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21st century skills and the 4 cs
- 1. 21stCenturySkillsandthe4 Cs Critical Thinking andProblem Solving Communication Collaboration Creativity and Innovation
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- 3. ImportanceofC.TandP.S The link betweencritical thinking and education is obvious. critical thinking and problem solving contribute to the students success and and development in the society or their work when they finish school and also help them to make correct and important decision in their life. Teaching this to students is vital for their development and also with these skills they can develop others, such as a higher level of concentration, deeper analytical abilities, and improved thought processing. Today’s citizens must be active critical thinkers if they want to success in this 21st century skill society.
- 4. Definition It is theuse of your reasoning appropriate for the situation. Evaluate and analyze all the evidence and opinions to make a conclusion about something. Get the solution of different kind of problem.
- 5. Relationwithotherskills Its connection tothe other Cs is really important. critical thinking stress its connection to creative thinking skills According to philosophers Richard Paul and Linda Elder, “…sound thinking requires both imagination and intellectual standards.” They said that because when we are engage in high critical thinking we also make use of our imagination that have to do with creativity Critical thinking also draws on other skills, such as communication and information literacy, to examine, then analyze, interpret, and evaluate it.
- 6. WaystoIntegrateitintheclassroom Arts – 4thGrade Students individually articulate different ways to interpret the same musical passage. Students then compare the various interpretations and determine which one is most effective, taking into account age-appropriate considerations such as the style and genre of the music. World Languages – 4th Grade With the job title omitted, students read various job/career advertisements and then match the appropriate job title to the ad. Students are divided into groups. Each group is asked to investigate 3-5 different career/job sites and identify the jobs and careers that are in high demand in a particular city, region, or country. Students present their findings to the class.
- 7. English – 12thGrade In small groups, students create a plan for involving students in making technology decisions in the school. The process may include gathering student input from surveys, establishing a student advisory committee, using students to help provide tech support or other services to the school, evaluating cost/value ratios, and fundraising proposals to support their recommended strategies. These plans should be used in a presentation to the principal or the school board.
- 8. Resources onCriticalThinkingandProblemSolving General Resources Provisionof information, research, and resources on critical thinking. This site provides excellent background resources on the subject of critical thinking. www.criticalthinking.org Classroom Resources Catalina Foothills Critical Thinking Rubric Catalina Foothills School District created a series of rubrics to assess student critical thinking skills. They measure critical thinking skills such as comparing, classifying, inductive and deductive reasoning, error analysis, and decision making.
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- 10. TheImportanceCommunication Nowadays there isan overwhelming of communication and students should be prepared to analyze, face and process it. The power of modern media and the ubiquity of communication technologies in all aspects of life make teaching strong communication skills even more important. communication skills are really important to the service economy because of the relation that have to be with the customer and for that every students need to have the communicative skills necessary to the well communication between them.
- 11. Definition Communicate Clearly withothers Articulate clearly your ideas or though Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade)
- 12. Relationwithotherskills Communication is veryimportant and emphasize on it also, but is almost impossible to separate it from the other Cs, especially collaboration. When we clearly articulate our ideas, through, speaking and writing, we are related to collaboration skills.
- 13. WaystoIntegrateitintheclassroom Science – 8thGrade Students interview local scientists (e.g., university researcher, local television meteorologist, medical technician) about the ways in which computer models inform their work. Students create a digital gallery of images from the different models accompanied by audio files of the interviews. Students are familiar with the use of computational models as tools to describe and predict real- world phenomena. Social Studies – 4th Grade Working in small groups, students choose an area from their state’s history, organize a storyboard on the person/place/event, and use digital tools to create a presentation that teaches their topic to the remainder of the class. Students research, organize, and present historical information in clear, complete, and effective formats.
- 14. English – 4thGrade Students pose a question about a local issue on a secure, collaborative space such as ed.voicethread.com or galleryofwriting. org. Each student gives a short written or recorded response to the issue and then invites community leaders to add their responses. These students can articulate thoughts clearly and effectively through writing and speaking.
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- 16. General resources Develop proficiencywith the tools of technology Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and crossculturally Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information ` Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts Chapter Five – Procedures for Classroom Talk includes focus on English Language Learners and discusses the types of classroom talk that can be enhanced Institute for Learning – Accountable Talk Resources Accountable Talk Sourcebook for Classroom Conversation That Works The Reading and Writing Project Classroomresources
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- 18. importanceofcollaboration One example ofcollaboration could be wikipedia a place in which everybody can post their definition about something and help each other. Collaboration is crucial to have meaningful and effective results.Collaboration is essential in our classrooms because it is inherent in the nature of how work is accomplished nowadays.
