21st+Century+Skills

=I.) Discussion Starter: Jigsaw the Article from enGauge research: **21st century.pdf **= This article provides a great foundation for why we are moving toward 21st century skills = __Resource:__ Online Stopwatch = = = = =
 * __Resource__**: CDE searchable standards
 * __Resource:__ Colorado 21st Century Skills **

=II.) Watch the PBS Frontline video= media type="custom" key="6325621"


 * __Resource:__** How Google Docs Saved A School

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 * __Resource:__** **Cover it live** is FREE. Create an account today.

III.) THINK... and reflect **REFLECTION QUESTIONS**

//What does 21st Century learning mean?// //What is different about 21st Century learners?// //What should 21st Century Learning look at West?// //What **__concerns__** will West stakeholders have about 21st Century education?//

//**__* Note:__** The Reflection Questions document is a Google Form which feeds into a Google Spreadsheet. See Google For Educators for more info.//

=IV.) Group Reflections See what your peers think about 21st century learning - This is a collaborative space so please comment on at least two of your peers reflections . You can add comments, links and questions.=

= = =V.) Visual Ranking Tool [] = =V.) Join our synchronous blog and polling discussion using a Fish Bowl Activity: = What concerns West stakeholder have about 21st century learning?

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//See ISTE National Education Technology Standards **(NETS) for Teachers** .// //REFLECT: What are you doing to meet NETS- Teachers?// //See **(NETS) for Students**// See ( **NETS) for Admin** Learn how to **set up your own "Cover it Live" session**.
 * __RESOURCES__**
 * Are West teachers 21st century teacher who are technology proficient?**
 * Are** **West** **students 21st Century students who are technology proficient by 8th grade?**
 * Are** **West** **administrators 21st Century ready?**//

__**More Articles & Books about 21st Century Learning...**__ Tough Choices or Tough Times __A Whole New Mind__ by Daniel Pink __Five Minds for the Future__ by Howard Garder