Century Questions

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Special thanks to everyone who contributes questions to get this bloggoing. My hope is that they will continue to roll in from teachers whowant to support a collection of rich and engaging research questionsrelated to 21

century themes

http://tinyurl.com/kvttlb.Email your questions tomccartermobile@gmail.com, and I will postthem promptly. Feel free to include links to images, videos, or other enhancements to your questions. I will include them in the post.Please indicate whether your question is appropriate for elementary,intermediate, and/or secondary level, or I will use my best judgment.If you plan to contribute to this blog on a regular basis, I’d be happy toadd you as an author so that you can post directly.The purpose of www.21stcenturyquestions.comis to promoteself-directed student learning and the development of ITC digitalliteracy skills.The idea’s simple: set up a free and open space online whereteachers can pool quality 21

century questions, and give studentsthe free online tools they need to explore them individually or collaboratively.The Digital Literacy Reflection Form (http://tinyurl.com/yccu9mc),which helps frame an otherwise open-ended task for students, alignsstandards, online tools, and questions for reflection.Please see the next page for a sample task: Develop a MultimediaResearch Report.

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