21st+Century+Skills

(2002) To serve as a catalyst to position 21st century readiness at the center of US K12 education by building collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders.
 * Our Mission: ||  ||
 * __**Mission Statement** __

__**Twenty-First Century Children** __ Every child in the U.S. needs 21st century knowledge and skills to succeed as effective citizens, workers and leaders. This can be accomplished by fusing the three Rs and four Cs.

There is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they need in typical 21st century communities and workplaces.

To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by fusing the three Rs and four Cs:


 * The three Rs include: English, reading or language arts; mathematics; science; foreign languages; civics; government; economics; arts; history; and geography.
 * The four Cs include: critical thinking and problem solving; communication, collaboration; and creativity and innovation.

As the three Rs serves as an umbrella for other subjects, the four Cs do for other skills. ||

National Educational Standards for Students & Teachers (published by the International Society for Technology in Education, ISTE)

"Like a three cord rope, learning consists of three intertwined cords - the teacher, the student and a medium. It is only together that they form an effective rope or learning experience. Computer-based tasks in the classroom, used wisely, can provide a series of teachable moments and the opportunity to explore, expand and emerge into new ways of learning, participating and thinking" (Carroll 2011).

=What is TPACK? = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Technological [|Pedagogical Content Knowledge] (TPACK) attempts to [|the nature of knowledge] required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of [|teacher knowledge]. At the heart of the TPACK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: Content (CK), Pedagogy (PK), and Technology (TK). See Figure above. As must be clear, the TPACK framework builds on [|Shulman] ’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (www.tpck.org).

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