Title: 21st Century Skills
121st Century Skills
- A Webinar
- February 17th and 21st, 2006
2Todays Webinar
- Overview of 21st Century Skills
- What are the skills?
- What is the importance?
- Alignment with ET-IL
- Helpful Resources
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- NCREL enGauge 21st Century Skills
- Others
3Six Elements of 21st Century Learning
What are 21st Century Skills?
- Emphasize core subjects
- Emphasize learning skills
- Use 21st century tools to develop learning skills
- Teach and learn in a 21st century context
- Teach and learn 21st century content
- Use 21st century assessment that measure 21st
century skills
4What are 21st Century Skills?
521st Century Skills
- Core Subjects
- English
- Reading/Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- Foreign Language
- Civics
- Government
- Economics
- Art
- History
- Geography
621st Century Skills- Learning Skills
- Information and Communications Skills
- Communication Skills
- Information Media Literacy
- Thinking and Problem Solving
- Problem Identification, Formulation and Solution
- Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity
- Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking
- Interpersonal and Self Direction Skills
- Self-Direction
- Accountability and Adaptability
- Social Responsibility
- Interpersonal and Collaboration
7NCREL enGauge 21st Century Skills
821st Century Skills- Tools
- Information and Communication Resources and
Capacities - Technologies, such as Computers
- Networking and other Technologies
- Audio, Video, and Other Media and Multimedia Tools
921st Century Skills- Content
- Global Awareness
- Use 21st century skills to understand and address
global issues - Collaboration with other cultures and languages
- Financial, Economic, and Business Literacy
- Understanding the role of the economy all the way
down to personal financial choices. - Ability to adapt with the nations economic
environment using 21st century skills
- Civic Literacy
- Knowing how to be an informed and participatory
citizen. - Using 21st century skills to responsibly exercise
rights and responsibilities at local, state,
national and global levels.
1021st Century Skills- Context
- Make content relevant to students, lives
- Take the students out to the world
- Bring the world into the classroom
- Creating opportunities for students to interact
with each other, with teachers and with other
knowledgeable adults in authentic learning
experiences
1121st Century Skills- Information Communications
Technology (ICT) Literacy
- Learning Skills 21st Century Tools
- Using 21st Century Tools to Perform Learning
Skills
1221st Century Skills- Assessment
- We must measure both core subjects and 21st
century skills - Standardized tests must be balanced appropriately
with classroom assessments to measure the full
range of students skills - Classroom assessment must be strengthened and
integrated with instructional process to
reinforce learning
13Importance of 21st Century Skills
- One Important Component of Todays Student Skill
Set - Economics and Work Force Success
- Student Success and Achievement
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16What about ET-IL?
- Addressing is part of the maturation process
- Colorado has been ahead of the curve
- Remember ICT Literacy SkillsTools
- ET-IL is Already Positioned
17Natural Progression from Colorado Information
Literacy Standards
- Information Literacy
- ...accesses information efficiently and
effectively. - ...evaluates information critically and
competently. - ...uses information accurately and creatively.
- Independent Learning
- ...pursues information related to personal
interests. - ...appreciates literature and other creative
expressions of information. - ...strives for excellence in information seeking
and knowledge generation. - Social Responsibility
- ...recognizes the importance of information to a
democratic society. - ...practices ethical behavior in regard to
information and information technology. - ...participates effectively in groups to pursue
and generate information.
18Information and Communications Technology
Literacy (ICT)
- ICT proficiency is the ability to use digital
technology, communication tools, and /or networks
appropriately to solve information problems in
order to function in an information society. - This includes the ability to use technology as a
tool to research, organize, evaluate, and
communicate information and the possession of a
fundamental understanding of the ethical / legal
issues surrounding the access and use of
information.
19ET-IL, ICT, Technology, Information Literacy,
Other Acronyms/Terms
Technical Literacy
Digital Literacy
ICT Literacy
20So what do schools look like where students get
21st Century Knowledge and Skills?
21They dont look like this!
22The teacher doesnt have a monopoly on information
23Helpful Resources
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- http//www.21stcenturyskills.org/
- NCREL enGauge
- http//www.ncrel.org/engauge/
- The Metiri Group Cheryl Lemke
- http//www.metiri.com/
- Evolving Definition of Literacy from Annette Lamb
- http//eduscapes.com/info/evolve.html
24Helpful Resources page 2
- Innovate Journal of Online Education
- 21st Century Literacy and Technology in K-8
Classrooms - http//www.innovateonline.info/index.php?viewarti
cleid17 - Teacher Leaders Network (TLN)
- Technology and 21st Century Learning Resources
- http//www.teacherleaders.org/Resources/technology
.html - Bob Pearlman
- Technologys Role in School Reform
- http//www.bobpearlman.org/ Go to Technology
25Helpful Resources page 3
- From the ALA
- 21st Century Literacy _at_ Your Library
- http//www.ala.org/ala/proftools/21centurylit/21st
centuryliteracy - Building 21st Century Skills
- http//www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/sponsorship/jt
mlhome/jtml/building21st.htm - Oakland Elementary School- Denver
- 21st Century Literacy Resources
- http//oakland.dpsk12.org/stories/storyReader100
26Helpful Resources page 4
- Converge Magazine
- Assessing ICT Literacy- Stevan Kalmon
- http//www.convergemag.com/story.php?catid231sto
ryid94511 - Information Literacy- A Necessary Skill in the
Information Age- Helen Mele Robinson - http//www.convergemag.com/story.php?catid243sto
ryid97278 - WWWTools for Teachers
- Trends in Information Literacy and ICT Skills
Education - http//m.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/2435.cfm?x0rid2
435 - David Warlick
- Landmarks for Schools
- http//landmark-project.com/index.php
27Helpful Resources page 5
- Apple Computer
- Digital Kids- Digital Tools for Digital Students
- http//www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
- THE Journal
- Policymakers and 21st Century Skills
- http//www.thejournal.com/articles/16878
- Southwest Regional Educational Board (SREB)
Evalutech - Technology Literacy and 21st Century Skills
- http//www.evalutech.sreb.org/21stcentury/Literacy
Skills.asp
28Helpful Resources page 6
- eSchoolNews Online
- Schools Urged to Teach 21st Century Skills
- http//www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?Ar
ticleID4506 - David Thornburg
- Check out the Thornburg Center Presentations
- http//www.tcpd.org/
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) - Are Students Ready for a Technology Rich World?
- http//www.oecd.org/document/14/0,2340,en_2649_201
185_36002382_1_1_1_1,00.html
29Helpful Resources page 7
- National Forum on Information Literacy
- You Want Definitions?
- http//www.infolit.org/definitions/index.html/
- Colorado Department of Education
- Educational Technology Units ET-IL Resources
- http//www.cde.state.co.us/edtech/COLINKS/
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