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“ We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” Karl Fisch Fisch, K. (2006). Did You Know/Shift Happens…

“ We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”

Karl Fisch

What Skills Will Be Needed?

What Tools Are Available?

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21 st Century Skills Needed Global Awareness Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy Creativity & Innovation Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Communication & Collaboration Information Literacy Media Literacy Information, Communications, & Technology (ICT) Literacy Flexibility & Adaptability Initiative & Self-Direction Social & Cross-Cultural Skills Productivity & Accountability Leadership & Responsibility

Global Awareness

Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurial Literacy

Civic Literacy

Health Literacy

Creativity & Innovation

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Communication & Collaboration

Information Literacy

Media Literacy

Information, Communications, & Technology (ICT) Literacy

Flexibility & Adaptability

Initiative & Self-Direction

Social & Cross-Cultural Skills

Productivity & Accountability

Leadership & Responsibility

21 st Century Skills Needed Communication Collaboration Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Information Literacy Leadership & Responsibility

Communication

Collaboration

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Information Literacy

Leadership & Responsibility

21 st Century Skills Needed Creativity & Innovation Flexibility & Adaptability Global Awareness Information, Communications & Technology Literacy Initiative & Self-Direction Media Literacy Productivity & Accountability Social & Cross-Cultural Skills

Creativity & Innovation

Flexibility & Adaptability

Global Awareness

Information, Communications & Technology Literacy

Initiative & Self-Direction

Media Literacy

Productivity & Accountability

Social & Cross-Cultural Skills

Social Software

Social Software Wikipedia: The term social software is normally applied to a range of web-enabled software programs. The programs usually allow users to interact, share, and meet other users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_software

Wikis

Blogs

Collaborative Office Suites

Media Sharing

Virtual Worlds

21 st Century Skills Needed Creativity & Innovation Flexibility & Adaptability Global Awareness Information, Communications & Technology Literacy Initiative & Self-Direction Media Literacy Productivity & Accountability Social & Cross-Cultural Skills

Creativity & Innovation

Flexibility & Adaptability

Global Awareness

Information, Communications & Technology Literacy

Initiative & Self-Direction

Media Literacy

Productivity & Accountability

Social & Cross-Cultural Skills

Not Only Content Distribution Social Software

Collaboration Social Software

Communication Social Software

Communication Must Be Two-Way

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Do We Get It?

Are We Reaching Them?

Are We Communicating?

Communication Is Our Job!

Our Job Is To Look Ahead! (And not be afraid to take the right steps)