Is there a difference between “technology integration” and “teaching 21st Century skills?
” I don’t think this is unexpected. Most people have to hook new learning to things they already know. In fact, this might be the best way to get people to adopt new kinds of technology. What you hope is that once they have learned to do the “old” things, they begin to realize that “they can” do the new technology and with that recognition, they are willing to venture beyond the familiar. For example, if you simply display your class agenda on the SmartBoard, it might be your first step. The next step I’ve seen teachers around me take is to project a piece of writing and start class editing lessons. With a little technology support, they are able to “see” how to get students to the board to edit. In the most radical forms, 21st century learning is quite different from this. That is because I feel like 21st century learning requires the student to take on a whole new role. In the situation above, the teacher is the creator of the lesson, has the knowledge and controls the learning. What
