Session II: Shifting Lenses: Applying 21st Century Skills to Your

Lessons

Presented by Gabriela Montoya-Stier, Lauren Bain, and Neal Tipton

Session II: Objectives

● Take a closer look at 21st Century Skills● Discuss how these skills apply to the

Revised TEKS● Look at a lesson based on the Revised

TEKS and 21st Century Skills

History of 21st Century Skills

● Started in 2002 as a coalition of groups from the business community, educational leaders, and policy makers

● The mission: To start a conversation on skills our students need to have to be successful in the 21st century

What are the Key Points?

● Learning and Innovation● Information, Media, and Technology Skills● Life and Career Skills

Activity: We are...

● going to take a closer look● going to form discussion groups● discuss each key point one at a time and

share with the whole group

Guiding Question

How do 21st Century Skills apply to your revised lessons based on the Revised TEKS?

Learning and Innovation

● Creativity and Innovation

● Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

● Communication and Collaboration

musical example video

Information, Media, and Technology Skills

● Information Literacy● Media Literacy● Information,

Communications, and Technology Literacy

musical example video

Life and Career Skills

● Flexibility and Adaptability

● Initiative and Self Direction

● School and Cross-Curricular Skills

● Productivity and Accountability

● Leadership and Responsibility

Our Journey: Part 2

● In this session, we will focus on:● Grade 5, (4)(A) create rhythmic phrases

through improvisation and composition● Neal’s lesson model will be based on the

Orff process

Lesson Model

● Which skills did this lesson focus on?

Lesson Planning Time

● Please continue to collaborate with your group to create your lessons

● Please connect your lessons with 21st century skills

● For the last 15 minutes of this session, we would like at least 2 groups to share their work so far

Time to Share!

What connections did you discover between the new TEKS and the 21st Century skills?

How did your group determine which skills were critically important to the lesson?

Which might be better taught through another lesson?