Screencast of using the Video Conference tool Skype. Follow Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano along with tips for using Skype in the classroom.

C21-03 Skyping in the Classroom

Curriculum 21 is the outgrowth of the work of a dynamic group of educators worldwide attempting to help colleagues transform curriculum and school designs to match the needs of 21st century learners. The impetus originated from the Curriculum Mapping work developed by Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs. As we examined maps emerging across the United States and overseas it was evident that curriculum and instruction remains dated although both students and teachers recognize the need to become current and forward thinking in our planning.

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Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay are co-founders of the Flat Classroom Project  and have co-authored the book “Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time“, due to be released in February 2012.

C21-16 Interview with Flat Classroom Co-Founders Vicki Davis & Julie Linds

Mike Fisher interviews Bruce Leader, a Global Studies teacher at Starpoint High School in Lockport, NY.
Bruce discusses how he is integrating literacy standards from the Common Core into his practice.

C21-15 Common Core in Social Studies

Mike Fisher and Jeanne Tribuzzi give us a Sneak Peek at Literacy at CMI 2011.

C21-14- A Sneak Peek at Literacy at CMI 2011

Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano and Mike Fisher had the opportunity to visit Stephen Wilmarth and his 1:1 iPad initiative at the Number 1 Middle School attached to Central China Normal University in Wuhan, China.

C21-13- 1:1 iPad Initiative in China

Mike Fisher and Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano discuss the iPad  initiative and American education with Stephen Wilmarth and five young Chinese High School students in the International Experimental Class at the Number 1 Middle School attached to the Central China Normal University in Wuhan.

C21-03 Skyping in the Classroom

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