it contains skills of a 21st century digital learner and 21st century teacher

1. The 21st Century
Digital Learner
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Introduction
• The 21st century dawned as the
beginning of the Digital Age – a time of
unprecedented growth in technology
and its subsequent information
explosion. Never before have the tools
for information access and
management made such impact in our
lives.

3. Common Skills of the
21st Century Digital Learner:
• Creativity and Innovation
- to create new ways of thinking
- to create new products and
services
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- applying higher order of thinking
skills to new problems and issues
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4. • Communication
- communicate effectively in a wide
variety of forms and contexts
• Collaboration
- working with others respectfully
and effectively
• Information Management
- accessing, analyzing, synthesizing,
creating and sharing information from
multiple sources
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5. • Effective Use of Technology
- use technology efficiently,
effectively and ethically
• Career and Life Skills
- becoming self-directed,
independent learners and workers
• Cultural Awareness
- developing cultural competence in
working with others
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6. Information Literacy
• Access information efficiently (time)
and effectively (sources)
• Evaluate information critically and
competently
• Use and manage information
accurately and creatively
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7. Media Literacy
• Analyze media by understanding the
purposes of messages construction
• Examine how individuals interpret
messages differently
• Create media products through
effective utilization of media tools
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8. ICT Literacy
• Apply technology effectively as a tool
to research, organize, evaluate, and
communicate information
• Use digital technologies as a
networking tools to create information
in a knowledge economy
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9. Principles in Integrating
21st Century Skills with Content:
• Connecting the content knowledge to
real-world applications and problem
situation to produce authentic work
• Emphasizing deep understanding of the
learning by focusing on projects and
problem
• Helping students understand and
monitor their thinking processes
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10. • Using technology to help students
access, analyze, organize and share
what they are learning
• Providing opportunities for students to
become “creators”
• Engaging students in solving complex
problems that require higher order of
thinking skills and application of
content
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11. • Developing life and career skills by
creating opportunities for students to
become self-directed learners
• Helping students make connections
between subjects, concepts and ideas
and with others, including those
outside of the classroom
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12. How should instruction change to
prepare for success in the 21st century?
• Have a variety of learning activities
• Use appropriate technology tools
• Project- and problem-based learning
• Cross-curricular connections
• Focus on inquiry and student-led
investigations
• Collaborative learning environments
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13. The 21st Century
Teacher

14. Characteristic of the 21st
Century Educator:
• The Adapter
- able to adapt the curriculum and
requirements to teach
• The Visionary
- must se the potential in the
emerging tools and web technologies
- look at others ideas and envisage
- looks across the discipline
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15. • The Collaborator
- must be able to leverage
collaborative tools to enhance and
captivate our learners
• The Risk taker
- must take risks and some times
surrender yourself to the student
knowledge
• The Learner
- must learn and adapt
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16. • The Communicator
- allows students to be able to
express their insights and share their
thoughts in a topic or any issues that
concern them
• The Model
- model the behaviors expected
- models reflective practice
• The Leader
- good leadership skills
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17. 3 Factors in Facilitating 21st
Century Learning:
• Resources
- interactive
- video and audio conferencing
• Skills
- technical skills
- pedagogical skills
• Curriculum
- curriculum driven
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