The 21st century teacher and learner

The 21st Century Teacher

and Learner

K to 12 classifications of the 21st Century Skills

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Curriculum Exits


Curriculum Exits


1. Visual and information

literacies

2. Media literacy

3. Basic, scientific,

economic and

technological literacies

and multicultural

literacy

4. Global awareness

1. Creativity and curiosity

2. Critical thinking

problem solving skills

3. Risk taking

1. Collaboration and

interpersonal skills

1. Flexibility and adaptability

2. Initiative and self-direction

3. Social and cross-cultural skills

4. Productivity and accountability

5. Leadership and responsibility

6. Ethical, moral and spiritual values

Creativity and innovation

Critical thinking and problem solving

Communication and collaboration

Learning and

Innovation Skills

Access and evaluate informationUse and manage informationAnalyze mediaCreate media productsApply technology effectively

Info, Media, Techskills

Life and Career Skills

• Flexibility and adaptability

• Initiative and self-direction

• Social and cross-cultural skills

• Productivity and Accountability

• Leadership and responsibility

Characteristics of a 21st Century Learner


http://tccl.rit.albany.edu/knilt/index.php/Unit_1_-

_The_21st_Century_Learner http://roryjonmanning.com/Scholar.html

by Palfrey and GasserKnowledge Network for Innovations in

Learning and Teaching (KNILT)

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The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker

Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher

21st Century Educators are able to adapt

1. the curriculum and the requirements to teach to the curriculum in imaginative ways;

2. software and hardware designed for a business model into tools utilizable by a variety of age groups and abilities to a dynamic teaching experience.

3. teaching style to be inclusive of different modes of learning.


The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker


The 21st Century teacher, as a

communicator, must be fluent in

tools and technologies that enable

communication and collaboration

anywhere, anytime. They do not only

know how to do communication, they

also know how to facilitate, stimulate,

control, moderate, and manage

communication.


The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker



learner, must

• be lifelong learners;• continue to absorb

experiences and knowledge;• endeavor to stay current;• change and learn as the

horizons and landscape changes.


The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker


The 21st Century teacher, as a visionary,

must have rich imagination to:

• see the potential in, grasp, and manipulate the emerging tools and web technologies;

• look at others’ ideas and envisage how they would use these in their class;

• looks across the disciplines and through the curricula and make links that reinforce and value learning in other areas; and

• make other fields as leverage to reinforce their own teaching and the learning of their students


The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker



leader,

• leads by example by

championing processes and

modeling skills—walks the talk;

• is an advocator, early adopter—

a maverick;

• set clear goals and objectives

crucial to the success of a

project


The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker



model, should model• the behaviors that they expect from

their students—tolerance,

acceptance, a wider view than just

their curricula areas, global

awareness, and reflection

• reflective practice by monitoring and

evaluating their teaching via blogs,

twitter and other medium where

educators can look both inwards and

outwards


The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker



collaborator, must be able to• leverage collaborative tools like

Linkedin, Ning, Blogger, Wikispaces,

Bebo, MSN, MySpace, Slideshare,

Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook

to enhance and captivate our

learners

• Share, contribute, adapt and invent

using these collaborative tools


The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Learner

The Visionary

The Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk taker


The 21st Century teacher, as a risk

taker, must • have a vision of what s/he wants and

what the technology can achieve to

be able to identify goals and facilitate

learning

• take risks and sometimes surrender to

the students’ knowledge and use the

strengths of these digital natives to

understand and navigate

products

have students teach each other

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONhttp://www.teachthought.com/learning/25-critical-thinking-strategies-for-the-modern-learner/

What must 21st century teachers do to develop critical thinking in students?

•Commitment•Competence•Creativity•Compassion•Character

21st Century Teaching and Learning


http://www.peelschools.org/aboutus/21stCentury/byod/parentresources/Documents/Vision%20for%2021st

%20Century%20Teaching%20and%20Learning.pdf

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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



http://www.peelschools.org/aboutus/21stCentury/byod/parentresources/Documents/Vision%20for%2021st%20Century%20Teaching%20and%20Learning.pdf

.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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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

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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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

Some Quick Suggested TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/

RUBISTAR www.rubistar.4teachers.org

"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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