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    In 60 seconds or less

    What are 21stCentury Survival

    Skills? Why do our students need them?

    How will they help you?

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    1. Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving

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    What does this mean?

    Developing a habit of asking good questions

    Work is no longer defined by specialty, but

    rather by the task or problem that needs

    solving, or the goal that must be

    accomplished (pgs 14-15).

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    2. Collaboration and Leading by Influence

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    How exactly?

    Conference calls, web casts, net

    meetings, video

    conferences(p 23)

    Becoming skillful at working with

    networks of people across

    cultures and boundaries (p 24)

    Lead by influence rather than

    authority (p 27).

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    3. Agility and Adaptability

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    4. Initiative and

    Entrepreneurialism

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    Because

    Leadership is the capacity to take initiative

    and trust yourself to be creative (p 33)

    Leaders want individuals to take initiative and

    even be entrepreneurial in the ways they

    seek new opportunities, ideas, and strategies

    for improvement (p 32).

    Employers are looking for self-starters andresults-oriented individuals (p 33).

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    5. Effective Oral and Written Communication

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    What does this mean?

    The ability to create focus, energy and

    passion (p 36)

    Convey information quickly and concisely (p

    35)

    Expressing ones views clearly;

    communicating effectively is an important

    citizenship skill (p34).

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    6. Accessing and Analyzing

    Information

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    Importance?

    We manage an astronomical amount of

    information (p 36)

    Be able to access and evaluate rapidly

    changing information from multiple sources (p

    37)

    Knowledge workers analyze information to

    discern new challenges and opportunities (p37)

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    Why?

    Creative solutions to problems (p 38)

    Design products and services that stand out

    from the competition (p 38)

    Question why things are the way they are (p

    39)

    Go to the root of the problem; understand it

    inside out, up and down (p 39)

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    So how does this help you? Differentiated Instruction

    Highly engaged students

    Student driven; student centeredactivities

    Facilitator rather than Teacher

    Let goBe surprised!

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    Here is what can happen

    Example of student assignment

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4tyLQ9iHEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4tyLQ9iHE
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    Why I need your help Form a small PLC on using the 21stCentury Skills in classrooms

    Observing each other, having opendiscussions and working together toimprove instruction using 21stCenturySkills in the classroom

    3 to 4 volunteers.

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    References

    Wagner, Tony. (2008). The Global

    Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best

    Schools Dont Teach the New Survival

    Skills Our Children Needand What WeCan Do About It. New York: Basic Books.