21st Century Pillars-Group

1. Abby Hull
Kaitlyn Ellis
Tyler Webb

2.  Molding students into morally respectful and
honest, educated individuals that value and
participate in society so that they can impact
the world in a positive and interactive way
 Educating, inspiring, and empowering our
students to become ethical and engaged
citizens (Character.org)

3.  Developing Morals
 Civics
 Ethical Reasoning
 Conflict Resolution
 Manners
 Interpersonal Relations
 Respect (for self and others)

4.  Helps solve behavioral issues
 Safe and healthy social-emotional
environment
 Improves academic achievement
 Interactive and engaged community

5.  Times change, technology changes
 Education’s ultimate goal: Mold good citizens.
 New knowledge and skills today
 Technology improvements
 Communication skills lacking
 Globalization
 Competition for Jobs
 Two Heads are better than one-interpersonal
relationships

6.  1. Videos
 Watch videos of situations and discuss as a class to
decide the ethical or moral decision to make in that
given scenario.
 Upload videos to Facebook and have each student
respond with what they would do in that situation or
make a judgement.
 Like “Pass It On—Values” commercials
 2.Social Media: Facebook
 Students give a compliment on a regular basis to a
peer.
 Something they have seen classmates doing that they
like/approve of

7.  3. Posters
 Powerpoint
 Showcase manners to use inside or outside the
classroom
 Demonstrate good decision making skills
 Conflict/Resolution examples
 Post in the school for everyone to see
 4. Twitter
 Twitter Polls for voting
 http://twtpoll.com/lunchmenu

8.  5. Blog
 Students create and participate in a blog about
character education and the importance of
participating in society (voting, service, etc.)

9.  Digital Storytelling
 Split into groups, assign each group a component
of character education (developing morals,
civics, ethical reasoning, conflict resolution,
manners, interpersonal relations, respect)
 Have them either shoot a video using provided
camera or create a story using a digital
storytelling site
 Present their stories to the school in a Character
Assembly

11.  Character education is very easy to integrate
into everyday lessons if the classroom is
interactive.
 Teachable Moments
 Through character education, molding our
students into responsible, respectful,
participating, ethical decision-making
citizens, we can impact the world.

12.  "What Is Character Education? | Character.org."
Character.org. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.
<https://character.org/key-topics/what-is-character-
education/>.
 Blanco, Harold. "21st Century Education." Blackboard
Learn(MU Online). Marshall University College of
Education. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. <https://marshall-
bb.blackboard.com/>.
 McCollough, S. (2014, May 10). A Call for Character
Education in 21st Century Schooling. In American Board for
Certification of Teacher Excellence . Retrieved April 23,
2015, from http://abcte.org/a-call-for-character-
education-in-21st-century-schooling-51014/