The 21st Century Teacher

and Learner
K to 12 classifications of the 21st Century Skills

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Curriculum Exits

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Curriculum Exits

1. Visual and information 1. Creativity and curiosity 1. Collaboration and 1. Flexibility and
literacies 2. Critical thinking interpersonal skills adaptability
2. Media literacy problem solving skills 2. Initiative and self-
direction
3. Basic, scientific, 3. Risk taking
3. Social and cross-
economic and cultural skills
technological literacies
4. Productivity and
and multicultural accountability
literacy
5. Leadership and
4. Global awareness responsibility
6. Ethical, moral and
spiritual values

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Learning
and
Innovation
Skills
Creativity and innovation

Critical thinking and problem solving

Communication and collaboration

 Info,
Media,
Tech
skills
Access and evaluate
information
Use and manage information
Analyze media
Create media products
Apply technology effectively
Life and
Career
Skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Initiative and self-direction
Social and cross-cultural skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and responsibility
 Characteristics of a 21st Century Learner

Knowledge Network for Innovations in

Learning and Teaching (KNILT) by Palfrey and Gasser

http://tccl.rit.albany.edu/knilt/index.php/Unit_1_-
_The_21st_Century_Learner http://roryjonmanning.com/Scholar.html

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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor 21st Century Educators are able to adapt

The Communicator 1. the curriculum and the requirements

to teach to the curriculum in
The Learner imaginative ways;
2. software and hardware designed for
The Visionary a business model into tools utilizable
by a variety of age groups and
The Leader abilities to a dynamic teaching
experience.
The Model 3. teaching style to be inclusive of
different modes of learning.
The Collaborator

The Risk taker

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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor

The Communicator The 21st Century teacher, as a

communicator, must be fluent in
The Learner
tools and technologies that enable
The Visionary communication and collaboration
anywhere, anytime. They do not only
The Leader know how to do communication, they
also know how to facilitate, stimulate,
The Model control, moderate, and manage
The Collaborator communication.

The Risk taker

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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor

The Communicator
The 21st Century teacher, as a
The Learner learner, must
be lifelong learners;
The Visionary continue to absorb
experiences and knowledge;
The Leader endeavor to stay current;
change and learn as the
The Model
horizons and landscape
The Collaborator changes.

The Risk taker

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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor The 21st Century teacher, as a visionary,
must have rich imagination to:
The Communicator see the potential in, grasp, and
manipulate the emerging tools and
The Learner web technologies;
look at others ideas and envisage
The Visionary how they would use these in their
class;
The Leader looks across the disciplines and
through the curricula and make
The Model links that reinforce and value
learning in other areas; and
The Collaborator make other fields as leverage to
reinforce their own teaching and
The Risk taker the learning of their students
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor
The 21st Century teacher, as a
The Communicator leader,
leads by example by
The Learner
championing processes and
The Visionary modeling skillswalks the talk;
is an advocator, early adopter
The Leader
a maverick;
The Model set clear goals and objectives
crucial to the success of a
The Collaborator
project
The Risk taker
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor The 21st Century teacher, as a
model, should model
The Communicator
the behaviors that they expect from
The Learner their studentstolerance,
acceptance, a wider view than just
The Visionary their curricula areas, global
awareness, and reflection
The Leader
reflective practice by monitoring and
The Model evaluating their teaching via blogs,
twitter and other medium where
The Collaborator educators can look both inwards and
outwards
The Risk taker
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor

The Communicator
The 21st Century teacher, as a
The Learner collaborator, must be able to
leverage collaborative tools like
The Visionary Linkedin, Ning, Blogger, Wikispaces,
The Leader Bebo, MSN, MySpace, Slideshare,
Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook
The Model to enhance and captivate our
learners
The Collaborator Share, contribute, adapt and invent
using these collaborative tools
The Risk taker
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 Characteristics of a 21st Century Teacher
The Adaptor The 21st Century teacher, as a risk
taker, must
The Communicator
have a vision of what s/he wants and
The Learner what the technology can achieve to
be able to identify goals and facilitate
The Visionary learning
take risks and sometimes surrender to
The Leader the students knowledge and use the
strengths of these digital natives to
The Model
understand and navigate
The Collaborator products
have students teach each other
The Risk taker
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 What must 21st century teachers do to
develop critical thinking in students?

Commitment
Competence
Creativity
Compassion
Character
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 21st Century Teaching and Learning
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IDEAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

1.Teachers and students are all learners
2.The focus is more on questions, less on answers
3.Understanding is more important than knowing
4.Innovation and exploration are part of learning
5.We connect and learn with the world

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%20Century%20Teaching%20and%20Learning.pdf
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 21st Century Teaching and Learning
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21st century teaching and learning must
be based on the following broad skills:
1.Collaborative inquiry to solve real and
relevant problems
2.Creativity and innovation
3.Critical thinking and
problem-solving
4.Communication

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 21st Century Teaching and Learning
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Technology, then, is what supports and enables
this kind of learning and engages students by:
1.Providing learninganywhere, anytime
2.Supporting teacher innovation and capacity
building
3.Enhancing equity of access through the use of
personal devices and internet resources
4.Using social media to support inquiry and
communication while building social
responsibility and digital literacy
5.Strengthening connections with parents

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20th Century Learning VS 21st Century Learning

20th Century Learning = learning content

21st Century Learning = learning the tools and skills to
remake the content to become the
producer and creator
~Diana Rhoten

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Some Quick Suggested
TECHNOLOGY TOOLS
Provide crossword and word search puzzles for
your students in order to address vocabulary
or to introduce new topics in your lessons.

You may visit this site:

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
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RUBISTAR www.rubistar.4teachers.org
 "The greatest sign of a success for a
teacher...is to be able to say, "The
children are now working as if I did
not exist.
Maria Montessori
 Thank You!

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