21st+Century+Skills

= I.) Think and Collaborate: = =A. Jigsaw the Article from enGauge research: 21st century skills.pdf= =**This article provides a great foundation for why we are moving toward 21st century skills - 10 minutes ** = = = (Notes: Count off 1-4, individually read/highlight/discuss your corresponding page, regroup and share your learnings - 10 minute activity)

=** 21st century.pdf **__Resource:__ = **Online Stopwatch **__Resource:__

= B. Compare and Contrast the NCREL enGauge skills to the Colorado Content Standards 21st century skills =


 * __ CDE 21st Century Skills and Abilities __**


 * Colorado's description of 21st century skills is a synthesis of the essential abilities students must apply in our fast changing world. These essentials skills are: **


 * • Critical thinking and reasoning (for example, but not limited to: problem solving, analysis, logic, cause/effect) **
 * • Information literacy (for example, but not limited to: knowledge acquisition, source discernment, systems management) **
 * • Collaboration (for example, but not limited to: synergy, team resourcing, social skills, leadership) **
 * • Self-direction (for example, but not limited to: adaptability, initiative, personal responsibility, work ethics, self-advocacy) **
 * • Invention (for example, but not limited to: creativity, innovation, integration of ideas) **

 __Resource:__ Colorado 21st Century Skills

**__Resource__**: CDE searchable standards

= II.) Watch the PBS Frontline video =

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

**III.) Reflect:**

=A) Open this link and follow the directions: Reflection Questions =

* If you don't have a computer then answer the following reflection questions on a piece of paper: **//What does 21st Century learning mean?//** **//What is different about 21st Century learners?//** <span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**//What should 21st Century Learning look at North?//** <span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**//What// concerns** //**will our stakeholders have about 21st Century learning?**//

<span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**__Resource__**//__:__ **The Reflection Questions document is a Google Form which feeds into a Google Spreadsheet. See <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Google For Educators for more info. **//

=<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿ ** B) Open this link to see all of your colleagues' reflections: Group Reflections =

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<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a collaborative space so please comment on at least two of your peers reflections. You can add comments, links and questions. ** ======

= Collaborate anytime: =

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