1. 21st century learning
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What is al the fuss about 21st. C teaching/strategies?
By: Ma Ed. Cecilia Rosas DelgadoDirectora del Centro de Idiomas del IPNM
English Coordinator INNOVA Schools
Think pair share
• What´s all the fuss about the 21st century, 21st century education, and 21st century skills?
What has changed?• The Internet revolution
Each day there are: 3 million new web pages15 million instant
messages25 million e-mail
messagesThe web is doubling its
size every 100 days80% of the sites that will
exist a year from now don´t exist today.
• Age of info whelmMore data was produced
in the last 50 years than in the last 5000 years
More than 3000 books are published daily
Age of disposable information
New technical information dubles every 2 weeks.
We are products of our environments
Baby Boomers
TV generation Type writers Memos
Generation X
Video Games Computers E-mail
Digital Natives
The Web Mobile
devices IM Text
messaging Online
communities
• List 3 unique characteristics of the Digital Natives
• Describe what you do to meet their needs
Think pair share
Who are our students?
Born in or after 1992 Ctrl + Alt + Del is as basic as ABC Busy with extracurricular activities Fascination for new technologies Computers have always fit in their backpacks Photographs have always been processed in an hour or less
The Student of the New Century
Three Question Exercise
1. What will the world be like 20 years from now?
2. What skills will students need to be successful in that world?
3. What would learning look like if it was designed around your answers?
21st century learning
# of Jobs
Job Skill
Teaching
Model
Assessment
Model
20th Century
1 - 2 Jobs
Mastery of One Field
Subject Matter
Mastery
Subject Matter
Mastery
21st Century
10 - 15 Jobs
Flexibility and Adaptability
Integration of 21stCentury Skills intoSubject Matter MasteryIntegration of 21stCentury Skills intoSubject Matter Mastery
21ST CENTURY SKILLS DEFINED
LEARNING & INNOVATION• Creativity & Innovation• Critical Thinking & Problem-
solving• Communication & Collaboration
INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY• Information Literacy• Media Literacy• ICT Literacy
LIFE & CAREER• Flexibility & Adaptability• Initiative & Self-direction• Social & Cross-cultural Skills• Productivity & Accountability• Leadership & Responsibility
students
Why are 21st century skills important?
Today’s education faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students
live and how students learn.
workforce
why are 21st century skills important?
“The average person will change jobs nine times by the time he or she is 32.”Elaine Chao,
U.S. Secretary of Labor
20th Century Learning
Teacher-directedDirect InstructionKnowledgeContentBasic SkillsTheoryCurriculumIndividualClassroomSummative AssessedLearning for School
21st Century Learning
Teacher-directedDirect InstructionKnowledgeContentBasic SkillsTheoryCurriculumIndividualClassroomSummative AssessmentsLearning for School
Learner-centeredCollaborative InstructionSkillsProcessHigher-order ThinkingPracticeLife SkillsGroupCommunityFormative EvaluationsLearning for Life
A BetterA Better BalanceBalance
Skills required by employers rated as important, according to a recent survey:
The right academic qualifications
The ability to appreciate an alternative point of view
Communication and the ability to work in teams
The ability to grasp complex information
27%
42%
62%
68%
Source: GRADdirect, 2008
What ‘skills’ are required outside the classroom?
* Information from a survey made to employers
Employers who feel that graduates lack ‘soft skills’,
including the ability to communicate effectively: 55%
Also highlighted as concerns are an employee’s
ability to: • manage their own learning• solve problems• be motivated
Graduate Recruitment Survey 2008, Association of Graduate Recruiters
lifeSkills: the big 5- Self direction and learning
- Organization and planning
- Collaboration
- Information and research
- Thinking and problem solving* These are the skills that empower our students to succeed in school/university and as professionals.
lifeSkills
Self-direction & Learning
understanding
your learning style
making personal change
making a learningplan
becoming moreself-awaredeveloping cultural
awareness
developing yourmemory
beingassertive
20th Century Curriculum Model
Core SubjectsCore Subjects
Assessment
21st Century Curriculum Model
Teaching Core Subjects Spanish Reading of Language
Arts Mathematics Science English Civics
Government Economics Art History Geography
Teaching 21st Century Content
Global Awareness Financial, economic
and, business literacy Civic literacy
• Learn academic content through real world examples.
• Learning must be relevant engaging and meaningful to their lives.
• Learning must expand beyond classroom walls.
Whithin a 21st Century Context
Using 21st century learning Skills
• Information and communication skills
• Thinking and problem solving skills
• Interpersonal and self-directional skills The challenge now is to incorporate thinking skills into the
classroom deliberatelly, strategically and broadely
With 21st century toolsIn a digital world students need to learn to use the tools to master the learning skills that are essencial to everyday life and workplace productivity. This proficiency is known as ICT literacy
Skilled 21st century citizens should be proficient in ICT (Information and
Communications Technology)
The interest, attitude and ability of individuals to
appropriately use digital technology and
communication tools to access, manage,
integrate and evaluate information, construct new knowledge and
communicate with others in order to participate effectively in society.
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