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Runs March 3rd -March 17th 21st Century Skills.

Lead Instructor: Terrie RIchardson (terrie_richardson@dpsk12.org)

 **"What does 21st century learning look like?**
 * INTRODUCTION:**

In ** Module 3 ** you will explore the **Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21**) website and resources in order to deepen your understanding of 21st century skills and creating 21st century learning environments. You should be able to begin defining what a 21st century learning environment looks like. You will also compare what you learned about **ISTE Standards** to what the **P21** organization advoccates for in creating 21st century learning environments. The **Partnership for 21st Century Skills** is a national organization that many states and school districts refer to as they continue educational reform and move towards creating **21st Century Learning Environments**. Here is a link to their website @http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/.

What is the **Partnership For 21st Century Skills**? As stated on their website: "The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. As the United States continues to compete in a global economy that demands innovation, P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation). While leading districts and schools are already doing this, P21 advocates for local, state and federal policies that support this approach for every school."

The **Partnership For 21st Century Skills** developed a **Framework for 21st Century Learning** that incorporates both 21st century student outcomes and the innovative support systems that will help students master the skills they will need in this 21st century to be successful.

To learn more about the **Framework for 21st Century Learning**, visit this link to read the overview.**P21 Overview**

Additonal links you will need to visit in order to complete the assignments can be found below in the examples section of this wiki course.


 * [[image:EG_Logo.JPG width="51" height="52"]]EXAMPLES:**


 * Framework for 21st Century Learning - Definitions
 * Route 21
 * Wiki on 21st Century Learning -
 * Collection of Videos on 21st Century Learninig - **//Video Spotlight -//** located on 21st Century Learning website
 * Creating 21st Century Learning Environments

ASSIGNMENT: **
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 * 1) View the following video #21 ,** from **Partnership For 21st Century Skills (P21)** webpage, "Video Spotlight". Click on this link Video #21 to acces the "Video Spotlight" webpage and watch video on what 21 Century learning looks like in a school in West Virginia. Then find and watch at least two additional videos on this same webpage that interest you or deal with your grade level.** "What does 21st century learning look like? ** **Respond to the Class Module 3** Discussion page and respond to the previous question. Add links to the videos you found that were helpful with a short descriptive explanation for why these videos were helpful for you in creating your vision or understanding about what 21st century learning environments look like.


 * 2) Take the interactive tour of the Framework for 21st Century Learning, **by visiting **Interactive Route 21**. There are also links to the student outcomes and support systems that need to work together in order to prepare students to be successful in the 21st century. The **Route 21** link can also be found above in the **EXAMPLES** section. Explore and become familiar with the **Framework for 21st Century Learning**. What did you notice when comparing the ISTE standards to the Framework for 21st century learning? What is similar? What is different? What surprised you? What resonated with you?


 * 3) Explore the Partnership For 21st Century Skills Resources ** **P21 Resources** to browse the available resources**.** As you visit the resources, add links in your personal wiki for those useful resources so that this allows you to readily access these resources, once this course is finished. Be sure to add a brief description in addition to the link so that you know what the resource is when you return to it later. Please share one resource in the Course wiki that you found to be very useful and is worth sharing with the rest of the group. You may want to add the helpful resources that others share on your personal wiki page as well. Remember that this wiki will be beneficial when you leave the course and want to have access to all that you have learned for use at a later time.


 * 4)** **Create** **a new page to your personal wiki ** for ** 21st Century Skills and Learning. **


 * Add the ISTE standard you selected in Module 2. Then select and add one of the 21st century student outcomes or support system you will focus on for the remainder of the year? Add a narrative explaining why you selected that ISTE standard and that particular student outcome or support system to focus on as you continue your learning and work with students.
 * Next add helpful links to the 21st Century Skills resources you discovered from assignment #2 and add a link to the P21 home page to your wiki so that you can reference these resources later as you continue your journey in creating your 21st century learning environment. What will be most helpful to you this year as you work towards creating or enhancing a 21st century learning environment. Add this and any supporting resources to your wiki page.
 * **Then add your reflection, to your personal wiki page's discussion tab for the Partnership For 21st Century Skills page, to the following question** . How does this student outcome you selected compare to the ISTE Standard you selected in Module 2 as your focus for the remainder of this year? What will change do you hope will occur in your teaching and learning enviornment as a result of implementing the ISTE standard and selected student outcome or support system? What impact on student achievement do you hope to see? How will you know if you have achieved the desired result?

REMINDERS: ** - Respond to the Module 3 **Discussion Tab** - Email the Lead Instructor once you have completed a module/topic, so we can review your work. - Use the Discussion Tab above if you get stuck or have questions that an instructor or fellow student in this class can help you answer - we are all part of your Personal Learning Community (PLC).
 * 5) R ** **espond** to the Course wiki on the discussion tab Module 3. Share which ISTE standard and student outcome or support system you selcted to focus on. You should be able to copy this from your personal wiki and paste it in the DEA PDU course wiki duscussion tab for Module #3. Talk about how you hope this will alter your instruction and learning environment. What will you do differently as you focus on these standards or student outcomes for the rest of the year. What may be potential roadblocks for you as you embark on implementing this change or new learning? What possible solutions do you have for these potential roadblocks? Remember to take baby steps as you proceed. No one expects you to take on all of this at once. Start with one small part that may address a learning need you have already identified for your students or for you as the educator.
 * Respond ** to 2 other classmated postings.
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