21c_frameworks

21st Century Skills
For an overview of 21st century skills and concepts, check out this [|series of video tutorials]. They address the following questions.
 * What are the common themes and concepts that tie all the models and frameworks together?
 * What is meant by "21st century skills" and why is knowing about them important?
 * What does the concept or skill look like in practice?
 * How can I make it work in my classroom?

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Route 21 was created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education. The organization brings together the business community, education leaders, and policymakers to define a powerful vision for 21st century education to ensure every child's success as citizens and workers in the 21st century. The Partnership encourages schools, districts and states to advocate for the infusion of 21st century skills into education and provides tools and resources to help facilitate and drive change.

====The [|enGauge 21st Century Skills] were developed through a process that included literature reviews, research on emerging characteristics of the Net-Generation, a review of current reports on workforce trends from business and industry, analysis of nationally recognized skill sets, input from educators, data from educator surveys, and reactions from constituent groups. Sources are listed and cross-matched in a matrix included in the full report. ====

[|Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow - Today (ACOT2)] is a collaborative project to help high schools get closer to creating the kind of learning environment this generation of students needs, wants, and expects so they will stay in school.

ACOT2 assumes as its starting point that time-honored yet outmoded approaches to education and education reform must be replaced with new and creative ways of thinking about designing learning environments for this generation of students.

National Educational Technology Standards • Administrators
The primary goal of the [|NETS Project] is to enable stakeholders in PK–12 education to develop national standards for educational uses of technology that facilitate school improvement. The NETS Project works to define standards for students, integrating curriculum, technology, and standards for student assessment and evaluation of technology use.

Today's Kids
Today's kids are born digital -- born into a media-rich, networked world of infinite possibilities. But their digital lifestyle is about more than just cool gadgets; it's about engagement, self-directed learning, creativity, and empowerment. The [|Digital Generation Project] tells their stories so that educators and parents can understand how kids learn, communicate, and socialize in very different ways than any previous generation.