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In 60 seconds or less
What are 21stCentury Survival
Skills? Why do our students need them?
How will they help you?
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1. Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
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What does this mean?
Developing a habit of asking good questions
Work is no longer defined by specialty, but
rather by the task or problem that needs
solving, or the goal that must be
accomplished (pgs 14-15).
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2. Collaboration and Leading by Influence
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How exactly?
Conference calls, web casts, net
meetings, video
conferences(p 23)
Becoming skillful at working with
networks of people across
cultures and boundaries (p 24)
Lead by influence rather than
authority (p 27).
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3. Agility and Adaptability
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4. Initiative and
Entrepreneurialism
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Because
Leadership is the capacity to take initiative
and trust yourself to be creative (p 33)
Leaders want individuals to take initiative and
even be entrepreneurial in the ways they
seek new opportunities, ideas, and strategies
for improvement (p 32).
Employers are looking for self-starters andresults-oriented individuals (p 33).
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5. Effective Oral and Written Communication
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What does this mean?
The ability to create focus, energy and
passion (p 36)
Convey information quickly and concisely (p
35)
Expressing ones views clearly;
communicating effectively is an important
citizenship skill (p34).
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6. Accessing and Analyzing
Information
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Importance?
We manage an astronomical amount of
information (p 36)
Be able to access and evaluate rapidly
changing information from multiple sources (p
37)
Knowledge workers analyze information to
discern new challenges and opportunities (p37)
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Why?
Creative solutions to problems (p 38)
Design products and services that stand out
from the competition (p 38)
Question why things are the way they are (p
39)
Go to the root of the problem; understand it
inside out, up and down (p 39)
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So how does this help you? Differentiated Instruction
Highly engaged students
Student driven; student centeredactivities
Facilitator rather than Teacher
Let goBe surprised!
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Here is what can happen
Example of student assignment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4tyLQ9iHEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4tyLQ9iHE8/13/2019 21st Century Survival Skills
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Why I need your help Form a small PLC on using the 21stCentury Skills in classrooms
Observing each other, having opendiscussions and working together toimprove instruction using 21stCenturySkills in the classroom
3 to 4 volunteers.
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References
Wagner, Tony. (2008). The Global
Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best
Schools Dont Teach the New Survival
Skills Our Children Needand What WeCan Do About It. New York: Basic Books.