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- 2. Digital Learners The 21stCentury dawned as the beginning of the Digital Age- a time of unprecedented growth in technology and its subsequent information explosion. Never before have the tools for information access and management made such an impact on the way we live, work, shop and play. New technologies and tools multiply the market daily and the new technologies of today are outdated almost as soon as the reach the market. Numerous studies and reports have emerged over the past decades that seek to identify the life, career, and learning skills that define the skills needed for success in the 21st century world. While there are some differences in how the skills are categorized or interpreted, there are also many commonalities. Common skills across most of the studies include:
- 3. Creativity and Innovation Usingknowledge and understanding to create new ways of thinking in order to find solutions to new problems To create new products and services Think Creatively: Use a wide range of idea creation techniques( brainstorming) Create new and worthwhile ideas(both incremental and radical concepts) Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts Demonstrate imagination and curiosity Work Creatively with others Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively Be open and responsive to new and diverse perpectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real worldlimits to adopting new ideas View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of a small successes and frequent mistakes Implementing Innovations Act on creatuve ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovayion will occur
- 4. Communication Communicting effectively ina wide variety of forms and contexts for a wide range of purposes and using multiple media and technologies Communicate Clearly Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbalcommunication skills in a variety of forms and contexts Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitude, and intentions Use communication for a range of purpose (e.g to inform, instruct, innovate, and persuade and in diverse environments( including ,ulti- lingual) Utilize multiple media and technologies , and know how to judge their effectiveness a priori as well as assess their impact
- 5. Collaboration Working with othersrespectfully and effectively to create, use and share knowledge, solutions and innovations Collaborate with Others Demonstrate abilitity to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal Assume shared responsiblity for collaborative work and value the individual contributions made by each team member
- 6. Information Management Accessing, analyzing,synthesizing, creating sharing information from multiple sources Effective Use of Technology Creating the capacity to identify and use technology efficiently, effectively and ethicalyy as a tool to access, organize, evaluate and share information
- 7. Career and LifeSkills Developing skills for becoming self- directed , indepent learners and workers who can adapt to change , manage projects, take responsibility for their work, lead others and produce results Cultural Awareness Developing cultural competence in working with others by recognizing and respecting cultural differences and work with others from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds
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- 9. INFORMATION LITERACY Access and EvaluateInformation Access information efficiently (time and effectively (sources) Evaluate informatkion critically and competently Use and Manage Information Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand Mangae flow of informatkon from a wide variety of sources Apply a fundmental understanding of the ethical/legal issuse surounding the access and use of information
- 10. Media Literacy Analyze Media Understandboth how and why media messages rae constructed and for what purposes Examine how individuals intepret messages differently, how values and points of vies are included or excluded , and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors Apply fundamental understanding of the tehical/legal issus surrounding the accsess and use of media Create Media Products Understand and utilize the most appropriate medai creation tools, characteristics and convetions Understand and effectively utilize the most appropriate expresisions and interpretations in diverse, multi-cultural environments
- 11. ICT Literacy Apply TEchnologyEffectively USe technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information Use digitaltechnologies, communication/ networking tools and social networks appropriatelt to access, mange, integrate,evaluate and create information to seccessfully function in a knowledge economy Apply a fundamental understanding of vthe ethuical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information technologies
- 12. Integrating 21st Century Skillswith Content These skills are about the thinking processes and behaviors students will use as they learn subject area content and work woth others to deepen their understanding of the content. All of the frameworks emphasize the need to ground 21st century skills in core content, an expecially in an interdisciplinary fashion. Organizing instruction around important concepts and “big ideas” helps students create conceptual structures for stiring,retrieving and using information in anew and unanticipated ways. As the 21st century skills are integrated into content, come key design principles include: Connecting the content knowledge to real-world applications and problem situations Emphasizing deep understanding of the learning Help Students understand and monitor the thinking processes they are using Using technology to help students access, analyze organize and share what ther are learning and allow students to independentky locate appropriate tools for th task Providing opportunities to students to become “creators as well as consumers of published information” Engaging students in solving complex problems that require higher orded thinking and application of content and that results in new perspectives and solutions to problems
- 13. Instruction that meetsthe needs of today's students will incorporate A variety of learning ooportunities and activities The use of appropriate technology tools to accomplish learning goals Project-and problem-based learning Cross-curricular connections A focus on inquiry and the student-led investigations Collaborative learning environments, both within beyond the classroom
- 14. The Characteristics of a21st Century Educator
- 15. There are essentialskills for the Digital learners that should consider in giving appropriate activities and assessments but what about the 21st Century Teacher, what are the characteristics we would expect to see in them? Must be able to adapt the curriculum Be able to adapt software and hardware Be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience Must understannd and apply different learning styles
- 16. The Visionary Must seethe potential in the emerging tools and web technologies, grasp and manipulate them Can look at others ideas and envisage how would they use these in their class Looks across the disciplines and through the curricula
- 17. Collaborator Able to leveragethese collaborative tools to enchance and captivate our learners must be collaborators, sharing , contributing, adapting and inventing
- 18. Risk Taker Must takerisks and some times surrender yourself to the students knowledge Have a vission of what you want and what technology can achieve, identify the goals facilitate learning Use the strength of the digital natives to understand and navigate new products
- 19. Learner We expect ourstudents to be life-long learners must continue to absorb new possibilities and experiences must endeavor to stay current The 21st Century Teacher or educator must learn and adapt
- 20. Communicator Are fluent intools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration Know how to use different media in communication Allows students to be able to express their insight and share their thoughts
- 21. Model Must model thebehaviours that are expected from their students Educators are often the most consistent part of our student life They model: Tolerance, Acceptance, a wider view than just their curricula areas, global awareness and reflection
- 22. Leader Clear goals andobjectives is crucial to the success or failure of any project