21 Century Skills

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21st century skills, that will help the
students adapt to changing society
and technology
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1. Digital Age Literacy
- ability to use the computer and its various
applications to search, process, organize and
present information
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2. Effective Communication Skill
- the ability to share information, thoughts,
feelings and emotions and
- encoding and decoding of information
21st Century Skills
2. Communication and collaboration skills-
Understanding, managing , and creating effective oral,
written, and multimedia communication in a variety of
forms and contexts.
3. Critical Thinking Skills
- involves the HOTS like analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
- being inventive or innovative
4. High Productivity Skills
- thru technology, one can accomplish more targets because it
facilitates the execution of the different learning processes
5. Societal Values Skills
- development of favorable relationship and concern for the welfare of
others
Framework for 21st CenturyCore
Learning
Subjects
and 21st
Century Themes
Life and Career
Skills
Learning and
Innovation
Skills
Information,
Media and
Technology
Skills
Core Subjects 21st Century
✘ English Themes
(21st Century Content)
✘ Reading/Lang Arts
✘ World Languages • Global Awareness
✘ Arts • Financial, Economic, Business
✘ Mathematics and Entrepreneurial Literacy
• Civic Literacy
✘ Economics • Health Literacy
✘ Science
✘ Geography
✘ History
✘ Government
✘ Civics
 Information,
Learning and Media &
Innovation Skills
Technology Skills
• Information Literacy
✘ Creativity and Innovation
• Media Literacy
Skills • ICT Literacy (Information,
Communications, and
✘ Critical Thinking and Technology)
Problem Solving Skills
✘ Communication and
Collaboration Skills
(ISTE 2)
 Life and Career Skills
✘ Flexibility and Adaptability
✘ Initiative and Self Direction
✘ Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
✘ Productivity and Accountability
✘ Leadership and
Responsibility
21st Century Skills
1. Accountability and Adaptability- Exercising
personal responsibility and flexibility in personal,
workplace, and community contexts; setting and
meeting high standards and goals for one’s self and
others; tolerating ambiguity.

Demonstrate diligence and a positive

work ethics

flexibility and adaptability

 Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and
work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support
individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
Students:
a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others
employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple
audiences using a variety of media and formats.
c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by
engaging with learners of other cultures.
d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve
problems.
✘ Use as a newsletter to
Blogs
communicate with
families
✘ Students can use blogs
to talk with the world
about books they have
read, comment on
issues, post papers and
request feedback, etc.

• Podcasting Blog http://ple20.blogspot.com/

http://edublogs.org/
Wikis
✘ Collaborative writing is easy
with a wiki. Create, edit,
modify, link, and organize all
via the web.

http://pbwiki.com/
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Collaborative writing, editing
When several people are working on a project, emailing a
document gets messy. Use an online service to host your materials
then everyone in your group can access them as needed. You can
also see how added which information and provided which edits.
Great for individual accountability and responsibility.

http://docs.google.com
Podcasts
✘ Promote public speaking by
creating podcasts.
✘ Use Audacity, a free, cross-
platform sound editor to create
and edit your podcasts.
✘ Attach a podcast to your blog and
ask for feedback. That’s real
world!

Audacity Instructional videos

http://asimov.coehs.uwosh.edu/~winterfe/a http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
udacity/
 Call, collaborate,
communicate
✘ Reaching out to others has
never been more cost
effective. You can call on
cell phones, regular phones,
or via the internet.
✘ Skype -- internet based
phone
✘ Pingo -- low cost calling
card

http://www.skype.com/welcomeback/
http://www.pingo.com/
Virtual Workspaces
✘ Collaborate using a
whiteboard, chat,
conference call and more.
✘ Try Vyew (view)

http://vyew.com/site/
Photo Storage
✘ There are many sites
available to host your
photo collection. A few
sites include:
✗ Flickr

http://www.smh.com.au/
ffximage/2006/09/15/
ic_camera1_narrowweb__30
0x406,0.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/
21st Century Skills
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
Students:
a. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use
information from a variety of sources and media.
c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on
the appropriateness to specific tasks.
d. process data and report results.
 Big 6 Skills
1. Task Definition 5. Synthesis
1.1 Define the information problem 5.1 Organize from
1.2 Identify information needed multiple sources
5.2 Present the
information
2. Information Seeking Strategies
2.1 Determine all possible sources
6. Evaluation
2.2 Select the best sources
6.1 Judge the product
(effectiveness)
3. Location and Access 6.2 Judge the process
3.1 Locate sources (intellectually and physically) (efficiency)
3.2 Find information within sources

