21st+Century+Skills

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Definition of the 21st Century Skills

//Typically, 21st Century Teaching and Learning is broken down into://
1. __Themes__ - the greater overarching IDEAS about emerging and traditional areas that global citizens should know and care about as well as be engaged in ongoing learning. 2. __Skills__ - abilities and aptitudes that are typically highly valued today, and in future classrooms and workplaces around the world. 3. __Tools__ - ever changing and adaptable implements use as a means for accomplishing success

The idea is, none of these categories should be working independent of the others OR independent of content standards...rather, we weave our standards into a theme...incorporating important skills in the learning process and utilizing appropriate tools, be they technology tools or otherwise, to make the learning as powerful as possible. Themes can be seen as the "lens" in which we look at our standards....skills are the steps taken in learning and tools enhance and make honing skills easier or more global in nature. This is a breakdown of the P21's concept of the 21st Century Learning Framework: