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Orderly leadership meetings are pathetic and useless. Head-nodding sessions are exercises in futility that waste resources, talent, and time. Cancel them and do something productive. The spirit of ...
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Our students need to be comfortable with the information technologies that are inextricably linked to the 21st century skills the work place requires, and teachers need to help pave the way. Some of the skills commonly being cited as vital in today’s workforce include:
- The ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing (with almost all of today’s written communications in business being conducted digitally).
- Teamwork skills and the ability to collaborate with others in diverse groups settings (and information technologies are increasingly essential to many forms of organizational collaboration).
- The ability to innovate and be creative (today’s information technologies empower innovate and creative capabilities in ways not previously envisioned).
- The ability to locate, organize, and evaluate information from multiple sources.
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The quest to be a modern teacher or student is in full swing. First though, figure out if you have these important 21st century skills.
- Develop proficiency and fluency with the tools of technology;
- Build intentional cross-cultural connections and relationships with others so to pose and solve problems collaboratively and strengthen independent thought;
- Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes;
- Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information;
- Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts;
- Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments.
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First off, I like that Andrew calls technology a skill as that is a mindset that needs to change. Most teachers don’t see teaching technology as a skill but rather a “program”. If we view technology as a skill, then we can look at the skill students are learning through the use of technology. Let’s take a look at Blooom’s Taxonomy of Higher Order Thinking Skills.
Read more, a MUST: http://www.thethinkingstick.com/really-its-my-job-to-teach-technology
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Luís Cálix's curator insight,
November 23, 2013 7:11 PM
Ainda a propósito das competências TIC para o séc. 21. Um útil infográfico trazido por Ana Cristina Pratas. 
Christina Chavez-Reyes's curator insight,
December 8, 2013 12:38 PM
This is chart helps to explain why the world of work today is vastly different from the world your parents prepared for. 
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
December 23, 2013 3:02 AM
21st Century Skills our kids will need to have before they leave school.
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From computer programming to active listening, these 10 skills meet the needs of the jobs that are hiring the most in 2013. Brush up your resume and be sure to highlight them in your next interview. Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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===> Learning a technology is the easy part. Having the mindset to apply it, having the mindset and logic to process it, being thorough and detail-oriented while doing so, these are the critical skills.” <=== Learn more:
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American Press Editorial: Schools must keep up with new technology American Press “Moodle,” a classroom management program, is used by teachers to make their assignments, teacher notes and presentations readily available to students. Via Juergen Wagner
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Lately there has been a fair amount of pressure on educators to cultivate “21st century skills” in their students. But what exactly does this mean?
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Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge, David Theisen
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