4. Use of Information
4.1 Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch)
4.2 Extract relevant information http://www.big6.com
Bookmarks
✘ Organization is the key to information
literacy. Are your bookmarks available
when you need them? Can you share
them with others? Is adding to your
bookmarks as easy as a single click?
Online tools are available to help
✘ Save, share, access your bookmarks
anywhere and anytime.
✘ Del.icio.us
✘ Foxmarks -- use with Firefox

http://del.icio.us/
http://www.foxmarks.com/
 Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
✘ Judging the accuracy of information
is a critical information fluency skill.
Teach your students to triangulate
their data regardless of their sources.
✘ Is Wikipedia accurate? Triangulate
your findings to answer that question.
✘ No one source of data is always
accurate!

http://www.wikipedia.org/
 Language Translators
✘ For students learning a language or teachers with a student
who speaks another language, language translators are a
great help.
✘ Beware, they aren’t always accurate!
✘ BonPatron.com is recommended by my teen son
✘ Dictionary.com Translator is also available

http://bonpatron.com/en/
✘ Need a good
reading
recommendatio
n? Check out a
webrary.

http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/davinci.html
21st Century Skills

4. Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving and Decision Making

Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research,
manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions
using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
a. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions
for investigation.
b. plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a
project.
c. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make
informed decisions.
d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore
alternative solutions.
✘
Webquests
Inquiry, problem solving, critical
thinking are all promoted in high
quality webquests.
✘ Bernie Dodge
✘ Tom March
✘ Web searches - beware many so
called webquests are not high
quality, they don’t promote
critical thinking and problem
solving. But, there are LOTS out
there.

http://webquest.org/index.php
http://bestwebquests.com/default.asp
 Maps
✘ A picture is worth a 1,000 words. Explore the world with
online map resources.
✘ Google Maps Street View -- research a career, find a
place to live, use street view to see the neighborhood
where the apartment you want to rent is located. Does it
look like a place you would be comfortable living?
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/index_.html
✘ Google Earth -- use this to have your students go on that
vacation they planned for their family. They can see the
sights along the roads they travel.
 5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to
technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of
information and technology.
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports
collaboration, learning, and productivity.
c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.
 Copyright/Fair Use
✘ ECB Surf Report
✘ WEMTA Listserv
Code of Conduct, Personal Space, Privacy,
Safety

✘ Code of Conduct
✘ Personal space
✘ Privacy
✘ Safety http://www.isafe.org/
✘ Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/
 Twitter
✘ Twitter

http://twitter.com/wemta

http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
 Technology Operations and Concepts
(ISTE 6)
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts,
systems, and operations. Students:
a. understand and use technology systems.
b. select and use applications effectively and productively.
c. troubleshoot systems and applications.
d. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.
 Virtual Games/Spaces
Virtual penguin game
http://www.java.com/en/games/mobile/
vpenguins.jsp
School Leadership Games

http://
slg.gameslearningsociety.org/
Second Life

http://secondlife.com/

Social Networking
(generally)
 Test Taking Software

It’s out there, which sites do you

use?

✘ http://fscreations.com/
 Access -- anytime, any where
✘ Does your school provide it?
✘ Does your community provide it?
✘ Do your teachers use it?
21st Century Skills
5. Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity-
Developing, implementing, and communicating
new ideas to others; staying open and responsive
to new and diverse perspectives.
21st Century Skills
6. Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking-
Exercising sound reasoning in understanding and
making complex choices; understanding the
interconnections among systems.
21st Century Skills
7. Problem Identification, Formulation,
and Solution- Ability to frame, analyze, and
solve problems.
21st Century Skills

8. Self-direction- Monitoring one’s own

understanding and learning needs, locating
appropriate resources, transferring learning
from one domain to another.
21st Century Skills
9. Social Responsibility- Acting responsibly
with the interests of the larger community in
mind; demonstrating ethical behavior in personal,
workplace, and community.
PowerPoint Presentation
prepared by:

Rizalina G. Gomez, Ph.D.