21st Century Skills
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
21st Century Information Fluency Project http://21cif.imsa.edu/
21ST CENTURY CONNECTIONS: http://www.21centuryconnections.com/
Some articles, wikis and blogs shared with Westport staff focusing on "21st Century Skills"
How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 21st Century by Claudia Wallis, Sonja Steptoe – Time, 2006
A ’21-st Century Education’: What Does it Mean? by Marion Brady Education Week, 2008
http://peterpappas.blogs.com/copy_paste/files/a_21st_education__what_does_it_mean.pdf
Dan Pink –A Whole New Mind- Book Discussion Notes- K-12 Admin and Curriculum Leaders 200
Tony Wagner –– 21st Century Learning Skills and Presentation from
UNLEARNING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION
Don Leu --The New Literacies by Zach Miners and Angela Pascopella. Oct. 2007
http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1292
Don Leu -- New Literacies for New Times.. 2006
http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/event_files/New_Literacies_for_New_Times_handout.pdf
21st Century Skills. Developed by the Metiri Group in partnership with the NCREL
http://www.metiri.com/21st%20Century%20Skills/PDFtwentyfirst%20century%20skills.pdf
21st Century Skills Standards: A Partnership for 21st Century Skills ePaper, 2007
21st-Century Curriculum and Instruction: A Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/21st_century_skills_curriculum_and_instruction.pdf
Virtual Schools and 21st Century Skills by the North American Council on Online Learning, 2006
10 Unique Characteristics of 21st Century Skills by Jim Carroll, 2006
America Scouts Oversees to Boost Education Skills by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo and Sean Cavanagh, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5p9zql
Assessing What Matters by Robert J. Sternberg, Educational Leadership-ASCD, 2008
Authentic Learning for the 21st Century: An Overview by Marilyn M. Lombardi, 2007
Education in the Flat World: Implications of Globalization on Education by Yong Zhao, 2007
http://china-us.us/studytours/pdf/KappanEdgeZhao.pdf Audio version of article: http://faculty.unlv.edu/ckeeler/Audios/EducationintheFlatWorld.mp3
The New Literacy by Sara Armstrong and David Warlick, 2004
http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.php?articleID=47102021
http://www.ncbce.org/uploads/docs/partner_survey.pdf
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, AASL, 2007
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/AASL_Learning_Standards_2007.pdf
National Educational Technology Standards for Students, ISTE, 2007
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm
WIKIS AND BLOGS
http://bestpracticescenter.org/21stcentury.htm
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Educators – Discovery Education
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
Read Write Think
Thinkfinity
Books
Pink, Dan. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko:The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need.
Pink, Dan. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.
Warlick, David. Raw Materials for the Mind: A Teacher’s Guide to Digital Literacy. Landmark. Lulu Publishing. 2005 (All ITL SI participants will receive this in a digital format)
Warlick, David. Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century.