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Back to School specials
from 21st Century Schools!
We know that the economy
has been hard on everyone, including school districts
and their campus budgets.
1.
Lower workshop registration fees -
Therefore, we are offering a special Back to School
offer of $50 savings on one-day workshops, $100 savings
per person on two-day workshops, if your paid
registrations are received no later than September 5,
2008! Register online and pay by credit using the
buttons above! See you in Los Angles, Seattle, or
other cities
Workshop Schedule Location
2.
More online courses - save on time and
travel expenses, but receive the same information,
knowledge, and individual assistance as you work toward
your specific goals for each course! See
Online Courses.
3.
New topics - new workshops and new cities -
Stay cutting-edge in education and technology with
constantly evolving professional development experiences
from 21st Century Schools! Let us help you
transform your campus, district, state or country's
school system into authentic 21st century education.
See a 2008-09 list of our current workshops. We
can also add custom-designed professional development to
meet your needs.
Workshops
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Professional
Development Opportunities
Registration Deadlines - please
register as soon as possible (preferably 90-120 days in advance
if possible). Register immediately for fall 2008 workshops!
You may use our online registration form, call to register by
phone, or send us an email! It's easy. Credit card
payment may be made securely online at
http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Credit_Card_Payment.htm
Professional Development Needs Assessment Tool
Visit our
Professional Development Page for resources, tips on
planning professional development, funding ideas for
professional development, and our
Professional
Development Needs
Assessment
survey tool to help focus on your specific
professional development needs.
Find information
here for designing and delivering 21st century curriculum and
instruction. For example, this month we are featuring
interdisciplinary, integrated, thematic unit ideas and resources
for some great
Fall Themes! From Apples to Monsters, Science Fiction
and Science Fact, to a favorite of everyone: Candy.
You will be amazed at the high level standards that students
will learn through any or all of these units!
And please be
sure to join our Global Johnny Appleseed Project! Our
question is: What if every school in the world planted at
least two trees?
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About the 21st Century
and Education
We see and hear the phrase "21st century" almost everywhere.
Perhaps the term has become so ubiquitous that it has lost much
of its impact or meaning. However, the dramatic impact of the
ongoing technological revolution that ushered in the 21st
century is only growing. It is changing our world, the context
in which our students live and learn, in more dramatic ways with
each new development.
Today's students live in a world that is extremely fast-paced,
constantly changing, increasingly culturally diverse,
technologically driven, and media-saturated. We cannot continue
to deliver a 20th century, scientific-management, factory-model
education. This new context of the 21st century requires that
we redefine "education", "school", "curriculum", "teacher" and
"learner". It requires that we provide an education designed to
help our students truly succeed.
Therefore, we offer educators the knowledge, the understanding,
and the tools to actually take their schools and classrooms into
the 21st century. Read our description of a
21st century
education.
The Great Race - a Global
Collaborative Classrooms Project
(left photo) French entry in The Great Race 1908. From
New York City to Paris to prove to the world that the
automobile was a reliable form of transportation.
(right photo) The Great Race of 2008 features cars with renewable fuels and
other 21st century technologies as well as the old classics!
Here you see the
“alé”, built by FuelVapor Technologies.
Note: Originally this project was planned around the Great
Race of 1908 and the Great Race of 2008 (the centennial
celebration) which was to take place from May 30 through August
2, 2008. Unfortunately the organizers of this race lost
their travel permits through China in mid-April, and the race
was postponed. Therefore, we are in the process of
revising this global classrooms curriculum project, and with
your help, will be planning alternative centennial celebrations!
The Great Race of 1908 was a race from New York to Paris - to
prove that the automobile was truly a dependable form of
transportation.
Teach, and exceed the standards,
through this interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum, and
let your students create products demonstrating what they've
learned. Their audience will be the world!
Read more and join today!
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