This document discusses the skills needed for 21st century careers and college readiness. It lists critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, information and media literacy, life and career skills as important 21st century skills. It also discusses differentiated instruction, which is recognizing students learn differently and using various activities and assessment methods to meet the learning needs of all students.

2. 21st Century Career & College
Ready Graduate
Build A Graduate – What Does A Graduate Look Like!

4. QR Code – Do You Know
Collaborative Activity
http://goo.gl/DyFg5M

5. Video – Teaching in the 21st
Century Classroom

7. 21st Century Skills
0 Learning and Innovation
Skills
0 Critical Thinking &
Problem-Solving
0 Communication &
Collaboration
0 Information, Media &
Technology
0 Media Literacy
0 Information, Communica
tions & Technology
Literacy
0 Life & Careers Skills
0 Initiative & Self-
Direction
0 Social & Cross-Cultural
Skills
0 Productivity &
Accountability

9. Differentiated Instruction
0 Recognizing students learn
in different ways
0 Respond to instruction in
different ways
0 Assessing students –
identify the learning needs
of students, use
assessment to inform
instruction, assessment
should be ongoing and
tightly linked to
instruction.
0 Use a variety of activities to
help students gain
understanding and assess
what they know
0 Provide several learning
options or different paths to
learning which help students
take in information and make
sense of concepts and skills
0 Provide appropriate levels of
challenge for all
students, including those who
are behind, advanced and in
the middle