The document discusses the skills and characteristics needed for 21st century learners and educators. It outlines that 21st century learners need skills like critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and technology literacy. Educators need to develop these same skills in students through project-based learning, technology integration, collaboration, and ensuring learning connects to students' lives. The document also states that 21st century teachers must be leaders, communicators, learners, collaborators and models who adapt instruction and continue learning themselves to prepare students for future success.

1. THE 21ST CENTURY
DIGITAL LEARNER
BY: JEFFREY SUMALINOG ARONG

2. 21ST CENTURY
Beginning of the Digital Age
Growth in Technology and
information explosion
Numerous studies, reports
and researches have emerged
Technologies outdated faster
as they reach the market

3. There are some differences
in how the skills are
categorized or interpreted,
there are also many
commonalities.
Creativity and Innovation
Critical and Problem Solving
Communication
Collaboration
Information Management
Effective Use of Technology
Career and Life Skills
Cultural Awareness

4. CREATIVITY AND
INNOVATION
• Using knowledge and
understanding
1
• Create new ways of
thinking and
approaches
2
• Find solutions to new
problems
• Create new products
and services
3

5. THINK CREATIVELY!
Educational Development Approaches
Elaborate, refine,
analyze, & evaluate
ideas
Incremental and
radical concepts
Brainstorming,
Demonstrate
imagination and
curiosity

6. Collaborative
Study between
learners
Develop, implement, and communicate new
ideas
Open and responsive to new and
diverse perspectives
Originality and inventiveness in work;
adopt new ideas
View failure as an opportunity to learn;
innovation is a long term cyclical process
EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT
LEARNING
THROUGH
CREATIVITY
AND
INNOVATIONS
Feedback:
IMPLEMENT INNOVATIONS
(Act on creative ideas to make
useful contribution in the field)

7. CRITICAL THINKING AND
PROBLEM SOLVING
Higher order thinking to new issues
Appropriate reasoning to effective
analysis
Efficient decision making
COMMUNICATION
Effective communication with multiple
technologies
Articulate non-verbal communication
skills and thoughts
Use of communication for a range of
purpose
COLLABORATION
Share of knowledge, solutions, an innovations; work effectively
with others
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Accessing, analyzing, synthesizing, creating and sharing
information from multiple sources
EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Identify and use technology efficiently, effectively and ethically
as a tool to share information
CAREER AND LIFE SKILLS
Developing skills for becoming self-directed, independent
learners; lead others and produce results
CULTURAL AWARENESS
Develop cultural competence in working with others by
respecting cultural differences

8. INFORMATION, MEDIA AND
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

9. Access and Evaluate
Information
• Effective and efficient access
of time an sources
• Evaluate information critically
and competently
Use and Manage Information
• Accurate use of information
for issues
• Manage the flow of
information from wide sources
• Apply the understanding of
legal/ethical issues
INFORMATION
LITERACY
Analyze Media
• Understand why media
messages are constructed and
for what purpose
• Examine how media can
influence beliefs and behaviors
Create Media Products
• Utilize appropriate media
creation tools, characteristics,
and conventions
• Utilize appropriate expressions
an interpretations in multi-
cultural environments
MEDIA
LITERACY
Apply Technology
Effectively
• Use technology as a tool to
research, organize, evaluate and
communicate information
• Use digital technologies
• Apply a fundamental
understanding of the
ethical/legal issues surrounding
the access and use of
information technologies
ICT (INFORMATION,
COMMUNICATIONS
AND TECHNOLOGY)
LITERACY

10. INTEGRATING 21ST
CENTURY SKILLS
Connecting the content knowledge to
real world applications and problem
situations that enable students what
they are learning connects with their
lives and the society.
Emphasizing deep understanding of
the learning by focusing on projects
and problems that require students to
use the content knowledge in new
ways.
Helping students understand and
monitor the thinking processes they
are using by including metacognitive
activities.
Use technology to help students
access, analyze, organize and share
what they are learning and allow
students to independently locate
appropriate tools.
* Engaging students in solving
complex problems.
* Developing life and career skills by
creating opportunities for students to
become self-directed learners.

11. HOW SHOULD
INSTRUCTION CHANGE TO
PREPARE STUDENTS FOR
SUCCESS IN THE 21ST
CENTURY?
It is necessary for learners as well as
teachers to plan instruction with an
understanding of the “digital natives”
(Prensky, 2001) who have grown up in the
Digital Age and who expect learning to
be interactive, engaging, and up-to-date.
Use of
appropriate
technologies
Variety of
learning
opportunities
and activities
Project and
problem
based
learning
Cross
curricular
connections
Collaborative
learning
environment
Focus on
inquiry and
student-led
investigations
Instruction
that meets the
needs of
today’s
students will
incorporate

12. Skills &
Attributes of
Today’s Learner
Critical thinking
problem solving
Initiative &
Entrepreneurialism
Curiosity &
Imagination
Hope and Optimism
Self-regulation
Vision
Empathy and Global
Stewardship
Resilience
Collaboration across
networks,
adaptability and
agility

13. THE 21ST CENTURY
TEACHER

14. The
Leader
The
Model
The
Communicator
The
Learner
The Risk
Taker
The
Collaborator
The
Visionary
The
Adaptor
To meet the demands of the Digital
Education, the 21st Century Teacher should
acquire these characteristics:

15. • Adapt software and hardware designed for a business model into tools
• Apply different styles; adapt the 21st teaching style; inclusive in different modes of
learning
The Adaptor
• They can look at others ideas and envisage how they would use these in the class
• Looks across the disciplines through the curricula; they reinforce their own field of
teaching
The
Visionary
• Able to leverage the collaborative tools to enhance and our learners; sharing,
contributing, adapting and captivate inventing
The
Collaborator

16. • They take risks and surrender themselves to the students knowledge
• Able to identify the goals and facilitate learning; use strengths of digital natives to
navigate new products
The Risk Taker
• Absorb new possibilities and experiences
• Learn and adaptThe Learner
• The 21st century teacher are fluent in tools an technologies that enable communication
and collaboration. They know how to use different media in communication. It allows
students to be able to express their insights and experiences.
The
Communicator

17. • The teacher must model their behaviors that are expected to their students
• The must be consistent part of the student’s life
• They are model’s reflective practice
• Model of Tolerance, Acceptance, A wider view than just their field study, Global
Awareness and reflection
The
Model
• Leadership, like clear goals and objectives is crucial to the success or failure of
any project.
The
Leader

18. CURRICULUM
SKILLS
RESOURCES
FACILITATING 21ST CENTURY
LEARNING

19. >> Integrating
curricula that support
ICT integration are
dynamic. The use of
ICTs is mandatory and
global, inclusive and
specific. The selection
of tools and resources
are curriculum driven.
Teachers encourage
using digital
approaches. Teaching
drives the technology
rather than technology
driving the teaching.
Curriculum
A. TECHNICAL SKILLS
• adapt
• adopt
• modify
B. PEDAGOGICAL
SKILLS
* Integration
* Ability
* Strategy
SKILLS
a. Whiteboards
b. Classroom Desktop
Computers
c. Pods / One to One
Program
d. Educationally
focused software
e. Learning and
Content management
systems
f. Media Production
Facilities
RESOURCES

20. THANK
YOU!
JEFFREY S.
ARONG