Transcript 21st Century Skills

21st Century Skills
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Dr. Teabo, CGPS, UMW
Digital-Age to Aging
• 21st C skills are essential
• How people learn has changed
• Policymakers & school accountability
should measure both academic
achievement and 21st C skills
RU rdy?
Digital-age literacy
• Basic literacy = language & numeracy
proficiency
• Scientific literacy = scientific concepts
• Economic literacy = costs, benefits,
changes in economic conditions
• Technological literacy = what it is, how it
works, effective use
Digital-age literacy
• Visual literacy = interpret, use, appreciate,
and create images, & media to advance
thinking, communication, learning
• Information literacy = evaluate information,
synthesize, use
• Multicultural literacy = understand similarities
& differences in customs, & values
• Global awareness = interrelationships, global
perspective
Technological Literacy
• Knowledge and use of technology systems
• Understand and model positive, ethical use of
technology in social and in personal settings
• Use variety of technology tools creatively
• Use communication tools effectively
• Use technology to access, evaluate, process,
& synthesize information
• Use technology to identify and solve complex
problems in real-world contexts
Inventive Thinking
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Adaptability and managing complexity
Self-direction
Curiosity
Creativity
Risk taking
Higher-order thinking and sound
reasoning
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• Teaming and collaboration
• Interpersonal skills (f2f & virtually)
– Social interaction
• Personal responsibility
– Access to technology is a privilege, not a
right
– World Wide Web
• Interactive communication
– etiquette
21st C skills
in your school…
What you can do.
Technological Literacy
• Knowledge and use of technology systems
• Understand and model positive, ethical use of
technology in social and in personal settings
• Use variety of technology tools creatively
• Use communication tools effectively
• Use technology to access, evaluate, process,
& synthesize information
• Use technology to identify and solve complex
problems in real-world contexts
Web Search
• Use technology to access, evaluate,
process, & synthesize information
– general search engines
– multi-threaded search engines
• search.com
– categorical search engines
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http://www.ncspt.org/courses/orientation/id82.htm
Fairuse & Copyright
• Understand and model positive, ethical
use of technology in social and in
personal settings
– 10 big myths
Top Ten Myths
1. If it doesn’t have a copyright notice, it’s
not copyrighted.
2. If I don’t charge for it, it’s not a
violation.
3. If it’s posted to Usenet or Web it’s in
the public domain
4. My posting was fairuse.
5. If you don’t defend your © you lose it.
– Name is not © for trademarks are.
Top Ten Myths
6.If I make up my own stories, but base them on
another work, my new work belongs to me.
7. The can’t get me.
8. © violation isn’t a crime.
9. It doesn’t hurt anybody—in fact, it’s free
advertising.
10. They emailed me a copy, so I can post it.
©
• Get written permission
• Keep records
• Copyright on the Internet.
– http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm
Skills vs. Integration
• Use variety of technology tools
creatively
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Word
Excel
Access
DTP
Say What?
• Use communication tools
effectively.