Big+Ideas

Buzzwords and Big Ideas
These are some of the prime ideas that will move us forward:
 * professional learning communities
 * collaborative learning
 * energy conservation
 * assistive instruction
 * [|Jamie Mackenzie] (critical thinking, problem-based learning)
 * project-based learning
 * student-centered classrooms
 * the [|flat] [|classroom] - using wikis on a global scale to foster multi-way collaboration
 * assessment and data-directed decision making (already there's a backlash against this - are we measuring the wrong things?)
 * differentiated instruction
 * parent communications
 * information literacy
 * character education
 * cybersafety
 * digital citizenship
 * web2.0: collaboration and social networking
 * global vision and distance learning
 * closing the digital divide
 * 21st century skills
 * redwood tech proficiency