The 21st century Digital Learner and The 21st Century Teacher by: Janine Grace M. Dadap

The 21st century Digital Learner

The 21st century dawned as the beginning of the Digital Age

Time of unprecedented growth in technology and its subsequent information explosion.Tools for information access and management made such an impact on the way we live, work, shop and play.Identify the life, career, and learning skills that define the skills needed for success in the 21st century world.Common skills across most of the studies include:

1. Creativity and InnovationThink CreativelyWork Creatively with OthersImplement Innovations

2. Critical Thinking and Problem SolvingReason EffectivelyUse Systems ThinkingMake Judgements and DecisionsSolve Problems

3. Communication Communicate Clearly

4. CollaborationCollaborate with Others

5. Information Management 6. Effective Use of Technology 7. Career and Life Skills 8. Cultural Awareness

Information, Media and Technology Skills

1. Information LiteracyAccess and Evaluate InformationUse and Manage Information

2. Media LiteracyAnalyze MediaCreate Media Products

3. ICT (INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY) LiteracyApply Technology Effectively

Integrating 21st Century Skills with Content

Connecting the content knowledge to real-world applications and problem situations that enable students to see how what they are learning connects with their lives and the world around them. The work that is asked of students must be authentic work that is relevant and that mirrors real life.

Emphasizing deep understanding of the learning by focusing on projects and problems that require students to use the content knowledge in new days and to extend their understanding through collaboration with others.

Helping students understand and monitor the thinking processes they are using by including metacognitive activities that ask students to reflect on their use of thinking structures and the effectiveness of the thinking strategies they employed."The highest ranked skills for students entering the workforce were not facts and basic skills; they were applied skills that enable workers to use the knowledge and basic skills they have required."

Using technology to help students access, analyze, organize and share what they are learning and allow students to independently locate appropriate tools for the task.Providing opportunities for students to become "creators as well as consumers of published information" (Apple, 2008) by providing oppurtunities for creating and verifying their own entries in collaborative sites and evaluating contributions of others.

Engaging students in solving complex problems that require higher order thinking and application of content and that result in new perpectives and solutions to problems.Providing opppurtunities for students to work collaborative as they gather information, solve problems, share ideas, and generate new ideas.

Developing life and career skills by creating opportunities for students to become self-directed learners who take responsibility for their own learning and who learn to work effectively with others.Helping students to make connections between subjects, concepts and ideas and with others, including those outside of the classroom.

How Should Instruction Change to Prepare Students for Success in the 21st Century?

Instruction that meets the needs of today's students will incorporate:A variety of learning opportunities and activitiesThe use of appropriate technology tools to accomplish learning goalsProject-and problem-based learningCross-curricular connectionsA focus on inquiry and the student-led investigationsCollaborative learning environments, both within and beyond the classroomHigh levels of visualization and the use of visuals to increase understandingFrequent, formative assessments including the use of self-assessment

The 21st Century Teacher

The 21st Century Teacher, what are the characteristics we would expect to see in a 21st Century Educator. Meet the demands of the Digital Education, the 21st Century Educator should acquire the following characteristics:

The AdaptorThe VisionaryThe CollaboratorThe Risk takerThe LearnerThe CommunicatorThe ModelThe Leader

Facilitating 21st Century Learning1. Resourcesthis is the physical and electronic tools and materials available to the teacher in the classroom.

2. SkillsTechnical skills refers to the ability to operate the resources provided to you.Pedagogical skills make up for deficits in technical ability and the more important of the two.

3. CurriculumIntegrating curricula that support ICT intergration are dynamic. The selection of tools and resources are curriculum driven.

The Digital DivideDigital native is a term for people born in the digital era, i.e., Generation X and younger. It is also reffered to as the "Generation" or is described as having been born with "digital DNA". It speaks and breathe the language of computers and the culture of the web into which they were born.Digital immigrant refers to those born before about 1964 and who grew up in a pre-computer world. It deals with technology as naturally as those who grew up with it.

Digital Immigrants fall into the following three major groups:AvoidersReluctant adoptersEnthusiastic adopters

Natives fall into the following three major groups:AvoidersMinimalistsEnthusiastic participants

Categories According to a Person's Relationship to TechnologyAvoider, The Luddites are true avoiders of modern technologies.Minimalist, Members of this group use technology reluctantly.Tourists, these are the people who feel like visitors in the digital world.Enthusiastic or Eager Adopter, This group has fun with technology!Innovator, Members of this group are not only enthusiastic, they work with technology to improve it.

Thank You For Listening!I hope you enjoyed and learned :) - Janine Grace M. Dadap