21st+Century+Skills

=21ST CENTURY SKILLZ--For this step, the instructions indicate that we should select 3 21st Century Skills to develop for //each// content area. And, I am pretty sure we do not have to cover all of the content areas.=

On this page, maybe brainstorm some ideas of the 21st Century Skills that might come into play when asking oneself, "How can I (we?) make the world a better place?" Under each of the content areas, we should enter three 21st Century skills. But which ones?

The entries here in blue seem well-suited to serve as examples for meaningful activities that we'll use to get the students to learn the 21st C. skills.

Use technology such as skypeing, internet, etc. to learn and communicate with other cultures around the world to get other perspectivies and build bridges between cultures.

Establish respectful boundaries for communicating with others on social networking sites while also teaching younger peers about the danger of online predators.

Use technology tools to produce public service announcements

=THE CONTENT AREAS= You can copy and paste the skills from this PDF--you will probably need to reformat them to be "normal" style using the little pull-down menu up top: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/AASL_LearningStandards.pdf

SOCIAL STUDIES
1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.

4.1.7 Use social networks and information tools to gather and share information.

3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners.

How can we bring the world together? How can we bring different cultures closer together through meeting and learning from one another through skype and other internet sources to make the world a better place? Middle School Social Studies (6th and 7th for other continents, 8th for other areas of NC).

LANGUAGE ARTS
2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings.

4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.

3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively.

What is a perfect society? English/High School level

SCIENCE
In what ways can we make our school campus more "Green"? Elementary School Science

2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real- world situations, and further investigations.

4.1.8 Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning.

3.1.1 Conclude an inquiry- based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning.

HEALTHFUL LIVING
How can we feed our community? K-12

1.1.9 Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding.

3.1.5 Connect learning to community issues.

3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess.