What are the critical skills for students as we move into the revolutionary age of Social Media?

1. 21ST CENTURY FLUENCIES
"...We use the term fluency for a reason. It
demonstrates a level of proficiency far beyond
literacy. For example, you may be literate in a second
language, but you still have to make a conscious
effort to think about what you are hearing or reading
to decode its meaning. However, when you are fluent
in a second language, you have attained a certain
comfort level so that its use is subconscious and
automatic. Having a literacy-level use of skills is not
enough.They need to be developed to a level of
fluency, where they become internalized and are used
subconsciously.“
-Excerpt from Living on the Future Edge

3. Media Fluency Toolbox
 Group 1
 Examine the article.
 Create a list of technology tools with which 21st
century workers need fluency on sticky notes.
 Use a rubber band to attach the note to a tool.
 Sort your tools
 Top Drawer =TopTools (used daily)
 Bottom Drawer = Reserved Resource (important but less
frequent use)

4. Media Fluency Toolbox
 Group 2-4
 Examine the article.
• Remove the tools in the box.
• Add additional tools with which 21st century workers
need fluency on sticky notes.
 Use a rubber band to attach the note to a tool.
 Sort all tools
 Top Drawer =TopTools (used daily)
 Bottom Drawer = Reserved Resource (important but less
frequent use)

5. Solution Fluency
The Quarterback Perspective.
"...A quarterback deals wit h the immediate reality just to
survive, and because he is working with moving targets, he also
deals with the future to ensure success.This is a very important
point for everyone struggling with the exponential change in
modern life. Our difficulties parallel those of the quarterback.
We must deal with the world of the present just to survive.We
must pay the mortgage, do the grocery shopping, and get the
car fixed.We must gather supplies for tomorrow's English
lesson, compile report card grades, and return a phone call to
that unhappy parent. Neglecting any of these immediate tasks
has very real and direct consequences.We must deal with all
the urgent issues and tasks that come up on a daily basis just to
survive.“
–Living on the Future Edge

6. 21st Century Challenges
 Examine the article
 Use the index cards on the table to create a list of challenges for 21st
century schools.
 As a group write at least one challenge for the following on a
notecard
– Students (Card #2)
 Teachers (Card #3)
 Parents (Card #4)
– Administrators (Card #5)
– GlobalWorkforce (Card #6)
 Create your movie script
 Arrange the index cards in the following way
 Intro card
 Cards 2-6
 Move to the hall. Have one person in the group record using the
camcorder app on the ipad. Have the other people in the group read
the cards on screen. Record your Solution Fluency Movie.

7. Information Fluency
“In our present society we are seeing powerful
technologies and information systems causing a
parallel change in the knowledge base.Why are facts
are becoming obsolete faster and knowledge built on
these facts less durable?What are the new methods
for learning, communicating and collaborating both in
business and education?With so much information at
our fingertips, how do we discern the good from the
bad, the correct from the incorrect, and the empty
from the meaningful?”
–Excerpt from Literacy is Not Enough: 21st Century
Fluencies for the Digital Age.

8. Then and Now Venn Diagram
 Examine the article
 Discuss how school has changed in the last
10, 20, 30 years.
 Common Skills –What skills did you learn in
school that remain important for today’s
student?
 Past Circle – On the Smartboard list things you
learned in school which are no longer taught.
 Present Circle – On the Smartboard list things
students need to know today which they didn’t
need in the past.

9. Creativity Fluency
 Examine the article
 Think about your favorite teacher. What skills
and personality traits made them special?
Were they creative? How?
 Create a list of ideal traits for the 21st Century
Teacher
 Add your traits to theWiki SpaceWebsite.
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