As the world continues to shift from an industrial economy to a service economy
driven by information, knowledge, and innovation, cultivating 21st-century
skills is vital to economic success
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in title, tags, annotations or url"Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project" (pdf) - 0 views
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"New media allow for a degree of freedom and autonomy for youth that is less apparent in classroom setting. Youth respect one another's authority online, and they are often more motivated to learn from peers than from adults. Their efforts are also largely self-directed, and the outcome emerges through exploration, in contrast to classroom learning that is oriented toward set, predefined goals."
eSchoolNews - Report: Retool instruction, or U.S. will fail - 0 views
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While the global economy has been changing, the United States has focused primarily on closing domestic achievement gaps and largely has ignored the growing necessity of graduating students capable of filling emerging job sectors
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this goal has skirted the competitive demand for advanced skills
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