Do your students have the skills necessary to be 21st Century Learners? To help prepare our students for the 21st Century workforce, educators across the country are helping students develop the skills necessary to succeed in tomorrow’s workplace. These skills include critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Students are then encouraged to combine these essential skills with the traditional skills of reading, writing and arithmetic.
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LESSON PLANS
Communications Technologies
Science NetLinks
Grades 9-12 | Science
Understanding the communication technologies of the 21st Century.
Media Awareness
ARTSEDGE
Grades 5-8 | Media Awareness and Language Arts
Understanding images provided through the media, primarily advertising through print and on television.
Naming in a Digital World: Creating a Safe Persona on the Internet
ReadWriteThink
Grades 9 - 12 | Lesson
Students learn how to properly and safely represent themselves online.
INTERACTIVES
Doodle Splash
ReadWriteThink
K - 12 | Language Arts
Use interactive technology to create drawings.
Get the Turtle to the Pond
Illuminations
Grades K-2 | Mathematics
Creative problem solving that encourages collaboration.
National Budget Simulation
EconEdLink
Grades 9-12 | Economics
Critical thinking and problem solving are encouraged as students simulate the national debt.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
21st Century Schools: Learning in the Digital Age
Verizon Thinkfinity
Educators
Learn how teachers are using technology and other digital media in the classroom.
Digital Nation
Verizon Thinkfinity
Educators | Parents
Digital workshops for parents and educators.
Pathways for 21st Century Literacies
ReadWriteThink
Educators
A yearlong professional development program focusing on what a 21st century curriculum and classroom practices look like.