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SupersRegion1

Welcome to Goochland County

This page details resources used on May 7, 2010, in Goochland County for the Region 1 Superintendent's Study Group on 21st Century Skills. We will meet in the downstairs training room at 2938 River Road West, building I, in Goochland (zip: 23063).

Weblinks

• http://twitter.com/hendron
• http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/teachers/jhendron/
• http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/teachers/kberry/
• http://www.ancient-egypt.org/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt
• http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers/
• http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/wiki/index.php/Handouts/BloggingWorkshopJuly2009
• http://www.secondlife.com/
• http://www.twitter.com/
• http://latitude.google.com/
• http://ning.com/
• http://www.plurk.com/
• http://posterous.com/
• http://tumblr.com/
• http://twitpic.com/photos/Astro_Soichi
• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&tbo=1&rls=en&tbs=qdr%3Ay&q=open+textbook&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=g-p1g1g-c1g2g-c4g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
• http://www.ck12.org/flexr/workbench/?searchTerm=cwv&mode=search&autoSearch=1
• http://www.vste.org/
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/
• http://www.google.com/reader/
• http://www.iste.org/source/orders/isteProductDetail.cfm?product_code=NEWRSS
• http://www.delicious.com/
• http://www.diigo.com/
• http://www.dropbox.com/
• http://www.apple.com/mobileme/
• http://docs.google.com/
• http://sites.google.com/a/glnd.k12.va.us/courseguide/
• http://www.google.com/squared
• http://books.google.com/
• http://www.google.com/trends
• http://news.google.com/

Major Themes

• Learning in the 21st century will benefit from tools that are flexible, mobile, malleable, open, and extendable. (Think Moodle vs. Blackboard)
• Digital information (including text) fits the bill.
• Digital connections can also influence learning through the wisdom of crowds.
• Managing the outrageous amount of content to which we now have access is a real challenge.
• Using social bookmarking sites and RSS feeds can help!
• Google is the leader in new tools: check out their labs page to see what's new!

Products Mentioned

• Apple iPad
• Fujitsu ScanSnap
• Google Earth