Happy week all!
This weeks post asks me to talk about 21st Century learning skills in my classroom. Now I know we have discussed there is a difference between skills and tools, so I hope I have this clear.

I am gearing up for my Tech Steps project for my students. My students are going to be using I Pads to research a place for Governor Tomblin to lure a foreign company to build a plant. So students will be using Google and other search engines to look for counties with the available flat land and infrastructure to support a plant.

If my understanding holds, the I Pads would be tools and the searching would be skills. My students need to have the skill of being able to use the tool to get the information out that will benefit them.

If my understanding is incorrect, just let me know. The reason I am taking this class is to learn how to implement technology skills and tools in my classroom. The last technology class I took was during my teacher prep and we were taking video on Sony Mavica cameras with a CD ROM recording.  That was a huge step up from the Sony Handicam I was using with 8 mm cassettes!
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Technology Problems

My assignment this week is to blog about a technology problem I have had recently. It seems most of the problems I have had recently have been involving connectivity. Twice frequently with my iPad and today with a windows based laptop I lost my connection. In each case I could fing no physical problem, like a switch being toggled. My solution in each case was to reboot the device. I am unsure if it is just the changing wifi addresses as I move throughout the school or some other issue, but I was able to solve the problem each time!

Week 1 Post

Well, Ive had the IPad almost a week and have enjoyed it personally. Im still trying to find ways to use it in the classroom. It can obviously be used to do research. It could also be used for journaling, blogging, Edmodo, and creating. From reading Steve Jobs biography, I know creating is one of the biggest differences between the iPad 1 and 2. I look forward to learning more about the creative side of the iPad, as this is where we really get into the quad D learning!