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You can skip the journeys and the side trips!
 * Late Breaking News!**


 * Take a detour! **

This idea came to me too late to include much in the course, but in the interest of meeting your needs in this course, I'd like to offer it as an alternative to the 2 journeys and 2 sidetrips. Please read those overviews carefully before you make your decision.

You will still be requried to complete the planning activities, the emerging technologies module, online chats, final reflection, milemarkers (bookmarks) and travel journals (blogs) in any week you don't post for your detour assignment. In fact, the blog will become your primary reporting mechanism as you'll see below.

The two detours described below are variations on the original [|23 things professional development program] designed by Helene Blowers when she was at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenberg County. An award winning program, it has been adopted and adapted by many states and organizations. You have a choice of one of two detours. Each has its advantages.

Although 23 things is more than 21 things, several of these things are not tools...so both programs are roughly equivalent. The tools vary as will the application of those tools. The choice is yours.

Detour #1 =[|Learning 2.0 - 23 Things]= == = = This program was designed by the California Association of Sch ool Librarians for its members and friends. You can see the [|list of 23 things on the main page]with links to each activity. The activities are divided into 9 weeks and that's a pretty good pace for this class, too. Each assignment asks you to create a blog post, and you can continue to use the blog you create in the first weeks of this course. These activities were designed for school library media specialists, so they should be most appropriate to you. You may run into some California references, but I'm sure you can substitute some Florida equivalent!

Detour #2

=[|21 Things for the 21st Century Educator]=

This program was adapted from the original and designed for classroom teachers by three collaborating school districts in Michigan. Although not specifically geared to school library media specialists, I think of the "things" are appropriate for us. One advantage of this program is that they have recorded some [|short virtual tutorials] that may be helpful, but you can find tutorials for all of these tools everywhere on the internet. The directions call for you to document your learning with screenshots in word documents and submit them all at the end. However, for this course, you'll be posting your reflections in your blog. The "things" are not divided into weeks, so you should probably plan on two or three each week.

=Detour Requirements=

You will create a post for each of the Things (21 or 23) **Please clearly label each entry in your blog in the following way: Thing #1, subject.**

Each of your posts should provide insights into what you’ve discovered and learned. Feel free to share what worked for you … and what didn’t … what surprised you … what frustrated you … what amazed you. You should also include:
 * Reflections
 * Hands On Activity/Activities – (Tell me how you might use this ‘thing’ in your work)
 * How will you use this technology application to improve learning experiences for your students and/or improve your own practice?
 * What effective teaching and learning strategy(ies), based on the work by Marzano ([] ) will this technology application address, to make a difference in the learning experience for your students?
 * Describe an activity or lesson in your classroom, and the Florida Sunshine State Standards, NETS for Students or NETS for Teachers, and/or AASL standard standard you will be meeting, which uses this "thing".