Comparison of 20th vs. 21st century skills needed to be successful in education.
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1. Literacy for the 21 stCentury A Brave New World By Viki
Gardner
2. Literacy for the 21 stCentury
is not based on do you know it?
3. Literacy for the 21 stcentury
rather on can you find it, analyze it, adapt it, and synthesize
it?
4. Literacy for the 21 stcentury
is not just about
reading,writing,and arithmetic
5. Literacy for the 21 stcentury
rather on analyzing the differences between viewpoint-clashing
Web sites, blogging responsibly, and cash management online
Reading Writing Arithmetic 6. Literacy for the 21 stCentury
should be about:
resilience and strategies to cope with constant change,
including dealing with failure and taking risks.
the ability to easily learn, unlearn and relearn.
how to deal with massive amounts of information and what to do
with it.
creativity, global awareness, diversity, critical thinking,
problem solving, and digital citizenship.
7. Literacy for the 21 stCentury is about the Digital Immigrant
learning from the Digital Native www.teach42.com/2007/10/22/815/ 8.
Literacy for the 21 stCentury
should permit more opportunities in the curriculum for play and
imagination because we are preparing students for jobs that havent
even been invented yet.
9. Literacy for the 21 stcentury
should include teacher preparation and professional development
programs that integrate and model 21st Century skills in method and
delivery, and guide teachers in utilizing new technology.
should bring teachers together to build communities so that
they can get the support they need outside of the classroom.
should include teachers sharing best practices first with each
other and then beyond their own schools through virtual learning
communities.
10. Literacy for the 21 stcentury
doesn't mean our schools are failing
11. Literacy for the 21 stCentury
rather, the times are changing so rapidly that our schools
can't keep up.
12. Literacy for the 21 stCentury
We must adapt and advance our education system or the world
will leave us behind.