21st Century Learner & Educator

The 21st Century Learner & EducatorUT-Tyler University AcademySC Angela Lassiter1Did you Know?Farmers are checking soil moisture from their hand-held computers and factory workers are guiding robots.

2Free and universal access to information is increasing for all citizens, whose informed opinions are in turn shaping policy and fostering greater global democracy.Did you Know?

3Did you Know?American students are bombarded daily with visual messages from the mediaspecifically targeted to tap into the billions of discretionary spending they control or influence.

4It means that we can no longer believe that simply teaching isolated and independent content to our students will prepare them for a successful future.What does this mean?5According to a study by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizonas Center for the Study of Higher EducationA significant number of American teenagers from high school to take their next big steps toward adulthoodgraduateunprepared6This group is a virtual underclass of students who are neither college-ready nor in an identifiable careerThey are likely to depart from high school having taken classes mainly from the high school general curriculum in which they received little to no job preparation or guidance.7But I am guiding and preparing themevery day.Ask this question

What exactly am I preparing them for?Tomorrows quiz?Next weeks test?The state assessment?

8Hmmm???What does it mean to be a 21st century learner?What does it mean to be a 21st century educator?9A 21st Century Learner A studentActivity:

At the table with your group, create a T-chart illustrating the difference in being a student vs. a 21st century learner.

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11A 21st Century Learner Can inform & inspire othersA studentCan pass a class

Can analyze, utilize, synthesizeCan pass a test

Can collaborate effectivelyCan take notes

Questions, learns and leadsCan listen and behave

Will investigate and discoverCan ask/answer questions

Will be CAREER readyCan hold a job

Is simply a studentIs a DOer and a THINKer12 Overwhelmed?Intimidated?Apprehensive?No need to be13SurpriseThe SKILLS that 21st century learners need are not complex. and 21st century educators already own these skillswe just need to expose our classrooms and students to them.Critical ThinkingProblem SolvingLogical ReasoningInvested InquiryIndependent DiscoveryDigital LiteracyEffective CommunicationCollaborationTime ManagementUse of real-world toolsComprehensive approach & Cross-curricular instruction1421st Century Skillscan be used any time in any field of study and any career pathare NOT content specificguide students to be self-reliant, motivated, and responsible for their own __________facilitate inquiry, risk taking, creativity, curiosity, and discoveryenable participation in global communicationsprepare students to adapt to new environments, systems, sciences, and technologies

teach a man to fish15Hmmm???What does it mean to be a 21st century learner?What does it mean to be a 21st century educator?16

17Ask YourselfReflect on the classes you took or tasks assigned to you because they were important or necessary

* How did you approach those tasks?

Now reflect on the classes/tasks you took on because you were curious or wanted to know more* How did this interest affect your end result, and more importantly, how did it affect you during the journey?18Result vs JourneyThe 21st century learner will appreciate ownership in an end product, but more importantly he or she will have practiced logical reasoning, problem solving, critical thinking, effective communication and collaboration, questioned, researched, discovered, analyzed, applied, created, inspired, informed, and will go on to educate othersjust as you have done because at some pointyour learning was meaningful & relevant to you.19

Were ALL in this together.20Resourceshttp://newswise.com/articles/degrees-of-failure-the-unprepared-high-school-graduatehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3D7O-ByLE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjgKzrkMetUwww.ncrel.org/engaugeStock photos used from Google images

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