The Partnership for 21st Century Skills website is very inspiring! My first reaction to the website was that it had a lot of information that was very useful to focus on future skills that will be taught in education.
The concept of bringing the business world, educators, policy makers, community and government leaders together sounds like a miracle. It is good to know that there is something in the works to help education identify the exact expectations needed to be successful in technology, business, education, and society.
I found the list of members and partners to be a refined group that can and will have a great influence on things to come. It was startling that there were only 10 states listed in the initiative section. Hopefully more states will plan to become involved and help achieve the educational goals listed on the website.
As I looked at the states listed, I questioned why my state was not among the 10 and why we continue to create curriculum standards instead of implementing the national skills to build strong K-12 programs in the U.S.?
Looking at this site, I realized there are a few things that I find difficult to accept, like the concept of most students using self-direction and analyzing situations for understanding and decision making for unforeseen events and incidents. Judgments like these come from experience through life-long encounters and experience or am I looking at this from the wrong perspective?
I do think teaching social and personal skills are necessary for success. Sometimes the use of technology can make certain tasks very impersonal, items such as e-mail, faxes, blogs, chat rooms and certain shared documents can indicate the wrong tone from the message sent to the receiver of the message.
As a teacher, I need to make sure that I am exposing my students to adequate program studies, assignments and assessments to prepare them for 21st Century standards they will need to comprehend with new technologies being used.
I found the list of members and partners to be a refined group that can and will have a great influence on things to come. It was startling that there were only 10 states listed in the initiative section. Hopefully more states will plan to become involved and help achieve the educational goals listed on the website.
As I looked at the states listed, I questioned why my state was not among the 10 and why we continue to create curriculum standards instead of implementing the national skills to build strong K-12 programs in the U.S.?
Looking at this site, I realized there are a few things that I find difficult to accept, like the concept of most students using self-direction and analyzing situations for understanding and decision making for unforeseen events and incidents. Judgments like these come from experience through life-long encounters and experience or am I looking at this from the wrong perspective?
I do think teaching social and personal skills are necessary for success. Sometimes the use of technology can make certain tasks very impersonal, items such as e-mail, faxes, blogs, chat rooms and certain shared documents can indicate the wrong tone from the message sent to the receiver of the message.
As a teacher, I need to make sure that I am exposing my students to adequate program studies, assignments and assessments to prepare them for 21st Century standards they will need to comprehend with new technologies being used.
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Deborah, I also think the same way that teaching social and personal skills are essential for our students to succeed. We can not depend completely on communication technologies which may –as you said– indicate the wrong tone from the message to the receiver. Also we need to teach our students to be sensitive to what they find on the internet because not all of the information found online is true; they have to make a judgment according to what they know that it is true.
First off, I must say that I like that you posted a picture from the site into your blog post. I agree with you that it is hard to find things to dislike about this organization and their website.
You stated that it is the teachers responsibility to make sure that they are exposing their students to technologies within their classroom so that they are ready for the 21st century and their future way of life. I agree that we, as teachers must take on this task. Even if we do not feel confident with this style of teaching, it is our responsibility to set our students up for success in their future.
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