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21st Century Education What is the Role of the Center for Teaching?

Bullet points from our meeting on October 28, 2010:
 * Bullhorn/Loudspeaker/Knowledge-base for 21st Century Learning
 * Purchase and keep library on reading resources and techniques for ways to encourage reading
 * Flattening hierarchy - empowering teachers to “pull” what they need to learn
 * Teachers are IN  school, not done with school.
 * Redefining system for professional development
 * Professional development for teachers who want to take risks
 * Collaborating on professional development for teacher learning
 * “D.I.Y” University for teachers...right here <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Share our best practices - using technology and on-line tools both in house and the broader <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">community <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Additional notes and thoughts:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> CFT should be a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|coffee house] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> for 21st Century Learning
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a gathering space for ideas to spread; where teachers can connect and talk
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a liquid network for ideas, innovation, and risk-taking.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a support system to promote and grow sustainable pedagogy || [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7wJr0MEQQ3GrmIbCpdHg9cUBl9E72vgppzDECnwFz-QtO1CCBlv5e5Otk9Y_BS9D7STo5UZLhPYIzPME9EP5oZxzJ1nv0Z1mC4wBnVjkIzGSTcCyzQ width="224" height="168"]] ||
 * * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CFT should promote <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|playtanks] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">for learning
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Places for adult learners to find the aesthetic and poetic dimensions of content.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Think tanks for finding connections, applications, and integration
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Promoter of the local revolution || [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/BoUX0aqlUf5NoNyhRRFdDGUNi9cQDoc2wVuumn55qvij00xUm8N-5fjHSHgA_FpDcLXrz6nJ8UUYZR1tGHjDFZvAD7ANn0Apd5olsgmDRgkQ9eAf_w width="225" height="151"]] ||