1. Creating a 21st Century
Classroom
Exploring the Concepts of
Critical Thinking and Creativity
2. “The formulation of
a problem is often
more essential than
its solution.”
http://www.factsofworld.com/albert-einstein-facts
–Albert Einstein
3. What we Valued: Then and Now
20th Century View 21st Century View
• Completing homework and • Generating and applying
class work correctly knowledge
• Mastering the basics must • Using creative and critical
occur before students approaches to problem-
move to broader skills solving and decision-making
• Educational Success = • Educational Success =
Reproducing Knowledge Extrapolating from what
we know and applying that
knowledge to novel
situations
4. A Generation Ago…
• Teachers could expect
that what they taught
would last students a
lifetime.
• One of our greatest
challenges was
FINDING information.
• Our major task was to be
able to RECALL it.
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5. Now…
• Our world is experiencing
rapid economic and
social change
• Schools must prepare
students for jobs that have
not yet been created,
technologies that have not
yet been invented, and
problems that we do not
yet know will arise.
7. And yet…
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8. Times have changed…
So What?
• We need a way
to engage
students that
represents the
way learning
occurs in the
world outside the
classroom.
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10. At the end of this session
participants will…
• Explore the concepts of critical thinking and
creativity as 21st Century skills
• Engage with online tools to help foster critical
thinking and creativity
• Review the North Carolina Educator Evaluation
System standards to understand the role 21st
Century skills play in professional growth
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15. “Learning and innovation skills are
what separate students who are
prepared for increasingly complex
life and work environments in the
21st century and those who are not."
Principal's Evaluation Handbook (p. 13) citation)
16. "The changes in classrooms are
not big moves on the chess board;
they are little moves made every
day that eventually add up to a
major shift." from quote by Jay Baer
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