Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Three great questions for school districts

Scott McLeod

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Ken Pruitt has posted three great questions for school districts:

What are the 21st century skills we want our teachers to model?

How can we provide consistent and relevant training to 200 teachers?

Will adequate resources encourage teachers to integrate technology into their curriculum?

The second question is a classic dilemma for school systems. Most still haven’t found a good answer to that one.

I love question 3!

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