How would you feel if insead of reading from the text or doing a worksheet, your child is instead holding a video conference on Skype or is engaged in an online exchange through Moodle. These students are joined remotely with other students from their class and are learning 21st Century communications skills.
While it seems like something students will be doing in a rather distant future, this either is or soon will be the reality for students in Tri-Creek Schools.
Both Skype and Moodle are open source software programs that Tri-Creek teachers are learning and beginning to practice with their students. Classroom walkthroughs last week yielded any number of Lowell Middle School teachers who are catching the vision of 21st Century learning skills for their students.
The goals are student engagment through technology resulting in students who have strong academic skills and the necessary "soft skills" to compete in today's global market.
