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WELCOME!
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The 21st Century Schoolhouse!
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Hello! We warmly welcome
our newest addition to The 21st Century Schoolhouse:
The Students and Staff of Al-Ahliyeh College in Palestine!
This week, we will introduce you to what The 21st Century Schoolhouse
is all about. You will learn:
- about the history of The 21st Century Schoolhouse.
- how to apply The 21st Century Schoolhouse framework to the
curriculum.
- about the technical tools that are involved in The 21st Century
Schoolhouse project.
- to share information about a local environmental problem.
- how to select and apply a local environmental theme to The 21st
Century Schoolhouse.
- to use The 21st Century Schoolhouse website as an educational
tool.
- how to use email, communicate using IRC, complete web forms, and
develop a website.
- how to develop a web portfolio.
- how to create a local 21st Century Schoolhouse student
organization.
- about The International Youth Environmental Summit
- about the new Schoolhouse 2000 project
As we take you through this virtual tour of The 21st Century
Schoolhouse, watch for our logo:
This logo shows how the students of the world are linked together to work to help our global environment . . .
. . . which is what we are all about!
First of all, would you like to see some of the faces of The 21st Century Schoolhouse? Take a look at the front page of our website and you will see some faces from Uganda, Japan, Australia, and Oregon:
Now, let us introduce ourselves. We are your trainers during these
on-line sessions. Our names are Andrew,
Molly and David.
Andrew is a teacher of History, Government, Economics, and
English as a Second Language in Salem, Oregon in the United States of
America. Andrew is also a director
and the co-founder of The 21st Century Schoolhouse
and has traveled to Australia, Japan, Israel, South Africa, Uganda,
and Brazil to train schools in the Schoolhouse.
Molly is a teacher of science
(biology, chemistry, and environmental science) in Salem, Oregon
in the USA. Molly is also a director
and co-founder of The 21st Century Schoolhouse and has joined
Andrew on the international training sessions for the Schoolhouse.
David is a computer expert and an English
as a Foreign Language teacher in the Negev Desert in Israel. He is a
leading international expert on the use of the internet in education and
has presented to many international groups. David serves as the webmaster for The
21st Century Schoolhouse and many other international projects as well.
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