4. CURRENT THINKING AROUND 21st CENTURY TEACHING &
LEARNING
Panel Discussion “What is the purpose of school?”
• Joel Arquillos -- Executive Director, 826LA
• Dr. Molefi Asante -- Professor, African American Studies, Temple
University
• Kendall Crolius -- Founding Partner, The Sulevia Group
• Jeff Han -- Founder, Perceptive Pixel and inventor of the multi-
touch screen
• Prakash Nair -- Co-Founder, Fielding Nair International --
Architects and Change Agents for Education
• Dr. Stephen Squyres -- Principal Investigator, Mars Exploration
Rover Mission, NASA
• Moderated by Frederic Bertley -- Vice President of the Center for
Innovation in Science Learning, The Franklin Institute
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13. These companies contain
environments that
cultivate and foster
creativity, innovation,
collaboration, critical
thinking, and real world
problem solving.
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14. HOW IS THE 21st CENTURY STUDENT DIFFERENT?
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19. The use of social media – from blogging to online
social networking to creation of all kinds of digital
material – is central to many teenagers’
lives.
Source: PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT “Teens and Social
Media” December 19, 2007
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27. collective intelligence
negotiation
transmedia navigation
visualization
multitasking
distributed cognition
simulation
appropriation
judgement
performance
play
Source: MIT New Media Literacies
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28. A FOCUS ON SKILLS
Twenty-First Century Skills
In order to thrive in a digital economy, students will
need digital age proficiencies. It is important for the
educational system to make parallel changes in
order to fulfill its mission in society, namely the
preparation of students for the world beyond the
classroom.
Source: 21st Century Workforce Commission National Alliance of
Business
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63. Final Thoughts
“It is a world in which comfort with ideas and abstractions
is the passport to a good job, in which creativity and
innovation are the key to the good life, in which high
levels of education—a very different kind of education
than most of us have had—are going to be the only
security there is.” Nearly every segment of the workforce
now requires employees to know how to do more than
simple procedures—they look for workers who can
recognize what kind of information matters, why it
matters, and how it connects and applies to other
information.”
Source: “Measuring Skills For The 21st Century” E. Silva, Education Sector Reports 11/08
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64. Sources
•“The 21st Century Learner” Presentation by Kim Cofino (http://
www.slideshare.net/mscofino/the-21st-century-learner)
•“The Networked Teacher” Created by Alec Couros (http://www.flickr.com/
photos/courosa/2922421696/)
•“The Networked Student” Created by Wendy Drexler (http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA)
• “The Top 100 Most Innovative Companies Ranking “ Business Week 2006
•“The New Media Literacies” MIT Comparative Media Project (http://
newmedialiteracies.org/)
•“Measuring Skills For The 21st Century” E. Silva, Education Sector Reports
11/08
•21st Century Workforce Commission National Alliance of Business
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