21st Century Skills

21st century skills are the skills students need to succeed in work, school and life.  They include:

• Core subjects (as defined by NCLB)

• 21st century content: global awareness, financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy,

civic literacy and health and wellness awareness

• Learning and thinking skills: critical thinking and problem solving skills, communications skills,

creativity and innovation skills, collaboration skills, contextual learning skills and information and

media literacy skills

• Information and communications technology literacy

• Life skills: leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal

responsibility, people skills, self-direction and social responsibility

Resources 

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Download and look at the ICT Literacy Maps at the 21st Century Skills site.   These literacy maps are the result of hundreds of hours of research and feedback from educators and business leaders.  ICT literacy maps are available for Geography, Math, English and Science. The "literacy maps" are designed to illustrate how educators can meld lessons about Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy into the fabric of everyday classroom learning. The idea, according to the partnership, is to "assist educators in developing lesson plans for students that combine learning skills & with 21st-century tools, such as the internet and data analysis software."  Each of the PDF-style documents contains a list of potential core curriculum skills that can be addressed through exercises that teach ITC literacy, as well as sample student outcomes for accessing, processing, managing, integrating, and communicating information.

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=33%20

What is 21st Century Education?

 http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/What_is_21st_Century_Education.htm