Contribute Your Ideas for the ReDesign of Teacher Education

Add your suggestions for areas that can / should be changed and or modified in teacher education to insure the preparation of digital age teachers.

1. Areas of pedagogical change


2. Resource needs

3. Anticipated challenges /barriers

Teacher Tools for a Digital Age

When you look at the "digital gadget" teacher, think about the tools that the 21st century teacher needs to be able to utilize to create effective learning environments.

Digital Age Teacher Education - Workshop Overview

Teachers, learning environments and students of the 21st century are vastly different from those found in the 20th century. Neo millennial students have always known an electronically media rich world. Digital age students have high comfort levels with e learning tools i.e. computers, internet, gaming devices, and smart phones. Digital age highly qualified teachers need to be able to implement student centered, problem based learning experiences utilizing the e tools that populate the world of today’s students. Participants in this workshop will explore new technologies and pedagogies for 21st century teaching. As a result of the experience, participants will develop an action plan for integrating digital age teacher education into their programs. A learning community will be established for participants using social networking tools to support the implementation plans and model 21st century collaboration.