21st Century Teaching and Learning

21st Century Students
1. Mastery of fundamental subjects, including English, reading, language arts, world languages, arts, mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government, and civics.
2. Mastery of 21st century themes, such as global awareness, civic literacy, health literacy, environmental literacy, and financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy.
3. Learning and innovation skills, to include creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and collaboration.
4. Information, media, and technology skills, to include information literacy, media literacy, and ICT literacy.
5. Life and career skills such as flexibility, adaptability, initiative, self direction, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity, accountability, leadership, and responsibility.
21st Century Teachers
1. Incorporation of technology in the following three areas: classroom instruction, outside-the-classroom activities, and inside- and outside-the-classroom learning activities for students.
2. Confident integration and use of digital tools to create technology-based libraries, textbooks, learning environments, teaching tools, and professional offices.
3. Incorporation and assessment of 21st century standards/skills: teaching 21st century skills in the context of key subjects and 21st century interdisciplinary themes.
4. Creation of a 21st century learning environment: enabling students to learn in relevant, real-world 21st century contexts.
5. 21st century professional development: engaging in opportunities to build greater expertise in 21st century skills and teaching strategies.
21st Century Student Technology Use
1. Inside and outside of the classroom examples: internet research, individual projects, group projects, homework assignments, assessments, writing, academic games.
2. Inside and outside of the classroom examples continued: electronic portfolios, checking grades or attendance records, correspondence with the teacher and other students.
21st Century Teacher Technology Use
1. Inside of the classroom examples: internet research, PowerPoint presentations, educational software, educational websites, student participation systems and apps, teacher-made blogs, websites, and wikis.
2. Outside of the classroom examples: grade and attendance records keeping, professional correspondence, professional and personal writing, research, home–school communication, and educational networking.

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