CREATE a Working Definition of 21st Century Skills 

Learning Process:

Brainstorm with Webspiration
 

Examine formal definitions with your work group.               

• Defining 21st Century Skills
  
• Understanding 21st Century Skills and Outcomes

Share your interpretation of 21st Century Skills in the Practice Wiki.  Click here to enter.

(You will need to create an account with PBWorks (it's free) to contribute to our Create, Collaborate and Communicate page.)

 Revisit our original thinking in Webspiration and make revisions.

Explore Instructional Resources

Learning Process:

Take time to explore online instructional resources that address incorporating 21st Century Skills in your classroom. Remember to bookmark treasures you find along the way or save them to your social bookmark account (aka Delicious, Digg, etc...). Be prepared to COMMUNICATE great ideas with colleagues.
 

Links to Explore:

• Edutopia Article by Will Richardson - Be sure to check Related Links!
  
• Andrew Churches - Welcome to the 21st Century, Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
  
• 21st Century Skills Map - Social Studies - 21st_century_skills_ss_map.pdf
  
• 21st Century Skills Map - Language Arts - ictmap_english.pdf
  
• 21st Century Skills Map - Science - 21stcskillsmap_science.pdf
• NCTE - 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Framework
  
• Thinkfinity - 21st Century Skills
• Apple Learning Interchange - 21st Century Learning Collection
  
• West Virginia Department of Education - Teach 21 Strategy Bank
  
     

CREATE an Action Plan

Learning Process:

Create an action plan for how you will empower your students by equipping them with 21st Century Learning skills this school year.

Think Differently:

Chris Riedel - Create, Collaborate, Communicate: Empowering Students with 21st Century Skills

Will Richardson - The Steep Unlearning Curve

Brainstorm:

Turn a problem/challenge and an opportunity into a probortunity with this great brainstorming tool.

The Scamper Technique

Get Started with 21st Century Tools:

Web 2.0 Basics and Whiplash

Classroom 2.0

K-12 Online Conference

Collaborate and Communicate with others as you develop your action plan.