Partnership for 21st Century Learners

After reviewing the website, www.p21.org, I was fairly excited about the future of our educational system. I love the idea of students actually learning real life skills that will prepare them for their future occupation. So many times students ask the question, "When am I ever going to use this?" Well, with the way the website describe the view for the future of education we, as educators, will never have to hear that again.
I thought the website provided plenty of resources to view, from the Ken Kay discussion on the 3R's and the 4C's to the actual projected plan for state curriculum's. I did have some trouble pulling up some of the attachments for some reason, but that is beside the point.
The only concern I had with the site is that I didn't see any topics on Special Education. I just wonder how this new style of education will affect the standards of special ed. If it will at all, but if the 3R's are combined with the 4C's then special ed. students will be able to receive a little bit of both to help prepare them for their future.
Overall not a bad website or outlook on the future. I just have a question about the issue of funding. We have enough trouble now funding our schools and the new system seems like we will try to incorporate a little more into the curriculum. Which is fine but with more means more staff, supplies,and support.

After trial and error with my blog site through this week I believe that I would use a blog site strictly for students to reflect upon course content. Me, being new to the blog scene, I don't believe I would venture into setting up assignments or having students post their work on it, yet. A blog seems to be a great way to prompt others views and to voice personal views to many people at once. A blog would seem to be a good resource to use for maybe classes at the secondary level, like AP students, or highly functional regular education students. Being a special education teacher I think it would be very difficult for me to implement the blog efficiently into my classroom, where students are already faced with many challenges relating to academics.

A little bit about Me

Hello all,
I am a special education teacher at the high school level, who deals mostly with students of the emotionally disturbed label. This can be very exciting:) I work in the city but return home evey night to the country. I live on 6 acres with a 1.5 acre pond with my wife and 4 children. Our children's age's range from 1yr to 6yrs. old. Times never slow down. As for this blog, it is my first time and I hope that I am doing everything correctly. I am trying:)