- 19. definition Is the abilityto work effectively with others in a respectful way. Willingness to help others. Shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value every member's contribution in the group.
- 20. relationwithotherskills As we saidbefore the collaboration have a strong relationship with the communication.
- 21. waystointegrateitinschool Arts – 4thGrade While rehearsing a piece in music class, students discuss as a group how each individual part (melody, descant, harmonic or rhythmic accompaniment) contributes to the musical effectiveness of the overall performance, and how all musicians must work together to create a satisfying whole. Students also experiment with and discuss how the director (whether student or teacher) communicates with the ensemble (gestures, head movements, facial expressions) to help shape performance.
- 22. Geography – 8thGrade After studying an environmental community issue (landfills, water quality, maintaining open space, recycling), students compose email messages appropriate to various local, state, and national officials, stating their opinion and offering alternatives to current methods of dealing with the issue. Encourage students to consider their audience and develop effective ways to create a coordinated and articulate email campaign that will have an impact. Students demonstrate the ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
- 23. resourcesoncollaboration Genera resources CORAL CollaborativeOnline Reseasrch and Learning (CORAL) is a multidisciplinary collaborative task force composed of members at various universities who are dedicated to creating and testing a model to integrate technology with collaborative teaching and learning. The GLOBE Program The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a worldwide, hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program. Classroom resources Project Based Learning (PBL) Starter Kit: 21st Century Skills Rubrics Using Groups Effectively: 10 Principles Meta Collab NoodleTools: Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit Department of Education—Teacher’s Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet
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- 25. importanceofcreativity Creators and empathizers,pattern recognizers and meaning makers.thie futurie bielong to thies kien,d of pierson,d that ies why iet ies iemportat to ,dievielop thie crieatieviety ien our stu,dients. If students leave school without knowing how to continuously create and innovate, they will be underprepared for the challenges of society and the workforce. According to Robert Sternberg of Tufts University, “Successful individuals are those who have creative skills, to produce a vision for how they intend to make the world a better place for everyone”
- 26. definition Use a widerange of idea creation techniques Create new thing and ideas Innovative things Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives
- 27. Relationwithotherskills Creativity have aclose relationship with other skills that we have already explained. Those skills are communication and collaboration, because when you are innovative you have the facility to communicate with others and collaborate.
- 28. WaystoIntegrateCreativity Social Studies –4th Grade Students interview students and/or teachers to identify a problem (e.g., bullying on the playground) and as a group brainstorm creative ways to address the problem (producing a play that examines the issue, hosting a contest for best ideas). Students develop creative solutions to a class or school problem. English – 4th Grade Students collect a variety of newspaper and magazine articles on a social or environmental issue. In small groups, they decide on an issue and a theme and style for a poem. They use words and phrases cut from the articles to create a “found poem” on their topic.
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- 30. General Resources The CreativityCrisis, Newsweek article by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman How—and why—to teach innovation in our schools It’s Time to Get Serious About Creativity in the Classroom Classroom Resources Arts Edge—The Kennedy Center This rich Web site features lessons, activities, projects, and curriculum guidelines for educators to use to promote creativity Critical and Creative Thinking—Bloom’s Taxonomy Dan Pink’s Right Brain Discussion Guide for Educators Teaching Creativity Intel: Visual Ranking, Seeing Reason, and Showing Evidence Tools
- 31. waysyoucanintegrate technologywitheachofthe4Csintoyourclassroom. a) Communication Usethe videoconferencing tool Skype to connect beyond the classroom. Start live class discussions with TodaysMeet. Have students record themselves reading aloud for fluency checks. Have students use media to express vocabulary knowledge Teaching Forum Recording student Reading Reading Groups b) Creativity Encourage individual student blogging using Kidblog. Have students create digital stories using Voicethread. Explore student-created multimedia presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, LibreOffice, Prezi, or Google Docs. Get the students to create cartoons using ToonDoo Have students make videos using Windows Movie Maker or Animoto.
- 32. c) Collaboration Start acollaborative class blog. Try Voicethread, a collaborative multimedia conversation tool. Encourage skills practice, research, or the creation of collaborative stories using Google Docs. Collaborate using apps like Whiteboard. Sharing examples of student work in the projector d) Critical thinking Show online videos related to the lessons. Offer e-books for required readings.