professional Development Session**
 January 15, 2009 - 21st Century Tools for the Classroom, Science & Math

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 * Workshop Follow-up Information** - posted in response to participant questions.

Video from the end of the workshop can be viewed by clicking the link - [|Pay Attention - to How Your Students are Learning].

Please complete the survey on 21st Century Skills if you have not already done so: [|21st Century Skills Survey]

> **Lessons** > **Math Lessons** **Number of Heads** > >   **Which Coin is Counterfeit**  
 * Workshop Agenda**
 * Welcome & Introduction
 * Overview of 21st Century Learning Skills
 * Using Technology to Address Multiple Learning Styles
 * [|Podcasting -] Visit the SDP's Podcasting Site to View Student & Staff Pocasts
 * [|Discovery Education]
 * Web-based Activities - Google Docs, Wikis, Blogs
 * Creating a Google Documents Account, refer to handout
 * Math Lessons - Curriculum Based, Collaborative Math Activities
 * Go to the [|9-12 Algebra National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Site]
 * Enter 20 for the number of tosses
 * Do this 5 times noting the number of heads and tails each time
 * Enter the information on the Google Doc
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Go to the 9-12 Algebra National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Site
 * Science Lesson Volcanoes**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Discovery Education - [|Click on Link for Student Center]- Code written on rear board.
 * Q & A***
 * Click the link to take the survey -[|21st Century Learning]