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Think Ahead: What a difference a day makes. How do we create a dynamic 21st-century learning environment where today’s students can achieve and thrive? The Think Ahead event provided a day to explore, experience, and reflect on effective tools for 21st-century learning. The Apple digital learning environment is optimized for 21st-century learning by enabling collaboration, as well as content creation, distribution, and access, to maximize learning for today’s mobile lifestyle. Use the following resources to further explore creating and supporting a 21st-century learning environment.

In West Virginia, we were one of three states that received full approval with regard to its assessment and accountability system. Our standards, our assessments met the gold standard, so to speak, at the U.S. Department of Education.

The new Gateway to 21st Century Skills uses Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 technologies that make your day as an educator more productive, more instructive, more collaborative and more manageable.

In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century.

What are the characteristics we would expect to see in a successful 21st century educator? Well, we know they are student-centric, holistic, and they’re teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area. We know, too, that they must be 21st century learners as well. But highly effective teachers in today’s classrooms are more than this – much more.