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"The major activity of this project was to investigate ways of assessing the 21st-century skills of critical thinking, creative thinking and collaboration."

Online Teachers' Guide to Global, Collaborative Teaching and Learning. This guide, a much-needed update on the Exchange 2.0 guide, is an unbranded, user-driven resource for teachers looking for projects and resources to collaborate with other classes around the world.

"Real World Learning is authentic to the learner, connected to the community, and valuable to both. It includes community-connected projects and entrepreneurial experiences, work-based learning, and credentials valued by employers. Five steps to expand access to high-engagement valuable learning experiences."

Welcome the the New Technologies & 21st Century Skills website. This website is an ongoing project created and maintained by the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (LITE). 21st century skills are an important consideration for every educator as we are striving to prepare today's students to become prepared for the competitive global market of tomorrow. This website seeks to provide a resource that allows educators an opportunity to easily navigate educationally relevant Web 2.0 tools, resources, and examples of standards alignment. Connecting these skills to familiar frameworks, such as Bloom's Digital Taxonomy, can assist educators who are transitioning into meaningfully integrating technology into their classrooms.

"Communicating the great things that we are doing in our school libraries is so important to advocacy. Letting others know about the projects, new books, and countless other activities can be a challenge. When I thought about improving my communication with parents, students, and staff my idea was to create a short, one-page newsletter each month. The newest tool I have been using for promotional library materials is Canva. "

Blended Library is a joint research project with the Human-Computer Interaction Group University of Konstanz, Library of the University of Konstanz, the work group Databases and Information Systems University of Konstanz, the Knowledge Media Research Center Tuebingen and the university library of Tuebingen.

From Canadian Library Association - Information and support for the "Learning Commons" - an approach to move school libraries forward in the 21 Century. The video on this page provides a snapshot of libraries moving forward. the tabs across the top lead to further support documentation and video snapshots.

"As educators, what skills should we teach our students to prepare them for their personal and professional futures? Surprisingly, research shows that it's not predominately technical skills that tomorrow's employers will be looking for."

"21st century learning is the development of a highly valuable skill set for the future. 21st century skills are flagged as critical for the digital and evolving economy. Instead of specific subject knowledge, 21st century skills are ways of thinking, ways of working and ways of living."