Implementing a 21st Century Skill Focus in MY School

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Implementing a 21st Century Skill Focus in MY
School

• Stephen Sanders Stuart Ciske, Ph.D.
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• October 2006

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Extra! Extra!

• As we heard earlier today, the world is
  different!
• Agriculture
• Healthcare
• Manufacturing
• Others.

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Questions to ask?

• Who are the 21st Century Learners?
• What are the expectations from the global digital
  community?
• What is a framework for 21st century learning?
• How can students succeed as 21st century learners
  in MY SCHOOL?

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Who are 21st Century Learners?

• Millennials (People born 1980-2005)
• As large in number as Baby Boomers
• Consumers- 150 billion annually
• Digital Media Users - 6 hrs daily
• Multitaskers online - phone - print
• Hyper-Communicators -socially/ civically
• Gamers-interactive learning
• Risk-Takers
• Pursuers of ongoing education
• Futurists Optimistic

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Who are 21st Century Learners?
Millennials
Schools
Sense of Classroom Disconnect
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Who are 21st Century Learners?

• Todays education system faces irrelevance
  unless we bridge the gap between how students
  live and how they learn.
• Schools are struggling to keep pace with the
  astonishing rate of change in students lives
  outside of school.
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2003)

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What are the expectations from the global digital
community?

• THE PROBLEM DEFINED Today's school leaders face
  a serious dilemma
• Communities expect graduates to thrive in the
  Digital Age
• Those skills are not included in many state
  learning standards or measured on most state and
  local assessments.

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What are the expectations from the global digital
community?

• Academic Achievement accelerates when 21st
  Century Learning Communities focus
• Digital-Age Literacy
• Inventive Thinking
• Effective Communication
• High Productivity
• 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Learners
  NCREL/METIRI (2003)

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What is a common framework for 21st century
learning?

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• www.21stcenturyskills.org/
• index.php

• enGauge 21st Century Skills
• www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/skills.htm

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• Agility at learning skills is what differentiates
  a 21st Century citizen and learner from a 20th
  Century citizen and learner.The illiterate of
  the 21st century will not be those who cannot
  read and write, but those who cannot learn,
  unlearn and relearn.
• Alvin Toffler (2000)

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?
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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills Bridge to
  21st Century 6 Key Elements
• Emphasize core subjects
• Emphasize learning skills
• Use 21st century tools to develop learning skills
• Teach Learn in a 21st century context
• Teach Learn 21st century content
• Use 21st century assessments that measure 21st
  century skills

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• Examine the frameworks
• Partnership or enGauge Information and
  Technology Literacy Standards (ITLS)
• Use enGauge results ITLS to build bridges
• Curriculum revision - Honor and EXTEND existing
  work
• NEW Curriculum collaborate and embed
• ITLS Matrix
• Make system level decisions
• Involve the community

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• Our Information and Technology Literacy Standards
  
• cross match very well with the enGauge and the
  Partnership 21st century skill sets
• promote 21st century teaching and learning
• promote the skills, beliefs and attitudes desired
  by our communities and employers
• should be in the forefront of school improvement
  and student achievement

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• Assess21
• web-based repository for information on
  assessments of 21st century skills

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• MILE Guide
• Milestones for Improving Learning and Education
  (MILE) Guide for 21st Century Skills
• assists educators and administrators in measuring
  the progress of their schools in defining,
  teaching and assessing 21st Century Skills
• 23 questions with immediate results

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How can students succeed as 21st century learners
in MY school?

• Route 21 An Interactive Guide to 21st Century
  Learning
• Internet-based tool that assists education
  stakeholders in developing and implementing an
  actionable plan to achieve a successful 21st
  century learning environment.

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Time for Q A
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Links and Resources

• enGauge 21st Century Skills
• www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/skills.htm
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php
• Metiri Group
• www.metiri.com/features.html