Welcome to 21 Essential Things for 21st Century Learning

A self-directed program created for Ohio educators to explore and engage in web 2.0 technologies and 21st Century Learning Skills.  Read More...

	Are You Preparing Your Students for Their Future? What: 21st Century Skills and standards for your professional development
	Are You Up-To-Speed? Getting Acquainted with INFOhio Resources for Teachers, Librarians and 21st Century Students What: INFOhio Site introduction, Help Resources and 21st Century learning grid
	Are You Encouraging Student Success in Creative Projects and Research Assignments? What: Using the Research Project Calculator and Database Widgets to help with research projects
	Are You Keeping Up Professionally? What: Using INFOhio’s EBSCO Professional Search to help you keep up
	Do You Use The Latest Trends to Keep Up? What: Using Alerts and RSS feeds to stay current
	Do You Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility? What: Resources and Tools to promote Internet Safety, Responsible Social Networking, and ethical use of information
	Are You Familiar with the Tools Available to Assist Students and Parents with Homework? What: Free Homework Help through KnowItNow chat service
	Can you Find Resources for all Learning Levels and Styles with One Click? What: Resources providing audio, video and reading levels to differentiate instruction
	Do You Know How to Effectively Evaluate Your Students' Information Literacy Skills? What: Using TRAILS, a free tool for assessing skills, grades 3-12
	Are You Up-To-Speed with New Search Engines and Graphical Display Options? What: Search engine options for your curriculum and differentiated learning
	Do You Use Cool Tools for 21st Century Projects? What: Presentation and collaboration tools for 21st Century projects
	Are You Preparing Your Students for College and Work Place Success? What: Resources available to help students transition from high school to college and/or the work force
	Are You Using Practice Tests and Tutorials to Prepare Students for High Stakes Testing? What: Free practice tests, tutorials, and career interest inventory from Learning Express Library
	Are You Going Beyond Google Search in your Classroom or Library for Inquiry based lessons? INFOhio Power User What: Using EBSCO tools to effectively find and efficiently manage information
	It's Not Your Mother's Encyclopedia! Are You Aware of the New World Book Tools for 21st Century Skills? INFOhio Power User What: Timeliner, images and videos, primary source documents, citation tools, reading levels, grade appropriate materials, lesson plans and backpacks
	Do You Use the Free, High Quality Educational Videos Purchased for Ohio Teachers and Students? INFOhio Power User What: From Aquatic Ecology to Malcolm X: free digital videos for your classroom
	Do You Know How to Find Standards-based Materials? Introducing Cat 2.0 INFOhio Power User What: Learn how easy it is to find materials through your library
	Do You Know How to Find Free Usable eBooks and Mobile Apps for Research or Reading Assignments? INFOhio Power User What: eBooks and apps for mobile devices and desktop computers freely available from INFOhio
	Do You and Your Students Know How to Find and Use Images Purchased for Ohio Schools? INFOhio Power User What: Quickly find powerful, classroom appropriate images
	Do You Access High Quality Materials for Your STEM Classroom? INFOhio Power User What: Science, math and technology classroom resources including diagrams, science labs and videos hard to teach content from Science Online
	Capstone: Putting It All Together What: Staying connected with INFOhio. Join the INFOhio Learning Community to continue learning and sharing.