Introduction 21 st Century Learning The Partnership for 21 st Century Skills.

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Introduction

21st Century Learning


The Partnership for 21st Century Skills



Discussion

What does “21st Century Education”

mean to you?


West VirginiaDid You Know?



Framework for 20th Century Learning


Starting Point for Change


Learning and Thinking SkillsLifelong learning and the ability to use what they have learned:

– Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

– Communication Skills – Creativity and Innovation Skills – Collaboration Skills – Information and Media Literacy Skills – Contextual Learning Skills

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=260&Itemid=129






21st Century Content

Significant areas that must be emphasized in today’s schools:

– Global awareness – Financial, economic, business and

entrepreneurial literacy – Civic literacy – Health and wellness awareness


Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Literacy

ICT Literacy is the ability to use technology to:

• support 21st century teaching and learning;

• meet CSOs and state/national educational technology standards.


Life Skills

Including: – Leadership – Ethics – Accountability – Adaptability – Personal

Productivity

– Personal Responsibility

– People Skills – Self Direction – Social

Responsibility


21st Century Assessments1. Authentic 21st century assessments support

the essential foundation of a 21st century education.

2. To be effective, sustainable and affordable assessments must use modern technologies to increase efficiency and timeliness.

3. A balance of assessments, including high-quality standardized testing along with effective classroom assessments, offers students a powerful way to master the content and skills central to success.


Today’s Children are Different

• They think, access, absorb, interpret, process and use information.

• They view, interact and communicate with the modern world.

• Children expect to have instantaneous access to information, goods and services.



Framework for 21st Century Learning


West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives (CSO) Comparison

• New• Rigor• 21st Century

• Current• Rote• 20th Century


West Virginia CSO ComparisonCurrent Policy

RLA.4.1.10 Determine a purpose for reading across the curriculum.

Revised Policy 07/01/08

RLA.O.4.1.09 determine author’s purposes in literacy and informational texts and use supporting material to justify author’s intent:

– To persuade– To entertain– To inform– To determine a specific

viewpoint


West Virginia CSO Comparison

Current Policy

MA.3.4.8 read and write amounts of money to $100.00.

Revised Policy 07/01/08M.O.3.4.5 identify, count and organize coins and bills to display a variety of price values from real-life examples with a total value of $100.00 or less and model making change using manipulatives.


Discussion


Discussion

Why must education change to prepare children for the

21st Century?


Discussion

How do you envision these changes taking place?


Discussion

What are the challenges faced by your local school system in

presenting this reform?


Discussion

Without more funding, how could we reallocate spending

to achieve these goals?


Report Out


Urgency for Change

• US must remain competitive in global markets.

• US continues to drop in global education studies.

• We must prepare our students for careers that don’t exist yet.


Technology for 21st Century Learners

• It’s not just about computers; it is about instruction.

• The teaching techniques of yesterday may not work today.

• Students expect technology to be part of learning.


Citizens of a Global World



Additional Information

• One-Hour Module Links and Resources (word)

• West Virginia Did You Know References (word)


Introduction 21 st Century Learning The Partnership for 21 st Century Skills.

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