21 st century skills
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1. Solution Fluency . 21 st Century Skills. 2. Information Fluency. 3. Collaboration Fluency. 4. Creativity Fluency. 5. Media Fluency. 6. Digital Citizen. What skills do digital natives need to function in the world today? . If you are fluent in something…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWHAT SKILLS DO DIGITAL NATIVES NEED TO FUNCTION IN THE WORLD TODAY?
1. Solution Fluency
2. Information Fluency
3. Collaboration Fluency
4. Creativity Fluency
5. Media Fluency
6. Digital Citizen
IF YOU ARE FLUENT IN SOMETHING….“you have attained such a comfort level with it that its use is unconscious or automatic” (Jukes, McCain, & Crockett, 2001).
The six basic categories of 21st Century Skills focus on skill fluency rather than just basic understanding.
1. SOLUTION FLUENCY
THE ABILITY TO PROBLEM SOLVE CREATIVELY
DEFINING AN UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
Example of Solution Fluency
Example of Solution Fluency
Provide students with an unknown substance to investigate in lab.
Students design an experiment to test the unknown and explore its melting point in order to properly identify the unknown.
Perform the experiment and compare data with defined melting points of known substances found on iPod app.
2. INFORMATION FLUENCY
THE ABILITY TO FIND REQUIRED INFORMATION AND DETERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF INFORMATION
FAMOUS CHEMIST RESEARCH PROJECT
Example of Information Fluency
Provide students with various search engines to be used when researching their famous chemist.
Example of Information Fluency
Review proper search techniques.
Allow use of netbooks and iPods to search for scholarly information.
3. COLLABORATION FLUENCY
ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE DIGITAL PRODUCTS
2001 JAPANESE TSUNAMI AND THE NUCLEAR CRISIS
Example of Collaboration Fluency
Research• 2001 tsunami and earthquake
that affected Japan
Create
• Using voicethread presenting specific information about nuclear crisis.
• Focus on radioactive elements.
Collaborate
• Share voicethread with students in Japan.
• Allow them to comment about their first-hand experience.
Example of Collaboration Fluency
4. CREATIVITY FLUENCY
ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE USING IMAGINATION TO CREATE PRODUCTS
STOICHIOMETRY JUX
Example of Creativity Fluency
“JUXIO : FROM JUXTAPOSITION, THE PLACEMENT OF 2 OR MORE ELEMENTS TOGETHER TO CREATE NEW MEANING”(GIBSON, YOUNGER W., GORMLEY, & YOUNKER B., 2001) Students create a Jux on juxio.com to tell a story about the importance of stoichiometry in obtaining reliable lab data.
Example of Creativity Fluency
Students are to base their story on a lab performed in class.
5. MEDIA FLUENCY
ABILITY TO DECIPHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA AND CREATE MEDIA TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE
CHEMISTRY BROCHURE
Example of Media Fluency
Students create a course description brochure to have on display at parent teacher conferences to communicate the content of the class.
Example of Media Fluency
These brochures should include summary of individual course units.
6. DIGITAL CITIZEN
STUDENTS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE WHEN ESTABLISHING THEIR DIGITAL SELVES
MY BIG CAMPUS DISCUSSION BOARDS
Example of Digital Citizen
At the beginning of the trimester, students will be educated about acceptable language when posting on the class discussion board twice a week.
Example of Digital Citizen
Students will perform self-evaluation as well as evaluation of peers’ posts.
REFERENCESGibson, J., Younker, W., Gormley, L., & Younker, B. (2001). Juxio, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.juxio.com/beta/About_Juxio.php.
Jukes, I., McCain, T., & Crockett, L. (2010). Understanding the digital generation: Teaching and learning in the new digital landscape. Kelowna BC Canada: 21st Century Fluency Project.