Chart a New Course: Teaching Essential Skills for Tomorrow's World

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Participate and share : Interactive lecture

Rachelle Dene Poth
Emily Reed
Valerie Witte
Join author Rachelle Dene Poth and learn five ways to empower students as they develop skills essential for the future. Explore versatile ideas and digital tools for helping students to navigate in the digital world while building the vital SEL and communication skills they need.

Audience:	Coaches, Teachers, Teacher education/higher ed faculty
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Topic:	Social emotional learning
Grade level:	PK-12
Subject area:	Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:	For Educators: Designer Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs. Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning. Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning.
Additional detail:	ISTE author presentation

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

In this short, interactive presentation, the author will walk the attendees through several tools and lead activities to provide an opportunity to experience them firsthand. There will be a Q&A period following the activity.

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Supporting research

The tools and approaches shared are featured in the book "Chart a New Course" by Rachelle Dene Poth.

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Presenters

Rachelle Dene Poth, Rivervew Junior Senior High School

Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. Rachelle teaches Spanish and STEAM: Emerging Technology. Rachelle has Master’s in Instructional Technology. She is an ISTE Certified Educator, past-president of ISTE Teacher Education Network and on the Leadership team of Mobile Learning Network.She received the Making IT Happen Award in 2019. Rachelle is the author of five books, including her most recent True Story: Lessons That One Kid Taught Us and also has a book with ISTE “Chart A New Course: A Guide to Teaching Essential Skills for Tomorrow’s World."

Emily Reed, ISTE

Emily Reed is the managing editor of ISTE books. She joined ISTE in 2012 and has assisted in the publication of many of the organization’s book offerings. In addition to shepherding books through editing and production, Emily manages the two ISTE research journals, Journal of Research on Technology in Education and Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, and organizes the bookstore at the ISTE conference.