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New assessments like the CWRA, however, illustrate that the skills that really matter for the 21st century-the ability to think creatively and to evaluate and analyze information-can be measured accurately and in a common and comparable way. These emergen

Links, handouts and resources divided by the different literacies associate with 21st century literacies.

Ideas toward becoming a 21st Century Educator

Tom March consider contemporary or 21st century skills for teachers.

Powerful ideas for architects and designers creating the schools of tomorrow

An interactive computer simulation for middle grades science students to learn scientific inquiry and 21st century skills.

A framework and resources for understanding 21st century skills.

Free, online teacher professional development on 21st century learning concepts: Project-Based Approaches from Intel Teach.

The Economist Magazine is hosting their third annual Media Convergence Forum in New York City on October 20th and 21st. Earlier this year they asked if they could remix Did You Know?/Shift Happens with a media convergence theme and use it for their confer

The Infinite Thinking Machine (ITM) is designed to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st century. Through an active blog, an Internet TV show, and other media resources, the ITM shares a "bazillion practical ideas" for turning the infini

In 2001, I published "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants," a two-part article that explained these terms as a way of understanding the deep differences between the young people of today and many of their elders (Prensky 2001a, 2001b). Although many have found the terms useful, as we move further into the 21st century when all will have grown up in the era of digital technology, the distinction between digital natives and digital immigrants will become less relevant. Clearly, as we work to create and improve the future, we need to imagine a new set of distinctions. I suggest we think in terms of digital wisdom.

All schools are probably teaching many of the information literacy skills found in this body of lessons. Usually, individual teachers will tackle the process of plugging the gaps in their curriculum when an issue or opportunity arises.

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A definition of information age literacy adopted by NCTE in February 2008.