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** 21st Century Skills and Literacies **

Activity: Team Exploration

 * With your team, examine and discuss the resources below to explore 21st Century Skills and Literacies. Use these questions to guide your exploration**:
 * 1) What are 21st century skills?
 * 2) What does it mean to be literate in the 21st Century?
 * 3) What does it mean to be a 21st century teacher?
 * 4) What changes might you and your school need to make to address 21st Century skills?


 * After EXPLORING and DISCUSSING the resources below, work** with your team **to share what you've learned:**
 * 1) Create a Wordle that portrays what it means to literate in the 21st Century. Share the URL (web address) to your Wordle by copying and pasting the address in the reply box.
 * 2) Post a reply to the discussion question, reflecting on needed changes you or your school might need to make to better equip students for the 21st Century.

= Resources: = **Please explore all of the following:** media type="custom" key="6547965"
 * [[file:KMSLiteracyDef.pdf]]
 * [[file:NCTE_21cLiteracyvs20cLiteracy.pdf]]
 * National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for [|Students] and [|Teachers] and[| Administrators] and [|Technology Facilitators and Leaders].
 * [|Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy Maps]: Illustrate the intersection between ICT and core academic subjects
 * //A View of 21st Century Learners// (2:16)


 * Explore at least three of the following:**
 * [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills]: According to their web site, they're the "leading advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education."
 * West Virginia's Dept. of Education[|Teach21]
 * [|16 Habits of Mind]
 * [|More thoughts on 21st Century Literacies from NCTE]
 * Standards for 21st Century Learning (from West Virginia Dept. of Ed.):[|PreK-2], [|Grades 3-4] [|Grades 5-8], [|Grades 9-12],

//3 Steps for 21st Century Learning// (4:13) media type="custom" key="4080697"

//The Machine is Us/ing Us// (4:30) media type="custom" key="4080775"

//R/evolution// (5:28) media type="custom" key="4080819"

Image Source: "Nice laptop on a glass table" by Damon Duncan