version May 2011
By Dr. Eileen Dittmar emdittmar@gmail.com
Everything for the 21st Century Business Technology Classroom! This page correlates with EXTREMELY HOT WEB TOOLS
BEST PRACTICES of Innovative Secondary 21st Century Business Technology Programs
Criteria
- Provides students with real-world connection utilizing live projects that are community based.
- Integrates relevant simulations which stimulate critical thinking skills.
- Aligns with academics to measure/improve student achievement scores on national/state tests.
- Delivers an entirely 21st century skill-based curriculum.
- Articulates with post-secondary partners with college credit for program completers.
- Presents problem-based learning with global focus.
- Efficiently maximizes resources: student time, facilities, and equipment.
Innovative means the student activities are relevant, inspiring, and personalized/customized to positively impact student outcomes.
Students develop habits of the mind needed to succeed in school, work, and life; for example, critical thinking, creative thinkers, and problem solvers.
The vision for quality 21st century skills integration relies upon student mastery of the core subjects. Further, educators say yes to the following questions; however additionally, their business community, parents, and students emphatically answer “YES.”
Are your students
• Critical thinkers?
• Problem solvers?
• Good communicators?
• Good collaborators?
• Information and technology literate?
• Flexible and adaptable?
• Innovative and creative?
• Globally competent?
• Environmentally literate?
Web Resources
Twenty-First Century Skills
http://livebinders.com/play/play/110755
TeachBusiness21 (LiveBinder)
http://livebinders.com/play/play/110787
Project Based Learning (This is a one stop online resource for Project-Based Learning where you will find everything you need to design and manage high quality projects).
Top Ten Tips Assessing PBL
http://www.edutopia.org/10-tips-assessment-project-based-learning-resource-guide
Get PBL classroom activities
TeachersNetwork
http://teachersnetwork.org/TeachNet/business_careers.htm
http://teachersnetwork.org/TeachNet/technology.htm
Curriki (Curriculum wiki)
MERLOT instructional resources
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
Network with other business educators at NBEA Connect
Sharon Keehner, Clayton Ridge HS, Iowa Business Teacher of the year 2010
https://sites.google.com/a/crcsd.k12.ia.us/crbusinessdept/
High Tech High
http://www.hightechhigh.org/about/
Career Academy
http://casn.berkeley.edu/index.php
2.0 Classroom Blog
http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/
