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September 27, 2007 12:03 PM
Did You Know Table Reflections
What do we think it means to prepare students for the 21ts century?
- If students are going to have 10-14 careers by the time they are 38, then we have go to start teaching skills and not just content.
- We still need some content, but we have to integrate those skills and strategies.
- We need to provide opportunities by teaching concepts that can apply to other areas.
- We need to shift away form hardwae/software. We know it will change. We need to teach these kids to be able to pick up new things and use them. Global competition will be a major factor.
- We need to be critical consumers and think why would we use this, what is our goal, is this just cool or is it useful.
- Helping students to realize there are a variety of methods and paths to create a finished product. Let them and teach them to make those choices.
- They need to learn to work collaboratively.
- They need to know how to plan, set a goal, find resources and support, take necessary steps.
- They need effective communication skills. They should be indentifying their audience. It could be the world.
- Web 2.0 and social networking allow students to communicate and collaborate regardless of location.
- We need to teach communication skills beyond text -- visual literacy and auditory literacy are equally important in the digital age.
Posted by jgingerich on September 27, 2007 at 12:03 PM in General | Comments (0)
