Language+Arts

== = = =Language Arts & 21st Century Skills=

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**Presenters:** Marilou Jasnoch, Janet Foss & Linda Peters

**Session Description:** Focusing on the content area of Language Arts, participants will connect the K-12 scope and sequence literacy map for English from the [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] with current Language Arts standards. Ideas and activities for integrating 21st Century Skills into the Language Arts curriculum will be shared. This session is a follow-up to the 21st Century Skills Fair held on January 21st, although any educator is welcome to attend.


 * ======8:30 - 8:45 ====== || === 2~ === || ====== Opening Activities ====== ||
 * ====== 8:45 - 9:45 ====== || === === || Overview of Language Arts and 21st Century Skills ||
 * ====== 9:45 - 10:00 ====== || === === || ======  Break ====== ||
 * ====== 10:00 - 10:30 ====== || === === || ====== Electronic Reading ====== ||
 * ====== 10:30 - 11:45 ====== || === === || ====== Reading in the 21st Century & Tech Tools to Teach ====== ||
 * ====== 11:45 - 12:30 ====== || === === || ====== Lunch ====== ||
 * ====== 12:30 - 1:30 ====== || === === || ====== Writing ====== ||
 * ====== 1:30 - 2:15 ====== || === === || ====== Listening/Speaking ====== ||
 * ====== 2:15 - 2:30 ====== || === === || ====== Break ====== ||
 * 2:30 - 3:15 ||  || ====== Listening/Speaking ====== ||
 * ====== 3:15 - 3:30 ====== ||  || ====== Closing ====== ||

**Activities:** Activities will include an overview of the 21st Century Skills, connecting 21st Century literacy maps to current Language Arts standards, and activities that utilize on-line and collaboration tools. Participants will work through activities that address the 21st Century Skills of:
 * Creativity and Innovation
 * Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
 * Communication
 * Information Literacy
 * Media Literacy
 * ICT Literacy
 * Collaboration

**Schedule | Opening Activities | Language Arts & 21st Century Skills Electronic Reading | Reading in the 21st Century | Tech Tools to Teach Writing | Listening/Speaking | Closing**