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21st Century Learning Skills
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21st Century Learning
The Alta Loma School District is committed to providing students with teaching and learning opportunitites that focus on much more than simply integrating technology. In order to meet the challenges of college, career, and citizenship in a Global Economy, students are being asked to think critically, ask questions, work well together, and communicate effectively. Strategies include creative and innovative approaches to learning through all of the content areas. To learn more about 21st Century learning, peruse the following.
21st Century Skills Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJIhZcAd0I
Traditional classroom
The 21st Century classroom
Desks in rows
Desks in groups for collaboration
Teacher as “lecturer”
Teacher as a facilitator for learning
Students soak up information
Students own and create their thinking
Teacher as the disseminator of knowledge and answers
Students create their own questions and answers
Chalk boards, Overhead projectors
Interactive with computers, response clickers, Mobi pads, iPad, iPods
Handouts and Worksheets
Online documents, Wiki’s, Videos, Google Docs, Interaction among classmates
Quick Links:
21st Century School Exemplars
http://www.p21.org/exemplar-program-case-studies
21st Century Skills in the Elementary Classroom