4. 21st
Century Skills
• Teaches 21st century skills
discretely in the context of core
subjects and 21st century
interdisciplinary themes
• Focuses on providing opportunities
for applying 21st century skills
across content areas and for a
competency-based approach to
learning
• Enables innovative learning
methods that integrate the use of
supportive technologies, inquiry-
and problem-based approaches
and higher order thinking skills
• Encourages the integration of
community resources beyond
school walls
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org
5. Student Outcomes
• Core Subjects and 21st
Century Themes
• Learning and
Innovation Skills
• Information, Media and
Technology Skills
• Life and Career Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org
6. R U havN trouble rEDN
DIS? iz it makin U :-||,
^set, Grr? DIS iz d way
kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ
4 dem. dey luv it. dey luv
it mo wen U spk thR
lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.
7. 20/200
O 1
20/100
M G 2
20/70
L O L 3
20/50
R O F L 4
20/40 L 8 R P O S 5
20/30 U R A N O O B
6
20/20
L M A O T T F N
7
20/15
K T H X B Y E : P
8
8. Data from Kaiser Family Foundation Study, 2005
R U havN trouble rEDN
DIS? iz it makin U :-||,
^set, Grr? DIS iz d way
kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ
4 dem. dey luv it. dey luv
it mo wen U spk thR
lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.
Are you having trouble
reading this? Is it making
you mad, upset, angry?
This is the way kids talk.
Seriously. It is easy for
them. They love it. They
love it more when you
speak their language. At
least a little bit.
9.
10.
11. The Shift
• Consuming
• Authority
• Expert
• Lecture
• Access to information
• Learning about
• Passive
• Presentation
• Publication
• Formal schooling
• Supply-push
• Producing
• Transparency
• Facilitator
• Hallway
• Access to people
• Learning to be
• Passionate
• Participation
• Conversation
• Lifelong learning
• Demand-pull
http://www.stevehargadon.com/2008/03/web-20-is-future-of-education.html
12. Siemens
We Can Change the World Challenge
• Empower your students to find solutions to
environmental problems in their own backyards and
have them become true Agents of Change!
www.wecanchange.com
13. Siemens
We Can Change the World Challenge
• The Challenge is designed to help your students work
together to solve an environmental problem in their…
– Classroom (K-2)
– School (3-5)
– Community (6-8)
– Beyond the Community (9-12)
www.wecanchange.com
14. Siemens
We Can Change the World Challenge
• Learn About the Challenge
www.wecanchange.com
including the prizes…
15. Siemens
We Can Change the World Challenge
TEAM PRIZES
• 1st
Place - $50,000 scholarship + finalist pack
• 2nd
Place - $25,000 scholarship + finalist pack
• 3rd
Place - $10,000 scholarship + finalist pack
TEACHER/MENTOR PRIZES
• 1st
Place - $5,000 grant + free registration to the
next NSTA National (or Regional) Conference +
finalist pack
• 2nd
Place - $1,000 grant + free registration to the
next NSTA National (or Regional) Conference +
finalist pack
• 3rd
Place - $500 grant + free registration to the
next NSTA National (or Regional) Conference +
finalist pack
MORE PRIZES
• 51 state finalists - Free 1 year membership to
NSTA, a 12-month subscription to DE science,
and a finalist pack
• First 100 teams who enter receive DVD
www.wecanchange.com
