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The 21 st Century Learner & Educator

The 21 st Century Learner & Educator. UT-Tyler University Academy SC Angela Lassiter. Did you Know?. Farmers are checking soil moisture from their hand-held computers and factory workers are guiding robots . Did you Know?.

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The 21 st Century Learner & Educator

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  1. The 21st Century Learner & Educator UT-Tyler University Academy SC Angela Lassiter

  2. Did you Know? • Farmers are checking soil moisture from their hand-held computers and factory workers are guiding robots.

  3. Did you Know? • Free and universal access to information is increasing for all citizens, whose informed opinions are in turn shaping policy and fostering greater global democracy.

  4. Did you Know? • American students are bombarded daily with visual messages from the media…specifically targeted to tap into the billions of discretionary spending they control or influence.

  5. What does this mean? It means that we can no longer believe that simply ‘teaching’ isolated and independentcontentto our students will prepare them for a successful future.

  6. According to a study by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education… “A significant number of American teenagers from high school to take their next big steps toward adulthood… graduate unprepared

  7. “This group is a virtual underclass of students who are neither college-ready nor in an identifiable career… …They are likely to depart from high school having taken classes mainly from the high school general curriculum in which they received little to no job preparation or guidance.”

  8. But I am guiding and preparing them…every day. • Ask this question… What exactly am I preparing them for? • Tomorrow’s quiz? • Next week’s test? • The state assessment?

  9. Hmmm…??? What does it mean to be a 21st century learner? What does it mean to be a 21st century educator?

  10. Activity: At the table with your group, create a T-chart illustrating the difference in being a student vs. a 21st century learner. A 21st Century Learner… A student

  11. A 21st Century Learner… A student… Can pass a class Can inform & inspire others Can analyze, utilize, synthesize Can pass a test Can take notes Can collaborate effectively Can listen and behave Questions, learns and leads Will investigate and discover Can ask/answer questions Will be CAREER ready Can hold a job Is simply a student Is a DOer and a THINKer

  12. Overwhelmed? Intimidated? Apprehensive? No need to be…

  13. Surprise The SKILLS that 21st century learnersneed are not complex. Effective Communication Invested Inquiry Comprehensive approach & Cross-curricular instruction Critical Thinking Digital Literacy Problem Solving Independent Discovery Collaboration Time Management Logical Reasoning Use of real-world tools …and 21st century educatorsalready own these skills…we just need to expose our classrooms and students to them.

  14. 21st Century Skills • can be used any time in any field of study and any career path • are NOT content specific • guide students to be self-reliant, motivated, and responsible for their own __________ • facilitate inquiry, risk taking, creativity, curiosity, and discovery • enable participation in global communications • prepare students to adapt to new environments, systems, sciences, and technologies “…teach a man to fish…”

  15. Hmmm…??? What does it mean to be a 21st century learner? What does it mean to be a 21st century educator?

  16. AskYourself… Reflect on the classes you took or tasks assigned to you because they were important or necessary… * How did you approach those tasks? Now reflect on the classes/tasks you took on because you were curiousor wanted to know more… * How did this interest affect your end result, and more importantly, how did it affect you during the journey?

  17. ResultvsJourney The 21stcentury learner will appreciate ownership in an end product, but more importantly he or she will have practiced logical reasoning, problem solving, critical thinking, effective communication and collaboration, questioned, researched, discovered, analyzed, applied, created, inspired, informed, and will go on to educate others …just as you have done because at some point… your learning was meaningful & relevant to you.

  18. We’re ALL in this together.

  19. Resources • http://newswise.com/articles/degrees-of-failure-the-unprepared-high-school-graduate • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3D7O-ByLE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjgKzrkMetU • www.ncrel.org/engauge • Stock photos used from Google images

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