21 st century skills

21ST CENTURY SKILLSWHAT SKILLS DO DIGITAL NATIVES NEED TO FUNCTION IN THE WORLD TODAY?

1. Solution Fluency

2. Information Fluency

3. Collaboration Fluency

4. Creativity Fluency

5. Media Fluency

6. Digital Citizen

IF YOU ARE FLUENT IN SOMETHING….“you have attained such a comfort level with it that its use is unconscious or automatic” (Jukes, McCain, & Crockett, 2001).

The six basic categories of 21st Century Skills focus on skill fluency rather than just basic understanding.

1. SOLUTION FLUENCY

THE ABILITY TO PROBLEM SOLVE CREATIVELY

DEFINING AN UNKNOWN CHEMICAL

Example of Solution Fluency

Example of Solution Fluency

Provide students with an unknown substance to investigate in lab.

Students design an experiment to test the unknown and explore its melting point in order to properly identify the unknown.

Perform the experiment and compare data with defined melting points of known substances found on iPod app.

2. INFORMATION FLUENCY

THE ABILITY TO FIND REQUIRED INFORMATION AND DETERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF INFORMATION

FAMOUS CHEMIST RESEARCH PROJECT

Example of Information Fluency

Provide students with various search engines to be used when researching their famous chemist.

Example of Information Fluency

Review proper search techniques.

Allow use of netbooks and iPods to search for scholarly information.

3. COLLABORATION FLUENCY

ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE DIGITAL PRODUCTS

2001 JAPANESE TSUNAMI AND THE NUCLEAR CRISIS

Example of Collaboration Fluency

Research• 2001 tsunami and earthquake

that affected Japan

Create

• Using voicethread presenting specific information about nuclear crisis.

• Focus on radioactive elements.

Collaborate

• Share voicethread with students in Japan.

• Allow them to comment about their first-hand experience.

Example of Collaboration Fluency

4. CREATIVITY FLUENCY

ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE USING IMAGINATION TO CREATE PRODUCTS

STOICHIOMETRY JUX

Example of Creativity Fluency

“JUXIO : FROM JUXTAPOSITION, THE PLACEMENT OF 2 OR MORE ELEMENTS TOGETHER TO CREATE NEW MEANING”(GIBSON, YOUNGER W., GORMLEY, & YOUNKER B., 2001) Students create a Jux on juxio.com to tell a story about the importance of stoichiometry in obtaining reliable lab data.

Example of Creativity Fluency

Students are to base their story on a lab performed in class.

5. MEDIA FLUENCY

ABILITY TO DECIPHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA AND CREATE MEDIA TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE

CHEMISTRY BROCHURE

Example of Media Fluency

Students create a course description brochure to have on display at parent teacher conferences to communicate the content of the class.

Example of Media Fluency

These brochures should include summary of individual course units.

6. DIGITAL CITIZEN

STUDENTS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE WHEN ESTABLISHING THEIR DIGITAL SELVES

MY BIG CAMPUS DISCUSSION BOARDS

Example of Digital Citizen

At the beginning of the trimester, students will be educated about acceptable language when posting on the class discussion board twice a week.

Example of Digital Citizen

Students will perform self-evaluation as well as evaluation of peers’ posts.

REFERENCESGibson, J., Younker, W., Gormley, L., & Younker, B. (2001). Juxio, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.juxio.com/beta/About_Juxio.php.

Jukes, I., McCain, T., & Crockett, L. (2010). Understanding the digital generation: Teaching and learning in the new digital landscape. Kelowna BC Canada: 21st Century Fluency Project.