This document discusses tools and strategies for managing a 21st century classroom that utilizes technology. It provides pointers for managing such a classroom, including emphasizing it as a learning environment, cultivating student accountability, modeling appropriate conduct, spending time developing clear rules and procedures, using structured timing and assigned responsibilities, monitoring student screens, adjusting the physical layout, and making expectations available to parents. It also links to resources on Texas standards for technology integration and a tool for rubric creation to help assess student work.

1. IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
CLASSROOM
...

2. Go to
www.todaysmeet.com/Midlothian21stcentury
Use a made up computer screen name to
discuss...
How much technology you are using in your
classroom, what kind and why?

3. THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT...
• Provides simulations of projects or activities that require, in accurate
fashion, the same behavioral procedure and choices as real‐life
situations
• Provides students an opportunity to use digital content and multi‐
media applications to participate in virtual field trips, virtual lab
simulations, and other interactive activities
• Provides students with portals and tools that allow them access to
shared resources, information, and services through a variety of forms
of technology
• Often blends learning management systems with face-to-face
instruction and serves as a one-stop-shop for online course
management, communication and collaboration tools.
• Provides students an opportunity to interact with technology in order
to create products and to enrich their content and enhance their
learning experiences.

4. Video
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12783558/ode-to-
pencilchat-technology-integration-in-the-classroom

5. WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES OF A
21ST CENTURY LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WILL
YOU OVERCOME THEM...
•Text/Type the number
"185394" and your
response to the wireless
number 37607
Or
• Go to
http://PollEv.com and http://www.polleverywhere.c
type "185394" and your om/free_text_polls/LTE5MTk
response 2OTUzNDg

6. AM I REQUIRED TO DO THIS ...
TEXAS LONG RANGE PLAN BY 2020
All educators:
• graduate from an educator preparation program that models current
technology in instructional and administrative practices PreK-12.
• exit educator preparation programs knowing how to use technology
effectively in the teaching and learning process.
• develop new learning environments that utilize technology as a flexible tool
where learning is collaborative, interactive and customized.
• ensure integration of appropriate technology throughout all of curriculum and
instruction.

7. AM I REQUIRED TO DO THIS ..
TEXAS STANDARDS THAT EFFECT K-12
Standard I. All teachers use technology-related terms, concepts, data input strategies,
and ethical practices to make informed decisions about
current technologies and their applications.
Standard II. All teachers identify task requirements, apply search strategies, and use
current technology to efficiently acquire, analyze, and
evaluate a variety of electronic information.
Standard III. All teachers use task-appropriate tools to synthesize knowledge, create and
modify solutions, and evaluate results in a way that
supports the work of individuals and groups in problem-solving situations.
Standard IV. All teachers communicate information in different formats and for diverse
audiences.
Standard V. All teachers know how to plan, organize, deliver, and evaluate instruction
for all students that incorporates the effective use of
current technology for teaching and integrating the Technology Applications Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) into the
curriculum.

8. READ AND REFLECT ON PAGES 17
AND 18 OF THE TEXAS LONG
RANGE PLAN
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/Dow
nloadAsset.aspx?id=2147494561
Other Resources: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?
id=6230&menu_id=2147483665

9. POINTERS FOR
MANAGING THE
21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM

12. Pointers
http://www.slideshare.net/MisterPeters/the-21st-century-classroom-design-
management-and-tech-integration
• Emphasize the classroom as a learning environment – all decisions – including when to use
(or not to use) technology should be seen and explained through that lens.
• Accountabilty-Cultivate an environment where students are held accountable for their
actions.
• Model appropriate conduct – teachers need to do a better job managing their own use of
technology
• Spend class time discussing and/or developing rules and procedures. Keep them as brief and
simple as possible.
• Procedures can included structured timing, daily responsibilities, and expectations for
behavior while input or discussion is happening.
• MBWA – Management by Wandering Around
• RATS – Read All of The Screen (for students AND teachers!)
• Learn about window and tab control and how to access the “History” on the computer
• Protected input and discussion times.
• “45º your screens!”
• Adjust the physical layout of the room.
• They should be posted in the classroom and made available to parents, online or otherwise.

13. Discuss-How can this tool help
manage a 21st century classroom?
HTTP://RUBISTAR.4TEACHERS.OR
G/INDEX.PHP

14. SCAVENGER HUNT:
GO TO:
COOLTOOLSFORSCHOOLS.WIKISPA
CES.COM/

15. SCAVENGER HUNT:
GO TO:
COOLTOOLSFORSCHOOLS.WIKISPACES.COM/
Find the Web 2.0 Tools that apply to each statement...
 There’ll be no glue and there’ll be no goo, but notes and images
will definitely get sticky here…
 Bee careful, students can clip and snip their own virtual
scrapbooks and portfolios here…
 Typically I’m cut into phrases with syllables of 5-7-5… and seen in
Japanese poetry… but here you’ll find I can create a classroom
online…
 I really make students become publishers of online books and
more just visit my site and register now…
 Students can find an online pal in this global learning community…

17. SCAVENGER HUNT
GO TO: COOLTOOLSFORSCHOOLS.WIKISPACES.COM /
Find the Web 2.0 Tools that apply to each statement...
 • There’ll be no glue and there’ll be no goo, but notes and
images will definitely get sticky here…
 Bee careful, students can clip and snip their own virtual
scrapbooks and portfolios here…
 Typically I’m cut into phrases with syllables of 5-7-5… and
seen in Japanese poetry… but here you’ll find I can create a
classroom online…
 I really make students become publishers of online books
and more just visit my site and register now…
 Students can find an online pal in this global learning
community…

18. HERE’s MY PERSONAL FAVORITES,
NOW YOU FIND YOURS…
BookCreator
DropBox
Socrative
IMovie or
Ruler Pinnacle Studio

19. Contact: Melissa Bennett
Melissa.bennett@region10.org
THE 21ST
CENTURY
CLASSROOM
...