This document discusses the skills needed for 21st century careers and college readiness. It lists critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, information and media literacy, life and career skills as important 21st century skills. It also discusses differentiated instruction, which is recognizing students learn differently and using various activities and assessment methods to meet the learning needs of all students.
7. 21st Century Skills
0 Learning and Innovation
Skills
0 Critical Thinking &
Problem-Solving
0 Communication &
Collaboration
0 Information, Media &
Technology
0 Media Literacy
0 Information, Communica
tions & Technology
Literacy
0 Life & Careers Skills
0 Initiative & Self-
Direction
0 Social & Cross-Cultural
Skills
0 Productivity &
Accountability
8.
9. Differentiated Instruction
0 Recognizing students learn
in different ways
0 Respond to instruction in
different ways
0 Assessing students –
identify the learning needs
of students, use
assessment to inform
instruction, assessment
should be ongoing and
tightly linked to
instruction.
0 Use a variety of activities to
help students gain
understanding and assess
what they know
0 Provide several learning
options or different paths to
learning which help students
take in information and make
sense of concepts and skills
0 Provide appropriate levels of
challenge for all
students, including those who
are behind, advanced and in
the middle
Notas do Editor
Participants will be given an index card. On the card they will write 1 characteristic of a Career and College Ready GraduatePlace the sticky on the graduate
Teaching in the 21st Century Classroom Group discussion – Participants will respond to the QR Code questions.
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What instructional strategies are needed to engage the 21st century learnerDifferentiated instruction, brain based instructional influences, higher order thinking,
Does your classroom look like this?This maybe a place where you can incorporate Today’s meet – Question – When students are communicating, collaborating, thinking critically, being creative what does it look like in the classroom?Provide examples, talk about higher order thinking skills – Look up samples of how order thinking
Talk about the use of technology in the classroom
Add information on dropbox connection In the dropbox – add information for 4’cs strategies, & use of technology. Go to DPI site and get information about sources
