The 21st Century

Teacher and Learner

K to 12 classifications of the 21st Century Skills

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Curriculum Exits

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Curriculum Exits

1. Visual and information 1. Creativity and curiosity 1. Collaboration and 1. Flexibility and
literacies 2. Critical thinking interpersonal skills adaptability
2. Media literacy problem solving skills 2. Initiative and self-
direction
3. Basic, scientific, 3. Risk taking
economic and 3. Social and cross-
cultural skills
technological literacies
and multicultural 4. Productivity and
accountability
literacy
5. Leadership and
4. Global awareness responsibility
6. Ethical, moral and
spiritual values

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Learning
and
Innovation
Skills

1. Creativity and innovation

2. Critical thinking and problem
solving
3. Communication and collaboration
 Info,
Media,
Tech
skills

1. Access and evaluate information

2. Use and manage information
3. Analyze media
4. Create media products
5. Apply technology effectively
 Life and
Career
Skills

1. Flexibility and adaptability

2. Initiative and self-direction
3. Social and cross-cultural skills
4. Productivity and Accountability
5. Leadership and responsibility
 Characteristics of a 21st Century Learner

Knowledge Network for Innovations in

Learning and Teaching (KNILT) by Palfrey and Gasser

http://tccl.rit.albany.edu/knilt/index.php/Unit_1_-
_The_21st_Century_Learner http://roryjonmanning.com/Scholar.html

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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor 21st Century Educators are able to
adapt
The Communicator
1. the curriculum and the
The Learner requirements to teach to the
curriculum in imaginative ways;
The Visionary 2. software and hardware
designed for a business model
The Leader into tools utilizable by a variety
The Model of age groups and abilities to a
dynamic teaching experience.
The Collaborator 3. teaching style to be inclusive of
different modes of learning.
The Risk taker
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor

The Communicator The 21st Century teacher, as a

communicator, must be fluent in
The Learner
tools and technologies that enable
The Visionary communication and collaboration
anywhere, anytime. They do not only
The Leader know how to do communication, they
also know how to facilitate, stimulate,
The Model control, moderate, and manage
communication.
The Collaborator

The Risk taker

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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor

The Communicator The 21st Century teacher, as a

The Learner learner, must
• be lifelong learners;
The Visionary • continue to absorb
experiences and knowledge;
The Leader • endeavor to stay current;
• change and learn as the
The Model
horizons and landscape
The Collaborator changes.

The Risk taker

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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor The 21st Century teacher, as a
visionary, must have rich imagination
The Communicator to:
• see the potential in, grasp, and
The Learner manipulate the emerging tools and
web technologies;
The Visionary • look at others’ ideas and envisage
how they would use these in their
The Leader class;
• looks across the disciplines and
The Model through the curricula and make
links that reinforce and value
The Collaborator learning in other areas; and
• make other fields as leverage to
The Risk taker reinforce their own teaching and
the learning of their students
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor
The 21st Century teacher, as a
The Communicator leader,
• leads by example by
The Learner
championing processes and
The Visionary modeling skills—walks the talk;
• is an advocator, early adopter—
The Leader
a maverick;
The Model • set clear goals and objectives
crucial to the success of a
The Collaborator
project
The Risk taker
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor The 21st Century teacher, as a
model, should model
The Communicator
• the behaviors that they expect from
The Learner their students—tolerance,
acceptance, a wider view than just
The Visionary their curricula areas, global
awareness, and reflection
The Leader • reflective practice by monitoring and
The Model evaluating their teaching via blogs,
twitter and other medium where
The Collaborator educators can look both inwards and
outwards
The Risk taker
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor

The Communicator
The 21st Century teacher, as a
The Learner collaborator, must be able to
• leverage collaborative tools like
The Visionary Linkedin, Ning, Blogger, Wikispaces,
Bebo, MSN, MySpace, Slideshare,
The Leader
Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook
The Model to enhance and captivate our
learners
The Collaborator • Share, contribute, adapt and invent
using these collaborative tools
The Risk taker
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor The 21st Century teacher, as a
risk taker, must
The Communicator • have a vision of what s/he wants and
The Learner what the technology can achieve to be
able to identify goals and facilitate
The Visionary learning
• take risks and sometimes surrender to
The Leader the students’ knowledge and use the
strengths of these digital natives to
The Model understand and navigate
The Collaborator products
have students teach each other
The Risk taker
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 What must 21st century teachers do to
develop critical thinking in students?

• Commitment
• Competence
• Creativity
• Compassion
• Character
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 21st Century Teaching and Learning
IDEAL
. LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
1.Teachers and students are all learners
2.The focus is more on questions, less on
answers
3.Understanding is more important than
knowing
4.Innovation and exploration are part of
learning
5.We connect and learn with the world

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%20Century%20Teaching%20and%20Learning.pdf
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 21st Century Teaching and Learning
.
21st century teaching and learning
must be based on the following
broad skills:
1.Collaborative inquiry to solve real
and relevant problems
2.Creativity and innovation
3.Critical thinking and
problem-solving
4.Communication
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 21st Century Teaching and Learning
. Technology, then, is what supports and
enables this kind of learning and engages
students by:

1.Providing learning—anywhere, anytime

2.Supporting teacher innovation and capacity
building
3.Enhancing equity of access through the use
of personal devices and internet resources
4.Using social media to support inquiry and
communication while building social
responsibility and digital literacy
5.Strengthening connections with parents
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
20th Century Learning VS 21st Century Learning

20th Century Learning = learning content

21st Century Learning = learning the tools and skills to
remake the content to become the
producer and creator
~Diana Rhoten

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 Reflect on this Questions
1. Am I developing these skills to
my learners?
2. Am I integrating these skills in
my subject?
3. Are my assessment tools
measure both competencies
and these skills?
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Some Quick Suggested
TECHNOLOGY TOOLS
Provide crossword and word search puzzles
for your students in order to address
vocabulary or to introduce new topics in
your lessons.

You may visit this site:

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
For Graphic Organizers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/
Creating Online Rubric...

RUBISTAR www.rubistar.4teachers.org
Finding Rubrics
Creating Rubrics
 "The greatest sign of a success for a
teacher...is to be able to say, "The
children are now working as if I did
not exist.“
– Maria Montessori
 Thank You!

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