Active Learning Strategies using Technology for the 21st Century:

Key areas that Educators need to focus on include, providing choices for our students,and using Differentiated Instruction Strategies. Here is a list of 21st Century Learning Strategies I have compiled:

•Assessment, formative and summative, for immediate feedback
•Reading & Literacy based instruction •Information management ie., Delicious, LiveBinders •Online Discussion boards
•Social Networking, ie., twitter, ning,
•Pinterest & other visual virtual bulletin boards
•Presentations in Web 2.0 Platforms, ie, Glogster, Prezi, Sliderocket, Voicethread, •Writing
•Experiential Learning ie, virtual experiments
Video clips Study groups
Homework Help
•Streamed videos
•Educational Games
•Simulations
•Problem solving
•Online Presentations
•Community building
•Global connections, ie., Skype
•Role-play
•e-readers
•Research