Twenty-one skills for preparing students with the technical skills they need to be digital citizens.

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21st Century Skills Resources
Rozz Hardin, Shelby County Schools
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2. • 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).
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
www.p21.org

3. • Focuses on 21st century skills, content
knowledge and expertise.
• Builds understanding across and among core
subjects as well as 21st century
interdisciplinary themes
• Emphasizes deep understanding rather than
shallow knowledge
• Engages students with the real world data,
tools, and experts they will encounter in
college, on the job, and in life--students learn
best when actively engaged in solving
meaningful problems
• Allows for multiple measures of mastery
• 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).
21st Century Standards

4. CORE ACADEMICS
• Reading
• Writing
• Arithmetic
• Critical thinking and problem
solving
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity and Innovation
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
The Three Rs and the Four Cs

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6. 21st Century Interdisciplinary Themes
Global Awareness
Using 21st century skills to see the “big picture”
Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
The economy, personal finance and entrepreneurial skills
Health Literacy
Using available information to make appropriate health-related decisions
Environmental Literacy
Awareness of our impact on the world around us
Global
Financial
Environ-
ment
Civic
Health
Civic Literacy
Stay informed/involved in governmental processes and display proper citizenship

7. • Pearson 21st Century
Resources
• http://www.pearsonsc
hool.com/index.cfm?l
ocator=PSZhP4
• Atomic Learning 21st
Century Skills Lesson
Accelerators and
Projects
• http://www.atomiclea
rning.com
• The Gateway to 21st
Century Skills
Resource website
• http://www.thegatew
ay.org
•Online Resources
General

8. • The Center for International Understanding
http://ciu.northcarolina.edu/
•Online Resources
Global Awareness

9. • FEFE Financial Literacy Resources - http://www.fefe.arizona.edu/
• My Money .Gov - http://www.mymoney.gov/
• National Financial Capability Challenge -
http://www.challenge.treas.gov/
•Online Resources
Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy

10. • CIRCLE - http://www.civicyouth.org/
• Center for Civic Education - http://new.civiced.org/
•Online Resources
Civic Literacy

11. • Medical Library Association – Health Information Literacy
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/
• Iowa Department of Education -
http://www.corecurriculum.iowa.gov/Discipline.aspx?C=2
1st+Century+Skills&D=Health+Literacy
•Online Resources
Health Literacy

12. • National Environmental Education Foundation -
http://www.neefusa.org/resources/publications.htm
• Environmental Literacy Council - http://www.enviroliteracy.org/
•Online Resources
Environmental Literacy

13. Access and Evaluate Information
• Access information efficiently (time) and
effectively (sources)
• Evaluate information critically and
competently
Use and Manage Information
• Use information accurately and creatively
for the issue or problem at hand
• Manage the flow of information from a
wide variety of sources
• Apply a fundamental understanding of
the ethical/legal issues surrounding the
access and use of information
Information Literacy

14. • Filamentality
• http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcen
t/index.html
• International Society for Technology in
education
• http://www.iste.org
•Online Resources
Technology Literacy

15. Web 2.0 Resources for Technical Literacy
Try these sites for collaboration projects with your students.
Wikispaces – www.wikispaces.com
WordPress – http://wordpress.com
Edublogs – http://edublogs.org
Edmoto – www.edmodo.com
Netvibes – www.netvibes.com

16. Twenty-one
21st Century Skills Resources
Trilling, Bernie. "The Partnership for 21st Century Skills -
Home." The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 7 Apr. 2011. <http://www.p21.org/index.php>.