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 21^st Century  by Claudia Wallis, Sonja Steptoe – Time, 2006

http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1568480,00.html

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

Tony Wagner –– 21^st Century Learning Skills and Presentation from Westport -2006

    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

21^st Century Skills Standards: A Partnership for 21^st Century Skills ePaper, 2007

http://china-us.us/studytours/pdf/KappanEdgeZhao.pdf

21^st-Century Curriculum and Instruction: A Partnership for 21^st Century Skills

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/21st_century_skills_curriculum_and_instruction.pdf

Virtual Schools and 21^st Century Skills by the North American Council on Online Learning, 2006

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3009.pdf

10 Unique Characteristics of 21^st Century Skills by Jim Carroll, 2006

http://streamer.espeakers.com/1/4071/29759.pdf

America Scouts Oversees to Boost Education Skills by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo and Sean Cavanagh, 2008

Assessing What Matters by Robert J. Sternberg, Educational Leadership-ASCD, 2008

http://tinyurl.com/5oxd4q

Authentic Learning for the 21^st Century: An Overview by Marilyn M. Lombardi, 2007

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3009.pdf

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

North Carolina Business Committee for Education –Survey Results , 2008

http://www.ncbce.org/uploads/docs/partner_survey.pdf

Standards for the 21^st-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

2¢ Worth:Teaching & Learning in the new information landscape – David Warlick’s Blog http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

 

Tapping Into the Collective Intelligence of the Read/Write Web in Education Learning Network http://advis.wikispaces.com/

 

Visual Literacy and 21^st Century Skills – A Wiki created by David Jakes

http://visuallit.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

 

Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson

http://weblogg-ed.com/

Websites 21st Century Learning Project  - Alabama Best Practices

http://bestpracticescenter.org/21stcentury.htm

Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Educators – Discovery Education

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

Read Write Think

http://www.readwritethink.org

Thinkfinity

http://www.thinkfinity.org

Books

Pink, Dan. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko:The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need. New York: Riverhead Books. 2006

Pink, Dan. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. New York: Riverhead Books. 2006

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 21^st Century. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Publishing, 2004.