18+Ways+To+Change+The+Classroom

=“Changing The World; One Teacher At A Time”=
 * by Howie DiBlasi**

I was recently asked during an interview, “ What would you do to change the way our teachers teach in the classroom and prepare our students for the “Real World”?

Before you read any of the suggestions I have watch the video and see what other school district are changing the way our students learn. **Take 19 min. and see how WE can change what we are doing**. Click on the CAR to view the video.

=10 Big Ideas for Better Schools by [|Edutopia Staff]=

[|VIDEO]: Big Ideas for Better Schools : Running Time: 19 min.
“ What would you do to change the way our teachers teach in the classroom and prepare our students for the “Real World”?

Simple, 18 things: > http://cnets.iste.org/administrators/index.shtml** > **http://www.edutopia.org/10-big-ideas-better-classrooms**
 * 1) **Provide Administrative [|21st Century Learning] staff development every week- Make sure the Superintendent, Principals and other leaders in the district understand the concepts of 21st Century learning.**
 * 2) **Require every administrator, Principal and leader to implement, support and make the N.E.T.S. Standards part of the Administrator Evaluation.
 * 1) **Provide Teacher 21st Century Learning staff development every week; Provide staff development for EVERY teacher to make sure the teachers understand 21st Century learning Skills. Use Maine as an example:** []
 * 2) **Start a BLC – [|Building Learning Communities] Program at every school.**
 * 3) **Hire 10 Technology Specialist- and assign one to each school. These individuals would assist** **teachers, staff and students to [|implement Technology into the curriculum].**
 * 4) **Require every student from grades 6-12 to enroll in and complete [|ONE on-line learning class].**
 * 5) **Require EVERY Principal to have a school [|BLOG] to connect to the community, parents and students. See [|Tim Tyson Blog]. See [|Mabry on-Line]**
 * 6) **[|Teach our students] to deal with [|massive amount of information].** Heard about the pine-tree-loving [|Pacific Northwest tree octopus]? Or the great [|California Velcro shortage of 1993]? They must be true -- Web sites confirm both.
 * 7) **Learn what a [|WIKI] is and the impact it can have on the classroom. It is a very powerful collaboration tool that can be used locally or globally…with teachers, parents and students. [|Learn How To Use One].**
 * 8) **Discover what the [|Read/Write Web] is ( [|Web 2.0]). [|Using Blogs in the classroom] and what the Read/Write Web is.**
 * 9) **Research “[|Outlaw Educators]”.**
 * 10) **Require all administrators to subscribe to and READ “[|Edutopia]” magazine.**
 * 11) **Discover why [|Eric Matez] was [|fired] because of the “magic in his classroom”.**
 * 12) **Discover “Do-It-Yourself Textbooks.**
 * 13) **Discover “10 Big-Ideas for Better Schools”.**
 * 1) **16.** Implement “[|**Project Based Learning**] at all schools in K-12. Watch [|the VIDEO]. An Incredible Journey: [|Educators Take on the Charter-School Challenge]. What can [|administrators do]?
 * 2) **Discover “ [|M.I.T” 1,900 FREE] on-line courses.**
 * 3) Implement **[|Visual Literacy]** into curriculum areas. Multimedia, or new media, is changing the way society communicates in the virtual and real world. [|Sample project here]. [|Increasing Visual Literacy Skills] With Digital Imagery

Many of you will say that you do not have the time to do any of the items above… I believe it is time to restate our priorities and create time to build a new learning environment.

I have created a NEW “Did You Know III”, which was released in July at the Alan November: Building Learning Communities Conference. Click here to view it: (You need to be connected to the Internet to view) http://toolsfortheclassroom.com/page7.html