The 21st Century Digital Learners

1. Creativity and Innovation Using knowledge and understanding to

create new ways of thinking in order to find solutions to new problems and to create new products and services.

o Think Creatively Use a wide range of idea creation

techniques [such as brainstorming] Create new and worthwhile ideas [both

incremental and radical concept] Elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate

ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts

Demonstrate imagination and curiosity

o Work Creatively with Others Develop, implement, and communicate new ideas to

others effectively Be open and responsive to new and diverse

perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work

Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas

View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes

o Implement Innovations Act on creative ideas to make a

tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur.

2.Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Applying higher order thinking to new problems and issues, using appropriate reasoning as they effectively analyze the problem and make decisions about the most effective ways to solve the problem.

o Reason Effectively- Use various types of reasoning [e.g., inductive, deductive, etc.] as appropriate to the situation.

o Use Systems Thinking- analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other to produce overall outcomes in complex systems.

o Make Judgments and Decisions Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence,

arguments, claims, and beliefs. Analyze and evaluate major alternative

points of view.

Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments.

Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis.

Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes.

o Solve Problems Solve different kinds of non-familiar

problems in both conventional and innovative ways.

Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions.

3. Communication Communicating effectively in a wide

variety of forms and contexts for a wide range of purposes and using multiple media and technologies.

o Communicate clearly Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively

using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts.

Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions.

Use communication for a range of purposes [e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade] and in diverse environments [including multi-lingual.

4. Collaboration Working with others respectfully and

effectively to create, use and share knowledge, solutions and innovations.

o Collaborate with Others Demonstrate ability to work effectively

and respectfully with diverse teams.

Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal.

Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions made by each team member.

5. Information Management Accessing, analyzing, synthesizing,

creating, and sharing information from multiple sources.

6. Effective Use of Technology Creating the capacity to identify and use

technology efficiently, effectively and ethically as a tool to access, organize, evaluate, and share information.

7. Career and Life Skills Developing skills for becoming self-

directed, independent learners and workers who can adapt to change, manage projects, take responsibility for their work, lead others and produce results.

8. Cultural Awareness Developing cultural competence in

working with others by recognizing and respecting cultural differences and work with others from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds.

Information, Media, and Technology Skills

1. INFORMATION LITERACY Access and Evaluate Information Access information efficiently [time] and

effectively [sources]. Evaluate information critically and

competently.

Use and Manage Information Use information accurately and creatively

for the issue or problem at hand Manage the flow of information from a

wide variety of sources. Apply a fundamental understanding of the

ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information.

2. MEDIA LITERACY

Analyze Media Understand both how and why media

messages are constructed and for what purposes.

Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded, and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors.

Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of media.

Create Media Products Understand and utilize the most

appropriate media creation tools, characteristics, and conventions.

Understand and effectively utilize the most appropriate expressions and interpretations in diverse, multi-cultural environments.

3.ICT[INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY] LITERACY

Apply Technology Effectively Use technology as a tool to research,

organize, evaluate, and communicate information.

Use digital technologies [ e.g., computers, PDAs, media players, GPS, etc.]

communication/networking tools, and social networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information to successfully function in a knowledge economy. Apply a fundamental understanding of the

ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information technologies.

The 21st Century Teacher

1. The Adaptor The 21st Century Teacher is an adaptor. Harnessed as we are to an assessment focused education model the 21st Century Educator must be able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements to teach to the curriculum in imaginative ways.

They must also able to adapt software and hardware designed for a business model into tools utilizable by a variety of age groups and abilities.

They must also be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience. When it all goes wrong in the middle of a class, when the technologies fail, the show must go on.

As an educator, they must understand and apply different learning styles. They must also be able to adapt our teaching style to be inclusive of different modes of learning.

2. The Visionary Imagination, a key component of adaptability, is a crucial component of the educator of today and tomorrow. They must see the potential in the

emerging tools and web technologies, grasp these and emerging, how many are developed for education?

The visionary teacher can look at others ideas and envisage how they would use these in their class.

The visionary also looks across the disciplines and through the curricula. They can make links that reinforce and value learning in other areas, and leverage other fields to reinforce their own teaching and the learning of their students.

3. The Collaborator Ning, Blogger, Wikispaces, Bebo, MSN,

Myspace, Second life – as an educator we must be able to leverage these collaborative tools to enhance and captivate our learners. We too, must be collaborators; sharing, contributing, adapting and inventing.

4. The Risk Taker How can you as an educator know all these things? How can you teach them how to use them? There are so many, so much to learn. A 21st Century Educator must take risks

and some times surrender yourself to the students knowledge.

Have a vision of what you want and what the technology can achieve, identify the goal and facilitate the learning.

Use the strengths of the digital natives to understand and navigate new products, have the students teach each other.

The learning pyramid shows that the highest retention of knowledge comes from teaching other. Trust your students.

5. The Learner We expect our students to be life long

learners. How many schools have the phrase “life long learners” in their mission statements and objectives. We too must continue to absorb new possibilities and experiences. We must endeavor to stay current. The 21st Century teacher or educator must learn and adapt.

6. The Communicator The 21st Century Teachers are fluent in

tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration. They know how to use different media in communication. It allows students to be able to express their insights and share their thoughts in a topic or any issues that concern them.

7. The Model The Digital teacher must model the

behaviors that are expected from their students. Today and tomorrow more so, there is an expectation that teachers will teach values.

The educators are often the most consistent part of our student life. Teachers will see the students more often than their parents.

The 21st Century Educator also models reflective practice, whether it’s the quiet, personal inspection of their teaching and learning, or through reflective practice via blogs, twitter and other medium, these educators look both inwards and outwards.

These teachers also model a number of other characteristics. These are not necessarily associated with ICT or the curriculum, but are of equal importance. They model:- Tolerance - Reflection- Acceptance - Global Awareness- A wider view than just their curricula areas

8. The Leader Leadership, like clear goals and

objectives is crucial to the success or failure of any project.

Thank You for Watching…God bless !!!

Presented by: Arthur John T. Hibaya