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I've created this page to talk about integrating 21st century skills into a Maryland Spanish high school teacher's classroom. I too am a Spanish high school teacher in Maryland and have just finished taking a class on Technology and Schools. I work in Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), so I've tailored this site specifically for them, along with information that would be useful to other high school Spanish teachers in Maryland.

I've added a bunch of bookmarks on the left navigation bar that help explain where we need to go to bring our students into the 21st century. In general, 21st century skills according to the [|Framework for 21st Century Skills] include for Student Outcomes: "Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes; Learning and Innovation Skills; Information, Media and Technology Skills; and Life and Career Skills." They also include Support Systems: "21st century standards; Assessments of 21st Century Skills; 21st Century Curriculum and Instruction; 21st Century Professional Development; and 21st Century Learning Environments."

Our students need to be able to go into the world of work and college after high school prepared for all of the possibilities and challenges that they will face. In order to do that, we need to be able to integrate technology into our classrooms. Why is this important? Our students do not live in a world devoid of technology. They are part of a world where they have grown up with computers, videogames, the internet, text messaging and the like. We are doing them a disservice if we are not making a part of the real world part of their classrooms.

Here are some links to reasons why we should integrate technology into our classrooms:

A Vision of K-12 Students Today: []

A Vision of Students Today: []

Pay Attention: []

[|Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants]

[|When Teachers Don't Get It: Myths, Misconceptions and Other Taradiddle]

[|Towards a New Golden Age in American Education: How the Internet, the Law and Today's Students are Revolutionizing Expectations]

[|Dangerously Irrelevant: Ruminations on technology, leadership, and the future of our schools]

Please check out the links on the sidebar for additional information.

If you find a broken link, or you have some updated information, please feel free to change any one of the pages that may need updating, or let me know by email through wikispace. TX!