Transcript Building 21st Century Skills so Students Thrive in Today`s Global

Building 21st Century Skills so Students Thrive in Today’s
Global World
WEMA Conference
March 7, 2006
Steve Sanders, Director Instructional Media
and Technology Team
and
Donna Steffan, Education Consultant
Instructional Media & Technology Team
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Questions are…
Who are the 21st Century Learners?
What are the expectations from the
global digital community?
What is a common framework
for 21st century learning communities and
workplaces?
How do we prepare students to succeed
as 21st century learners?
Question One…
Who are the 21st Century Learners?
21st Century Learners –
Millennials…
The Millennials…
• Consumers- $150 billion annually
• Digital Media Users - 6 hrs daily
• Multi-”taskers”-online/phone/print
• HyperCommunicators-socially/civically
• Gamers-interactive learning
• Risk-Takers
• Pursuers of ongoing education
• Futurists & Optimistic
100%
98%
95%
What they do online ?
What
they
do
online
Send e-mail
Surfing around/seeing what is out there
Looking up musical groups and artists
93%
92%
90%
Chatting with friends online
Doing homework or research
Listening to music
89%
84%
81%
Using instant messaging
Checking movies, TV, or concert listings
Reading the news or magazines online
80%
77%
70%
Playing online games
Meeting people who share interests
Watching streaming videos
69%
61%
38%
Exchanging own creative work with friends
Buying stuff
Participating in online auctions
Source: TBWA/Chiat/Day Research, 2000
Who are the 21st Century Learners ?
“Today’s education system faces
irrelevance unless we bridge the gap
between how students live and how they
learn.”
“Schools are struggling to keep pace with
the astonishing rate of change in students’
lives outside of school.”
Partnership for 21st Century Skills 2003
Who are the 21st Century Learners ?
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be
those who cannot read and write, but those
who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”
Alvin Toffler 2000
Question Two
What are the expectations from the
global digital community?
What are the global expectations ?
“The average person [high school graduate
in 2005] will change jobs
nine times by the time he or she is 32.”
“Students entering school today [2005]
should expect to change careers 5-7 times
before retirement.”
Elaine Chao, 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2005
What are the global expectations ?
“Workers can’t find jobs and companies
can’t find workers.”
Wall Street Journal, November 22, 2004
What are the global expectations ?
“Our children live in a global, digital world –
a world transformed by technology and
human ingenuity.”
“In order to remain competitive tomorrow,
today’s students need to develop
techniques that readily adapt to changes as
they occur.”
NCREL/Metiri Partnership 2003
What are the global expectations ?
“Academic Achievement accelerates when
21st Century Learning Communities
focus on
Digital-Age Literacy
Inventive Thinking
Effective Communication
High Productivity.”
21st Century Skills for 21st Century Learners
NCREL/METIRI 2003
Basic
skills for
students
to thrive
in the
Global
Digital
Age
include:
NCREL/METIRI
2003
A View of
21st Century Learners within
the context of a
Global Digital Community
21st Century Learning
• Digital-Age Literacy
– Basic, Scientific, Economic, and
Technological Literacies
– Visual and Information Literacies
– Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness
• Inventive Thinking
– Adaptability, Managing Complexity, and SelfDirection
– Curiosity, Creativity, and Risk Taking
– Higher-Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning
21st Century Learning
• Effective Communication
– Teaming, Collaboration, and Interpersonal
Skills
– Personal, Social, and Civic Responsibility
– Interactive Communication
• High Productivity
– Prioritizing, Planning and Managing for
Results
– Effective Use of Real-World Tools
– Ability to Produce Relevant High-Quality
Products
Digital-Age Literacy
Basic, Scientific, Economic, and
Technological Literacies
Basic, Scientific & Technology
Literacy
Basic, Scientific & Technology
Literacy
Basic, Scientific & Technology
Literacy
Basic, Scientific & Technology
Literacy
Information & Communication
Basic, Scientific, Economic, and Technological
Literacies
Visual and Information Literacies
Visual & Information Literacy
Visual & Information Literacy
Visual & Information Literacy
Digital Age Literacy
Basic, Scientific, Economic, and Technological
Literacies
Visual and Information Literacies
Multicultual Literacy and Global
Awareness
Multicultual Literacy and Global
Awareness
Multicultual Literacy and Global
Awareness
Multicultual Literacy and Global
Awareness
Multicultual Literacy and Global
Awareness
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing Complexity, and
Self-Direction
Adaptability, Managing Complexity,
Self-Direction
Adaptability, Managing Complexity,
Self-Direction
Adaptability, Managing Complexity,
Self-Direction
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing complexity, and Self-Direction
Curiosity, Creativity, and Risk Taking
Curiosity, Creativity, & Risk-Taking
Curiosity, Creativity, & Risk-Taking
Curiosity, Creativity, & Risk-Taking
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing complexity, and Self-Direction
Curiosity, Creativity, and Risk Taking
Higher-Order Thinking and Sound
Reasoning
Higher-Order Thinking & Sound
Reasoning
Higher-Order Thinking & Sound
Reasoning
Higher-Order Thinking & Sound
Reasoning
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration, and
Interpersonal Skills
Teaming, Collaboration, and
Interpersonal Skills
Teaming, Collaboration, and
Interpersonal Skills
Teaming, Collaboration, and
Interpersonal Skills
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration, and Interpersonal Skills
Personal, Social, and Civic
Responsibility
Personal, Social & Civic
Responsibility
Personal, Social & Civic
Responsibility
Personal, Social & Civic
Responsibility
Effective Communication
Teaming, collaboration, and Interpersonal Skills
Personal, Social, and Civic Responsibility
Interactive Communication
Interactive Communication
Interactive Communication
Interactive Communication
High Productivity
Prioritizing, Planning, and
Managing for Results
Prioritizing, Planning, and Managing
for Results
Prioritizing, Planning, and Managing
for Results
Prioritizing, Planning, and Managing
for Results
High Productivity
Prioritizing, Planning, and Managing for Results
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Effective Use of Real World Tools
Effective Use of Real World Tools
Effective Use of Real World Tools
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
High Productivity
Prioritizing, Planning, and Managing for Results
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Ability to Produce Relevant, HighQuality Products
Ability to Produce Relevant, HighQuality Products
Ability to Produce Relevant, HighQuality Products
Future Learning Lab
Classroom Disconnect
Millennials
Schools
Question Three
What is a common framework
for 21st century learning
communities and workplaces?
