Thinking in the 21st century is just different. That doesn't mean we're all suddenly omnipotent cyborgs, nor does it mean we've all become mindless social media addicts that spend our cognitive might tapping, swiping, and drooling on our smartphone and tablet screens.
AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Only a decade and a few years in, how can we fully describe the twenty-first century learner? So far, this we do know: She is a problem solver, critical thinker, and an effective collaborator and communicator. We also know that a deeper learning environment is required in order to nurture and grow such a learner.
By Mark Stevens No one sees more clearly than educators how the technologies we use in our daily lives influence how students learn. Students have changed, educators have changed, learning itself has changed. And learning tools have evolved accordingly. Yet the typical physical building where all that learning takes place has remained largely the same over the last 100 years.
A Vision for 21st Century Citizenship The ways in which Americans, as citizens, engage in their communities, their country and the world are changing and
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Using personal learning networks to connect students to each other.Using wikis. Using Twitter
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This post has been updated from a 2013 post by Terry Heick At TeachThought, we constantly wrestle with two big questions: How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context?
by Terry Heick The above is the latest draft of our self-directed learning framework, version 1.1. It is based, in spirit, on our Inside-Out School: A 21st Century Learning Model . It is intended to function as a guide for students-likely with the support and facilitation of teachers, parents, and mentors-to help students become expert learners.
by Terry Heick Bloom's Taxonomy can be a powerful tool to transform teaching and learning. By design, it focuses attention away from content and instruction, and instead emphasizes the "cognitive events" in the mind of a child. And this is no small change.
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The Only Thing You Need To Be A 21st Century Teache r by Terry Heick Contrary to what you've probably read, you don't have to be engaging to be a great teacher -at least not in any charismatic and charming sense of the word.
The modern learner has to sift through a lot of information. That means higher level thinking skills like analysis and evaluation are necessary just to reduce all the noise and establish the credibility of information. There is also the matter of utility.
