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=Instructional Technology GlossaWiki:= =21st Century Skills, Tools, and Terms Curriculum Specialists Should Know=

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Instructional Technology Terms

 * Bandwidth:**The data rate (usually in bps, kbps or Mbps) supported by a data connection or interface. This can refer to both the actual or theoretical throughput (For instance, a v.90 modem has a theoretical bandwidth of 56kbps, but the actual bandwidth will be what you connect with your ISP).


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 * Collaboration**:Working together!! This is crucial for those who are working with the instructional portion of technology with those who are working with the technical portion of technology. We must keep focused on the reason for technology in the schools --Is it for instructional use--testing--administrative tasks--(all of the above and more) and does the infrastructure support all this and more? Read Wikipeidia's [|definition of collaboration] and then read the [|METACOLLAB definition]--are we collaborating based on those definitions? Do we collaborate effectively in our IT departments?

Interesting questions! Collaboration between Technology and Curriculum at Co, Collaboration between teachers, media and technology and student collaboration can all mean very different things--do we need to delineate (separate)?

Yes and No--ALL of the above meet the definition of collaboration--**//working together//**, but more importantly, **//planning//** together. In my opinion the word COLLABORATION should be a part of everyone's vocabulary when working in any capacity in a school system!!!

Collaboration has got to be part of the district's vision and plan. Collaboration means planning together, prioritizing together, budgeting together, visioning together and implementing together.


 * Connectivity:**A generic term for connecting devices together in order to form a group of devices or a group of locations or both.


 * Literacy**: (Defining this is a real challenge today. What are your thoughts? --Joe) Great start Joe! Wikipeida's [|definition of literacy] raises some interesting questions. The first of these is context. In what context are we looking for this definition?

As educators, we need to look at the total 'pipeline' of literacies and begin discussion/planning for what literacy means to our districts and to the workforce that our students (graduates) will enter. Then, as educators, we must define a plan to begin creating a seamless process for integrating the various literacies that compose a 21st century lifelong learner. C.D. Rafferty (1999) laid out a beginning framework - [|New Forms of Literacy Create Implications for Educators]and penned the Literacy for Learning Vision. I thought it worthy of review. I strongly feel we need to define literacy (or should I say we need to lay out the various definitions of literacy) and begin to discuss building a framework to integrating these components into the curriculum design and delivery.


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Technology Integration:** Using the tools of the 21st century to empower learners is what this means to me. A focus more on using the technology to solve problems versus learning ABOUT the technology.


 * Web 2.0:** According to [|[[http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html|O'Reilly]]], the term originated in a conversation between Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty about the future of the web after the dotcom bubble burst. The companies who survived the collapse seemed to envision the web as an interactive platform. Although there are many definitions of Web 2.0, "readable/writable web" is the simple description used by many. Refer to the web site chart on the [|O'Reilly Network] for a comparision of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 applications.


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