Build a Bridge to 21st Century Learning
Bridge: 6 Key Elements
Emphasize core subjects.
Emphasize learning skills.
Use 21st century tools to develop learning skills.
Teach & Learn in a 21st century context.
Teach & Learn 21st century content.
Use 21st century assessments that measure 21st
century skills
Integrate assessments with instruction,
Audio, video, and media and
Self-directed and
Interpersonal
Skills
providing
timely information
to improve learning
multimedia tools
Balance standardized and classroom
Information & Communication
Thinking & Problem
Solving
Skills
assessments
Technologies (ICT)
measures for both core subjects and
Information &Requires
Communication
Skills
Use 21st Century Tools
21st Century Skills
To Develop
st Century
Learning
Skills
Use
21
21st Century Skills
Assessments To
Measure
Knowledge Domains for
st Century Skills
21
21st Century Learning
Teach & Learn in a 21st
Teach & Learn
Core Subjects 21st Century Content
Century Context
Relevant to students’
Englishlives Reading/
Math
Global Awareness
Language Arts Economics
Brings the world into
the classroom
World
Financial, Economic and
Takes students
out into the world Science
Languages
Geography
Business Literacy
Creates opportunities for Government
interactions with
others in
History
Civics
Civic Literacy
The Arts
authentic learning
MILE GUIDE
for
st
21 Century Skills:
Tool for identifying Milestones for Improving Learning and
Education
www.21centuryskills.org
The MILE guide helps in 3 ways:
LEARNING AND TEACHING
Core
Subjects
21st
Century
Context
21st
Century
Content
Learning and teaching
Learning
Skills
Learning
Tools
Assessment
Pedagogy
Professional
Development
Early
Stage
Transitional
Stage
21st Century
www.21stcenturyskills.org
The MILE guide can help you:
LEADING AND MANAGING
Vision
Early
Stage
Transitional
Stage
21st Century
Equitable
Educational
Opportunity
Planning
and
Allocating
Resources
Infrastructure
and System
Integration
Leading and Managing
Knowledge
and Skills
Policy
making
Accountability
The MILE guide can help you:
PARTNERING
Parents
Early
Stage
Transition
al Stage
21st
Century
Community
Partnering
Higher Education
and
Teacher Preparation
Content
Providers
Business
How to use the mile guide :
Convene all stakeholders
Focus on each column/category
Find the corresponding level that fits
district/school
Compare your level to the 21st century vision
Use findings to develop strategic plans
Question Four
How do we
prepare students to succeed
as 21st century learners?
How do we prepare students?
“Learning increases significantly when
students are engaged in academic study
through authentic real-world experiences.”
21st Century Skills for 21st Century Learners
NCREL/METIRI 2003
How do we prepare students?
“ Outside of education, technology is seen
as a tool, a means to an end-simply, a
vehicle to make individuals more
productive.”
“Technology is seamlessly woven into the
fabric of everyday life.”
Getting It Right. Ian Jukes, 2004
How do we prepare students?
“ Technology and Learning Spectrum
includes 3 broad categories of use:
Literacy, Adapting, and Transforming.”
“For technology to transform learning and
foster higher achievement, technology use
needs to enable new learning tasks not
possible without technology.”
Continuum of Technology Use. Bernajean Porter
http: www.bjpconsulting.com
st
21 Century Resources
21st Century Content
•Global Awareness
•Financial, economic, business awareness
•Civic, service learning
21st Century Context
•Academic content through real-world experiences
•Relevant, engaging, meaningful to student lives
•Communicate, collaborate globally using 21st century tools.
Learning Skills
•Information, Media and Communication Skills
•Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, Inquiry
•Interpersonal and Self-Directional
21st Century Tools
•Essential to everyday life and workplace productivity
•Interest, attitude, ability to appropriately use digital tools:
•To access, manage, integrate & evaluate information
•To construct new knowledge
•To communicate with others to participate effectively in
society
Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) Literacy
Core Subjects: English, reading or language arts;
mathematics; science; foreign languages; civics;
government; economics; arts; history; and
geography
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org
Why are 21st Century Skills Important?
Today’s education faces
irrelevance unless we bridge the
gap between how students live
and how students learn.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills 2003
Strategically Establish a
21st Century Learning Environment
Embrace a Vision for 21st Century Skills
Align Leadership, Curriculum, Instruction &
Resources
Embed 21st Century ICT Skills within 21st
century Context, Content, & Assessment
st
21 Century Learning
Steve Sanders
[email protected]
Donna Steffan
[email protected]