21st Century Teaching and Learning

21st Century Teaching and Learning

1. 21st Century Students

   • Mastery of fundamental subjects, including English, reading, language arts, world languages, arts, mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government, and civics.
   • Mastery of 21st century themes, such as global awareness, civic literacy, health literacy, environmental literacy, and financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy.
   • Learning and innovation skills, to include creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and collaboration.
   • Information, media, and technology skills, to include information literacy, media literacy, and ICT literacy.
   • Life and career skills such as flexibility, adaptability, initiative, self direction, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity, accountability, leadership, and responsibility.

2. 21st Century Teachers

   • Incorporation of technology in the following three areas: classroom instruction, outside-the-classroom activities, and inside- and outside-the-classroom learning activities for students.
   • Confident integration and use of digital tools to create technology-based libraries, textbooks, learning environments, teaching tools, and professional offices.
   • Incorporation and assessment of 21st century standards/skills: teaching 21st century skills in the context of key subjects and 21st century interdisciplinary themes.
   • Creation of a 21st century learning environment: enabling students to learn in relevant, real-world 21st century contexts.
   • 21st century professional development: engaging in opportunities to build greater expertise in 21st century skills and teaching strategies.

3. 21st Century Student Technology Use

   • Inside and outside of the classroom examples: internet research, individual projects, group projects, homework assignments, assessments, writing, academic games.
   • Inside and outside of the classroom examples continued: electronic portfolios, checking grades or attendance records, correspondence with the teacher and other students.

4. 21st Century Teacher Technology Use

   • Inside of the classroom examples: internet research, PowerPoint presentations, educational software, educational websites, student participation systems and apps, teacher-made blogs, websites, and wikis.
   • Outside of the classroom examples: grade and attendance records keeping, professional correspondence, professional and personal writing, research, home–school communication, and educational networking.