introduction 21 st century learning the partnership for 21 st century skills
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Introduction
21st Century Learning
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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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Discussion
What does “21st Century Education”
mean to you?
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West VirginiaDid You Know?
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Framework for 20th Century Learning
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Starting Point for Change
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Learning and Thinking SkillsLifelong learning and the ability to use what they have learned:
– Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
– Communication Skills – Creativity and Innovation Skills – Collaboration Skills – Information and Media Literacy Skills – Contextual Learning Skills
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21st Century Content
Significant areas that must be emphasized in today’s schools:
– Global awareness – Financial, economic, business and
entrepreneurial literacy – Civic literacy – Health and wellness awareness
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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Literacy
ICT Literacy is the ability to use technology to:
• support 21st century teaching and learning;
• meet CSOs and state/national educational technology standards.
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Life Skills
Including: – Leadership – Ethics – Accountability – Adaptability – Personal
Productivity
– Personal Responsibility
– People Skills – Self Direction – Social
Responsibility
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21st Century Assessments1. Authentic 21st century assessments support
the essential foundation of a 21st century education.
2. To be effective, sustainable and affordable assessments must use modern technologies to increase efficiency and timeliness.
3. A balance of assessments, including high-quality standardized testing along with effective classroom assessments, offers students a powerful way to master the content and skills central to success.
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Today’s Children are Different
• They think, access, absorb, interpret, process and use information.
• They view, interact and communicate with the modern world.
• Children expect to have instantaneous access to information, goods and services.
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Framework for 21st Century Learning
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West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives (CSO) Comparison
• New• Rigor• 21st Century
• Current• Rote• 20th Century
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West Virginia CSO ComparisonCurrent Policy
RLA.4.1.10 Determine a purpose for reading across the curriculum.
Revised Policy 07/01/08
RLA.O.4.1.09 determine author’s purposes in literacy and informational texts and use supporting material to justify author’s intent:
– To persuade– To entertain– To inform– To determine a specific
viewpoint
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West Virginia CSO Comparison
Current Policy
MA.3.4.8 read and write amounts of money to $100.00.
Revised Policy 07/01/08M.O.3.4.5 identify, count and organize coins and bills to display a variety of price values from real-life examples with a total value of $100.00 or less and model making change using manipulatives.
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Discussion
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Discussion
Why must education change to prepare children for the
21st Century?
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Discussion
How do you envision these changes taking place?
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Discussion
What are the challenges faced by your local school system in
presenting this reform?
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Discussion
Without more funding, how could we reallocate spending
to achieve these goals?
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Report Out
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Urgency for Change
• US must remain competitive in global markets.
• US continues to drop in global education studies.
• We must prepare our students for careers that don’t exist yet.
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Technology for 21st Century Learners
• It’s not just about computers; it is about instruction.
• The teaching techniques of yesterday may not work today.
• Students expect technology to be part of learning.
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Citizens of a Global World
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Additional Information
• One-Hour Module Links and Resources (word)
• West Virginia Did You Know References (word)
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