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For an assignment in my online class, we visited the Partnership for 21st Century Skills website. There are many changes taking place around us in the world today due to technology. Because of technology, certain job opportunities are changing, and with that different skills are needed to become successful. The Partnership for 21st Century recognizes that many schools are far from teaching these 21st century skills, so their goal is to promote the education of these skills in classrooms across America.
Today, I looked through the different pages and information on the Partnership for 21st Century Skills website and found it to be well organized and easy to navigate through. I enjoyed looking through their tools and resources page, especially where they had videos posted with different ideas for integrating the 21st century skills into the classroom.
I was somewhat surprised that more states have not partnered with the organization. However, I had never visited this website until today. According to the website, there was actually a conference promoting P21 in my state a couple weeks ago, and I was not even aware that is was going on. They have a great deal of support from big name companies, so I found that to be encouraging.
Reading through the site once again reminded me of the importance to teach critical thinking, communication, and creative skills to our students. It is imperative that they learn how use these skills so that they can be successful in an ever-changing world. I need to remain up to date on integrating technology in my classroom. It will be good to use this website as a reference for my students’ education.
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Kara, I agree with you that it is so important for us to teach our students the skills that you mentioned above. The world is definitely changing and we have to change with it in order for our students to be prepared when they graduate. My eyes have definitely been opened this week to some very important skills that my students need to be learning. I plan to begin incorporating those into my lessons more.
ReplyDeleteKara,
ReplyDeleteI agree that teaching critical thinking and communication to our students is extremely important. These skills help prepare them for the future. I also agree that we need to teach these skills in the classroom to help prepare them for life after they graduate. I plan to integrate these 21st century learning skills into my everyday instruction. After viewing the website I believe these skills can be integrated with the state standards. These skills will help prepare our students for the future. I also plan to use the website as a resource and share it with other teachers at my school.
Kara,
ReplyDeleteI also believe that it is important to teach our students critical thinking, written/verbal communication, creativity, and problem solving skills as well as life skills, career building skills and literacy in technology so that they can be successful in this vastly changing digital society that we live in. I too was just introduced to this website during this assignment. But unlike you, I noticed that my state (CT) was not in partnership with the organization. Though my state has not yet joined in on this new innovation, what I have decided to do is, further implement these skills in my classroom by using this website and its resources as a reference for me to do that. As well as share this information with my colleagues and school officials in hopes that our school district may catch wind of it and take a closer look at joining P21.