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=D**iscover the Technology Skills Needed in the 21st-Century Classroom**=



===David A. McCarthy is a Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His teaching and research is focused on educational computing and technology and the incorporation of tools into 21st century classrooms. He has recently been involved in a national invitation technology summit held in Austin, Texas addressing technology training in teacher preparation programs.===

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===His role will be to showcase the Educational Computing and Technology Undergraduate Certificate Program within the Department of Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth in regard to UMD's focus on Educational Technology which is a part of the Department's conceptual framework.=== ===Other national summit participants include: National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF), Apple Computer, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Chris Dede - Learning Technologies/Harvard Graduate School of Education, the State Educational Technology Director's Assocation, Don Knezek-CEO International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE), Microsoft Corporation, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), Maria Vasquez-Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives and National Funding, Promethean; The American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT), the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL),, Hewlett-Packard and others.===

=__Workshop 4006 Description:__=

===This specific TIES pre-conference workshop will address the discussions that took place at the national technology summit and further focus on the technology skills which should be utilized in our 21st century classrooms.===

===In our 21st century. . . participants will view the TPaCK model for teacher education which incorporates Technology, Pedogogy and Content Knowledge which incorporates Technology into the teacher preparation process. This model is depicted as follows:===



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===Participants will then address a number of 21st century technology skills which include wikis, blogs, podcasting, google docs, video conferencing and discuss their use in K-12 classrooms and/or for collaborative initiatives with other teacher colleagues and organizations.===