Development and adoption of project

1. Development and adoption of project • Cisco, Intel, Microsoft joint contribution to improve education • Joint company taskforce – 9 members • Dr Robert Kozma as consultant • Aim to improve 21st century skills • Define them clearly • Make them measurable • Connect with the classroom • Cisco, Intel Microsoft now supporting an international team ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org

2. Development and adoption of project PROJECT RATIONALE • Major Changes in the Economy and Work • Major Changes in Society and Everyday Life • Little Change in Education • The Need to Transform Assessment “Current assessments reflect typical pedagogical and assessment practices found in classrooms but they are also a key determiner of what students learn in classrooms and how that is taught. Consequently, assessment reform is key to the transformation of the educational system as a whole.” ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org

3. Assessment in 21st Century Existing models of assessment are typically at odds with the skills, knowledge, attitudes and characteristics of self-directed and collaborative learning that are increasingly important for our global economy and fast changing world. New assessments are needed that measure these skills and provide information that is needed by students, teachers, parents, administrators, and policymakers to catalyze and support systemic education reform. These assessments should engage students in the use of technology and digital resources and the application of a deep understanding of subject knowledge to solve complex, real world tasks and create new ideas, content, and knowledge. Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Education Taskforce Transforming Education: Assessing and Teaching the Skills Needed in the 21st Century A Call to Action

4. Engagement of countries and other companies • Founder Countries • Australia, Finland, Portugal, Singapore, UK, USA • Other countries can join • Collaborative electronic space • Other companies can fund work • If it fits the project’s program • If the company has relevant expertise • If the company agrees thatall results will be in the public domain, asCisco, Intel and Microsoft have. ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org

5. White papers developed in 2009 by working groups • Defining 21st Century Skills • Ms Senta Raizen, WestEd • Methodological Issues • Dr Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley • Technological Issues • Dr Beno Csapo, University of Szeged, Hungary • Classrooms and Formative Evaluation. • Dr John Bransford, University of WashingtonDr Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto • Policy Frameworks for New Assessments • Dr Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org

6. Defining 21st Century Skills

7. Defining 21st Century Skills

8. Defining 21st Century Skills

9. Defining 21st Century Skills • Conceptual structure • Ways of thinking • Creativity and innovation • Critical thinking, problem solving • Learning to learn, metacognition • Ways of working • Communication • Collaboration (teamwork) • Tools for working • Information literacy • ICT literacy • Living in the world • Citizenship – local and global • Life and career • Personal, social responsibility ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org

10. A framework for 21st century skills Assessments signal priorities for curriculum and instruction Teachers model the pedagogical approach Curriculum developers respond Schools and teachers tend to focus on what is tested rather than underlying standards or learning goals May encourage a one-time performance orientation and transmission-type teaching Instructional/teaching time is diverted to specific test preparation activities ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org

11. www.atc21s.org ATC21S Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills The University of Melbourne • Cisco • Intel • Microsoft • www.atc21s.org