Integrating the 21st Century

Skills in Education
 Subject Headings
• The 21st Century Support Systems
• 21st Century Standards
• Assessment of 21st Century Skills
• 21st Century Curriculum and Instruction
• The 21st Century Professional Development
• The 21st Century Learning Environments
Integrating the 21st Century
Skills in Education
21st Century Support Systems

• Standards
• Assessments
• Curriculum and instruction
• Professional development
• Learning environments
 21st Century Standards
• Focus on 21st Century skills
2. Build understanding across subjects and
interdisciplinary themes
3. Emphasize deep understanding
4. Engage students with the real-world data and tech
5. Allow for multiple measures of mastery
 Assessment of 21st Century Skills
• Supports a balance of assessments
• Emphasized useful feedback
• Requires a balance of technology-enhanced,
formative & summative assessments
4. Enables portfolio development
5. Enables a balanced portfolio of measures to assess the
educational system’s effectiveness
 21st Century Curriculum & Instruction
• Teaches 21st Century skills and interdisciplinary themes
• Provide opportunities for applying 21st century skills
across content areas
3. Innovative learning methods with the use of
technologies, inquiry and "hots"
4. Encourages community resources
beyond school walls
 The 21st Century Professional Development

• Seize opportunities for applying 21st Century skills, tools and teaching
strategies
• Balances direct instruction with project-oriented teaching methods
• Illustrates deeper understanding of subject matter
• Enables professional learning communities that model the kinds of
classroom learning that best promotes 21st Century skills
 5. Ability to identify students’ learning styles, strengths
and weaknesses
6. Helps develop teacher's abilities to use strategies to diverse students
and create environments that support differentiated teaching and
learning.
7. Supports the continuous evaluation of students
8. Encourages knowledge sharing among communities
of practitioners using face-to-face, virtual comms
9. Uses scalable and sustainable model of professional development
 21st Century Learning Environments
Creation of Provide/Support
• learning practices • collaboration & share best practices
• human support • supports students to learn in relevant, real-
• physical environments world 21st Century contexts
• provide 21st Century architectural and interior
• professional learning communities
designs for group, team & individual learning
• support expanded community and international
involvement in learning
• access to learning tools, technologies &
resources
Thank you!