21 ST CENTURY SKILLS IN TODAY’S CLASSROOM By: Ashley Darr

Solution Fluency  Use creativity to problem solve  The 4Ds:  Define the problem: ask probing questions  Design a solution: after asking the questions, strategize how they can be answered (plan)  Develop: carry out the work of the plan  Debrief: determine the effectiveness of the work done; were the questions answered?

Solution Fluency: Lemonade Stand  With a partner, students will complete a simulation, trying to earn the highest profit  Students decide:  How much product to buy  How to prepare the lemonade  How much to sell the lemonade for and more  Students determine their success and explain

Information Fluency  Effectively find digital resources pertaining to a desired topic  Use search skills and terms efficiently  Have knowledge of a variety of tools to access information  Assess reliability and usefulness of information found  Determine what information is relevant  Detect possible bias or inaccuracy

Information Fluency: Technology of the Past, Today, and Tomorrow  Students will choose a form of technology and research it. They will determine:  What the object was like in the past  What the object is like now and how it has changed  Based on the evolution of the object, what will it be like in the future

Collaboration Fluency  Working together skillfully and cooperatively, as a team  Working with various partners; both in face-to-face and online environments

Collaboration Fluency: Character Life Box  During the Holocaust unit and after reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “All But My Life,” students will work in groups to:  Research a person from either story to gain more information  Create a Character Box of clues and props pertaining to the person researched  Present their Character Box

Creativity Fluency  Adding meaning by incorporating design, art, and storytelling techniques.  Using the imagination to create  Artistic creation  More than just functionality

Creative Fluency: Digital Story Books  Students will work collaboratively to create digital story books for the 4K class. Students will:  Write a story  Edit or create pictures  Edit or create audio  Use animations to enhance story

Media Fluency  Critically look at media and…  Interpret message  Ascertain how it shapes thinking  Assess effectiveness of message  Create and publish unique digital products  Determine message and choose most applicable media or presentation tool to

Media Fluency: The Giver and reading blogs  While reading The Giver, as a class, students will keep their own blogs, posting their thoughts about the story and its issues and answering reflective journal questions.  Students will also browse various media websites to keep up with current events or research to learn about other societies, making connections with their reading

Digital Citizenship  Leadership, ethics, accountability, fiscal responsibility, environmental awareness, global citizenship, and personal responsibility.  Consistency in personality  Be the same person online as you are in a face-to-face situation  Understand that people online may not really be who they say they are (Meinhardt, 2010)

 Students will create websites and a presentation (video or poster) while studying the various aspects of Internet Safety. The unit will include:  Keeping personal information private  How to be smart online…talking to people you know, not friending unknown people  Cyber bullying…how to follow rules of netiquette Digital Citizenship: Internet Safety Web Sites ("Internet safety," 2012)

What does this all mean? (Kraft, 2010)

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