“We find when we talk about 21st century skills, people often reduce them to skills for the workplace and skills involving technology. And we’re really talking about skills for creativity, for civic engagement, for social life–the full range of experiences that young people will be involved in in the future.”
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web20-21stcentury-tools - home - 83 views
.:Partners in Learning School Research:. - 54 views
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Free surveys of teachers and school leaders that will measure 21stCentury teaching and learning skills in your school.
Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner - 140 views
Need a Job? Invent It - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Thomas Friedman's NY Times article - interview w/ Tony Wagner on need to be prepare students to be innovation ready.
How 21st Century Thinking Is Just Different - 2 views
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nstead, we might consider constant reflection guided by important questions as a new way to learn in the presence of information abundance.
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There is more information available to any student with a smartphone than an entire empire would have had access to three thousand years ago.
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Truth may not change, but information does. And in the age of social media, it divides and duplicates in a frenzied kind of digital mitosis.
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How 21st C really is different. Think differently.
Beyond Textbooks - 116 views
Technology for 21st Century Learning: Part 1 : 2¢ Worth - 94 views
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David Warlick
YouTube - Learning to Change/ Changing to Learn: Student Voices - 58 views
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Great video about students and how they use technology., the role technology plays in their life
21st Century Literacies: Tools for Reading the World - 3 views
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Wow, this is a PRACTICAL guide to info literacy, from step by step on how to read a website, to how students report the info. FULL of information I can use in my classroom without having to reinvent the wheel myself!
Parent Advice - Expert Interview: Henry Jenkins - Common Sense Media - 0 views
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need to be overcome in order to thrive in this participatory
Flat Classroom Project - 1 views
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The Flat Classroom Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman. One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning.
Creating the 21st-century classroom | Educator Resource Centers | eSchoolNews.com - 55 views
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"Creating the 21st-century classroom"
Tools for the 21st Century Teacher - 194 views
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An ebook that provides a comprehensive guide to Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - State Initiatives - 84 views
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Examples of states that have incorporated 21st century skills into state standards. See links to individual state profiles on the left of the screen. West Virgina and North Carolina cited as particularly good examples
Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com - 75 views
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Columnist Virginia Heffernan reviews Cathy N. Davidson's book "Now You See It." Heffernan discusses historical shifts in education in response to the needs of the workforce, and suggests we are in the midst of another shift currently as most of the jobs the grade-school generation will have are not yet in existence. The larger questions are, "How do we prepare students for a society we can't really imagine," and "What skills can translate and give them the most flexibility to adapt to the needs of this (most likely) digital landscape." Heffernan concludes that our current model is outdated and a stronger emphasis should be placed on creativity and critical thinking.