1. VISION 2020 Framework

2. Laws & Guidelines we must be aware of:

• CIPA & DOPA LAWS
• Posting Policies
• Access Control
• Blogging Wisdom

2. Understanding the Medium:  http://blogcast.robinson.k12.tx.us/web/bfuqua/index.php/my-tube.html?task=videodirectlink&id=8 Video to Watch

3. And example: Amanda's Blog: http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/amandas/ 53 Pages of Instructional Videos

4. Let's get started: Audio Lectures

5. Best Practices: Rubric for Best Practices

6. Dreaming about Creating 24/7 Instruction

7. Planning for the New Year

8. Why bother?

• Why 21st Century Skills?
• Pros and Cons
• What are 21st Century Skills?     
  • LIFE SKILLS
  • Links for Research & 21st Century Skills
• Breaking Through to the Real World
  • What Employers Want
  • SCANS - "If you teach it, you can grade it"
  • Information, Research, Communication, Personal Qualities (honesty, integrity, contributing), Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills (caring, sharing, negotiating, participating)
  • Resources

SKILLS

• Audacity (Audio Content MP3)- Multimodal Content Delivery
• Text (copy and paste or upload file)
• Powerpoint with narration (iSpring - upload SWF)
• http://diigo.com - Online editing in the REAL-WORLD
• Video Podcasting in Plain English 

• Using  Blogs to Think
• Thinkfinity
• Blogs for Writing
• Top 30 Blogs on Writing
• Science Blogs
• Go Green! with http://diigo.com