Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Learning Skills (Four C’s) - teaches students about the mental processes
required to adapt and improve upon a modern work environment.
Critical Thinking -finding solutions to problems
Creativity -thinking outside the box
Collaboration -working with others
Communication -talking to others
2. Literacy skills (IMT) -focuses on how students can discern facts, publishing
outlets, and the technology behind them. There’s a strong focus on determining
trustworthy sources and factual information to separate it from the misinformation
that floods the Internet.
Information literacy -understanding facts, figures, statistics, and data
Media literacy -understanding the methods and outlets in which information is
published
Technology literacy -understanding the machines that make the Information Age
possible
Generation Z – born between 1995 and 2009 – most do not remember life without the internet,
and have had technology like smartphones, iPads, smartboards and other devices available
throughout most of their schooling.
Generation Alpha – born since 2010 – they are younger than smartphones, the iPad, 3D
television, Instagram, and music streaming apps like Spotify. This is the first generation likely to
see in the 22nd century in large numbers.
https://thinkstrategicforschools.com/education-21st-century/
(Rogen Berger)
1) there is a culture of respect and belonging, where students can be their true selves;
2) where work is meaningful and will impact the world;
3) where professionals provide expert critique and guidance; and
4) where there is a genuine audience.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2019/10/02/what-is-21st-century-learning-
how-do-we-get-more/#776869b125bc