There are four important skills needed to become a global learner: being an independent learner who knows how to learn; having a passion and curiosity for learning; interacting positively with others; and nurturing both the right and left brain. To cultivate these skills, classrooms should integrate project-based learning, technology, and 21st century skills like problem solving, communication, and self-monitoring. When combined, these abilities will help make America's classrooms globally competitive by developing students' curiosity, passion, and people skills, which are more valuable than computer skills alone in today's world.

1. Making America globally competitive Kristen Davis

2. Key to Being Globally Competitive “In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.” - T.I. Friedman (The World is Flat, p. 302)

3. According to Friedman There are FOUR important skills to becoming a global learner

4. Enhancing Global Learners Be an independent learner know HOW to learn Have a passion and curiosity for all things Interact positively with people Nurture your Right brain as well as your Left

5. Learning HOW to Learn Constantly absorb new information

6. Learning HOW to Learn Learn a new way to do things

7. Learn HOW to Learn Be motivated to teach yourself

8. Learn HOW to Learn Learning

9. CP + PQ > IQ

10. Curiosity Quotient (CQ) + Passion Quotient (PQ) is greater than Intelligence Quotient (IQ) **Passionate teachers create kids with higher CQ’s and PQ’s**

12. Positive Interactions People skills will be and are MORE valuable than computer skills In the global world, you need to be able interact with people daily

13. Positive Classroom Environment Classroom should be a safe, loving environment Students need to be able to trust their teachers Teacher-student connection is KEY: more information will be learned

14. Nurture your Right brain as well as your Left brain

15. LEFT BRAINRIGHT BRAIN - analysis - synthesis - sequence - context - literalness - emotional expression

16. Globally Competitive Classrooms Should integrate: Project- based learning Technology 21st Century Skill

17. Project Based Learning Assessments through other means than tests: Presentations Labs/Investigations Research Projects Reports Create Products etc.

18. Technology Integrate technology in lessons through: Podcasts Smartboards Classroom Response System (CRS)

19. 21st Century Skills Learn independently Analyze and synthesize data Communicate well in different forms Apply learning to new situations Work in teams Find and organize information to problem solve Conduct investigations Self-monitor to improve one’s learning

20. “Right Stuff” These skills and abilities combined make up the “Right Stuff”to make America’s classrooms globally competitive.

21. Sources Friedman, T.L. (2006). The World is Flat. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Gircox. Darling-Hammond, L. and McCloskey, L. Assessment for Learning Around the World. Phi Delta Kappan 90.4 (2008): 263-72.