The document discusses technical skills and expectations of students in the 21st century. It defines technical skills as the basic knowledge required to perform tasks, including educational qualifications. It also outlines students' expectations such as customization, collaboration, speed, and innovation. The document then recommends ways for teachers to cater to students' needs, including creating authentic learning experiences, lessons with emotional connections, and personalized learning opportunities. Finally, it outlines specific 21st century skills students should learn, such as using the internet, office suites, social media, typing, analytical thinking, and communication skills.

1. Sorsogon State College
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Summer 2014
Curriculum Innovation
Through Mastery of
Technical Skills
Discussant: Marian A. Habla
MAEd - English

2. Technical Skill
• Technical Skills are the basic knowledge
required to perform a task.
• Technical skills can include educational
qualifications and degrees that an
employee hold.
(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_technical_skills?#slide=1)

3. Technical Skill
The knowledge and abilities needed to
accomplish mathematical, engineering,
scientific or computer-related duties, as
well as other specific tasks.
(http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/technical-skills.asp)

4. Students Expectations
The average student spends at least 4
hours daily interacting with their digital
gadgets.
This digital culture which has permeated
our kids’ life has brought about a set of
changes to their learning habits some are
positive and some are negative.

5. The worst aspect of them all is the short
attention span.
When you look at creativity from this
perspective it sheds a lot of light on the
debate educational technologies have
been having recently over the power of
Internet on students brains.

6. According to a recent study in this regard,
students have various expectations such as:
Freedom to choose and express their
personal views and individual identities
Customization and Personalization
Scrutiny: detailed, behind the scene
analysis
Integrity and openness in their interactions
with others

7. Entertainment and play to be integrated
into their work, learning and social life
Collaboration and relationships to be a
vital part of what they do
Speed in communications, getting
information, and getting responses to
questions and messages
Innovation in their lives

8. Ways to Cater to Students
21st Century Needs (Trilling & Fadel)
Create more authentic
learning experiences.
Students need more real-
world problem solving,
internships in real work
settings.
Allow mental model
building, students should
be put into situations that
incorporate new
experiences that change
their views over time.

9. Ways to Cater to Students
21st Century Needs (Trilling & Fadel)
Create lessons that have an
emotional connection to
what is being learned.
Create more personalized
learning opportunities for
students. Differentiate!
Embed social learning into
lessons. Online
communication is an option.

10. The 21st Century Skills
Students Need
Passion for the digital
Most of the students have it now but still
teachers need to make sure students are
aware of the technological challenges of the
future.
Equipping students with the basic
technological skills is the key solution.

11. The 21st Century Skills
Students Need
This includes the understanding and using of :
Internet Search
Students need to know
how to effectively search
online using key words
and modifiers. This skill
will help them not only in
their schooling but also in
their life in general.

12. Office Suite Skills
Students need to know
how to open a word
document, edit and
share it, use a
spreadsheet, create a
form, make a survey,
create a presentation
and embed it somewhere
else. Open Office / Libre
Office, Microsoft Word,
and Google Docs all can
help students develop
this skill.

13. The Use of Social Media
Social networking sites such
as Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube, are not just for
socializing, it can be of great
educational help. Students
need to know how to benefit
from these free services in
exchanging ideas and
getting to know other
students and sharing the
knowledge. They can also
use them to work on class
projects and assignments.

14. The Use of Social Media
Blogs are also another
learning element that
students can use. There
are many free blogging
platforms where you can
start your free blog:
Blogger and Wordpress
are great places to start
with. Mastering the social
networking skill can open
up many promising
horizons for students in
the future.

15. Typing Skill
Learning how to type fast
and accurately is a skill
much needed even
outside school in the
market place. We are
living in a fast paced world
and the quicker you do
things the better chances
you get. These are mainly
interactive games and
exercises that they can
use from time to time to
master their keyboarding.

16. Analytical Thinking
and Application
Students need to be
able to scan and sift
through information and
determine what the
important information is,
and what should be
omitted.

17. Critical Thinking
Students need to be
able to think for
themselves, learn on
their own, understand
and access facts and
figures and engage and
interact positively with a
team environment.

18. Communication skills
Students need to learn
how to maintain a good
communicative
behaviour. They need to
learn how to listen to
others when they speak
and judiciously judge
arguments and facts.
Effective communicative
skills are necessary for
the job market and for life
as a whole.

19. Responsibility
Students need to learn
how to accept to be
accountable for their
actions and learn to
accept change in a fast-
moving digital
environment in which
transformation is
inevitable and necessary.

20. Citing Resources
This is a skill much
needed in a world full of
plagiarizers, but as
educators we need show
our students how to grow
up respecting others
copyrights and properly
citing their resources
when working on a
research or a classroom
project.

21. The 21st Century Skills
Teachers Need
Recommendations for the 21st century
teachers to reconsider in order to
adequately prepare today's students for
their future:

22. The 21st Century Skills
Teachers Need
Share and model the use of current
internet tools
Participate in professional networks
Assist students as they build their learning
networks
Provide sufficient learning opportunities for
students to become digitally literate
Inspire every child to be quality digital
global citizens.

26. The Risk Taker

27. The Collaborator

28. The Model

29. The Leader

30. The Visionary

31. The Learner

32. The Communicator

33. The Adaptor

39. Thank you
For
Listening!