The 21st Century Digital Learner

Introduction:

21st century dawned as the beginning of the Digital Age – a time of unprecedented growth in technology and its subsequent information explosion.

New technologies and tools multiply daily and the new technologies of today are outdated almost as soon as they reach the market.

Numerous studies and reports have emerged over the past decade that seek to identify the life, career, and learning skills that define the skills needed for success in the 21st century world.

Common skills across most of the studies include:

Creativity and Innovation

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Communication

Collaboration

Information

Effective Use of Technology

Career and Life Skills

Cultural Awareness

Creativity and Innovation - Using knowledge and understanding to create new ways of thinking in order to find solutions to new problems and to create new products and services.

Think Creatively – Create new and worthwhile ideas.

Work Creatively with others – Implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively

Implement Innovations – act on creative ideas to make tangible and useful .

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving – applying HOTS to new problems and issues, using appropriate reasoning as they effectively analyze the problem and make decision.

Reason Effectively- Use various of reasoning as appropriate to the situation.

Use Systems Thinking- analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other to produce overall outcomes in complex systems. Make Judgments and Decisions- analyze & evaluate major alternative points of view.Solve Problems- solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional & innivative ways.

Communication- communicating effectively in a wide variety of forms and contexts for a wide range of purposes and using multiple media and technologies.

Communicate Clearly - use communication for a range of purposes and in diverse environments. Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values , attitudes and intentions.

Collaboration - working with others respectfully & effectively to create, use and share knowledge, solutions and intentions.

Collaborate with others- demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams.

Information Management --

Accessing , analyzing, synthesizing, creating and sharing information from multiple sources.

Effective Use of Technology – creating the capacity to identify and use technology efficiently, effectively & ethically as a tool to access, organize , evaluate & share information.

Career and Life Skills- developing skills for becoming self- directed, independent learners & workers who can adapt to change , manage projects, take responsibility for their work, lead others & produce results.

Cultural Awareness – developing cultural competence in working with others by recognizing & respecting cultural differences and social backgrounds.

Information, Media & Technology Skills

Information Literacy – access & evaluate information. Use & manage information.Media Literacy – analyze media .Create Media Products.ICT Literacy – apply technology effectively.

Integrating 21st Century Skills with Content

skills are about the thinking processes & behaviors students will use as they learn subject area content & work with others to deepen their understanding of the content.

Using technology to help students access, analyze, organize & share what they are learning & allow students to independently locate appropriate tools for the task.

How should instruction change to Prepare Students for Success in the 21st Century?

The 21st century skills are not really different. Plan instruction with an understanding of the “ digital natives”.

Instruction that meets the needs of today’s students will incorporate:Cross- curricular connectionsProject-& problem- based learningCollaborative Learning environmentsVariety of learning opportunities & activities

Other Skills & Attributes of the 21st century Learner

Effective oral & written communicationCritical Thinking & Problem- Solving

Initiative & EntrepreneurialismCuriosity & Imagination

Collaboration across networksEmpathy & Global Stewardship

Agility & AdaptabilityHope & Optimism

ResilienceSelf- Regulation

GritVision

The 21st Century Teacher

There are essential skills for the Digital learners that teachers should consider in

giving appropriate activities & assessments to their learners.

We know too, that they must be 21st century learners as well. But teachers are

more than this. Teachers, what are the characteristics we would expect to see in a

21st Century Educator.

Characteristics of the 21st Century Educators

The AdaptorThe Visionary

The CollaboratorThe Risk takerThe Learner

The CommunicatorThe ModelThe Leader

Facilitating 21st Century Learning

ICT is an abbreviation for information & Communication Technologies.

This is a vast variety of tools & technologies encompassing personal computing , the internet ,

phones, fax & everything in between.

Three Factors in Facilitating 21st Century Learning

Resources – physical & electronic tools & materials available to the teacher in the classroom.

Skills – skills, fall into technical & Pedagogical.

Curriculum -- integrating curricula that support ICT integration are dynamic.

Conclusion :

We all now that learning is an evolutionary & painful process but , as time goes by we need to adapt new technologies , methods & strategies in order learner would become competent in all aspects as well as skills. Curriculum is dynamic for, it keeps on changing for the betterment and learners would become effectively acquire knowledge & higher order thinking skills. Teachers is the sole of learning ,must be transformative and should master skills in subject matter in order for the learner positively and gain productive learning.

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SUBMITTED BY : JECCA P. BUABAN BEED- 3

SUBMITTED TO : MS. STELA TEO- BALBUENA