Investigating a New Way of Teaching & Learning

On Friday, October 29th, several teachers and administrators from Celina City Schools traveled to Fairview Park High School near Cleveland to see first hand their use of technology to teach 21st Century Skills.  This school district has recently started a one-to-one laptop initiative, giving each Freshmen student a netbook that they carry with them all day and take home.  The elementary school in the Fairview District has had a laptop in the classrooms for each student for the past four years.

The teachers and administrators that attended learned quite a bit on the trip and left with a few ideas.  This is just the beginning of the conversation we intend to continue about integrating more 21st Century Skills into our classrooms... these skills (in addition to the academic content) include Life & Career Skills, Learning & Innovation Skills, and Information, Media & Technology Skills.  The world is changing and the job market is changing -- therefore, the way we prepare our students for their future must also change.