21st Century Education

- technological revolution
- prepares students for life in this real world
21st Century Schools
- project based
- buildings to nerve centers
- teachers transform their roles
- students adapt to changes
- excites students for schools
21st Century
- curriculum – interdisciplinary, project based, research driven, local, national
integrates hots, multiple intelligence and authentic assessment
- learning environment – students collaborate with peers or groups, building new
schools for environmentally friendly
- technology – tools used to create knowledge
Understanding 21st Century Learners
- students as digital natives- usually react, are holistic
- educators as digital immigrants- often reflect, are sequential
21st Century Skill and Demand in the Job Market
- learning skills- creative thinking, critical thinking, collaborating, communicating
- literacy skills- information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy
- life skills- flexibility, initiative, social skills, productivity and leadership
PARADIGM SHIFT FOR 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION
TIMEBASED – MEMORIZATION OF DISCRETE FACT
OUTCOME BASED – WHAT STUDENTS KNOW, CAN DO AND ARE LIKE AFTER ALL
THE DETAILS ARE FORGOTTEN
CRITICAL ATTRIBUTES OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION
1. Integrated and Interdisciplinary
2. Technologies are multimedia
3. Global classroom
4. Creating/adapting to constant personal and social change
5. Student centered
6. 21st Century skills
7. Relevant, rigorous, real world
8. Project based and research driven
Characteristics of 21st century teachers
1. Multi literate
2. Multi specialist
3. Multi skilled
4. Self-directed
5. Lifelong learner
6. flexible
7. creative problem solver
8. Critical thinker
9. Have passion for teaching
10. High emotional quotient
Common 21st Century tools for learning
1. Affinity group
2. Blogs
3. E portfolio