Eclectic Technology

Have you asked yourself what skills a 21st century teacher needs to have today? In this post a list of 33 skills every teacher should have is provided, as well as links to resources to help you learn the skills. The list ranges from create and edit digital audio to exploit digital images for classroom use to compile a digital e-portfolio. The list is extensive as are the resources. Consider exploring this post over the summer and return to your classroom with new ways to address 21st century skills!

"A few weeks ago fellow Voices blogger Shelley Wright wrote a provocative blog on flipping Bloom’s Taxonomy and beginning the learning experience with Creativity...Ongoing education for teachers in all of Bloom’s Taxonomy except for Creativity is relatively straightforward...Encouraging teachers to teach creativity requires a different approach."

The post goes on to explore

* Why teachers who create do Creativity so well

* Teaching creativity is messy

* Assessing efforts to teach Creativity

* We will get what we assess