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"Educators agree that students will need strong creative problem-solving skills in their future careers."

"A Teacher's Toolbox Learn more about 10 of the most important skills that teachers need in the classroom today. Each of these can help educators of any grade level teach better."

This school has put together a wide variety of websites and activities for practicing literacy skills. Some of these are more suited to struggling students. Many will work great on interactive whiteboards.

This school has put together a wide variety of websites and activities for practicing literacy skills. Some of these are more suited to struggling students. Many will work great on interactive whiteboards.

"Both Friedman in Thank You For Being Late and Kevin Kelly in The Inevitable make an optimistic case that as technology displaces workers, it also creates new jobs requiring new skills. But Friedman also noted that when the Industrial Age displaced the Agricultural Age, it took about a generation for old ways to die off and new ways to surface.  While the rate of change has accelerated since 2007, will our rate of adaptation - both as individuals and as educational systems - match that change rate?  Audrey quoted Neil Selwyn, who identified three contemporary ideologies intertwined with the technological ones - libertarianism, neoliberalism, adnd the ideology of the new economy…to which she added a fourth - technological solutionism.  These four align with concepts of venture capitalism, the gig economy, the shared economy, the attention economy…all happening fast, free, easy for you, and accelerating."

"teachers who were most effective at teaching students at risk for failure to read: (a) used small-group instruction, (b) reported collaborating with colleagues, (c) communicated with parents about students' progress, (d) guided students in applying word identification skills as they read, (e) had a common system for monitoring progress, and (f ) were provided extensive professional development on instructional practices."

Integrating 21st century skills into the library.

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"Recent research has rekindled a focus on assessing literacy skills developed over the long term, such as oral language, vocabulary, and reading comprehension."

"5 technology-enabled learning trends that will help shape learning across industries in the coming years. Companies that want to succeed will have to keep themselves abreast with these changes and will have to ensure that their employees' skills are up-to-date and aligned with new realities."

"Parent-child reading is widely advocated to promote cognitive development, including in recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics to begin this practice at birth."