Developing 21 st Century Skills: Now for Later

1. Developing 21st Century Skills: Now for Later Virginia Career VIEW Fall 2012 Workshop

2. 21st Century Skills…?

3. Rethinking Learning Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner YouTube Video. McArthur Foundation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0xa98cy-Rw&feature=related. Accessed 24 October 2012.

4. “I think there is more of an emphasis on recruiting for soft skills like social and relationship skills than ever,” Jack Stack, chief executive of SRC Holdings in Springfield, Mo (NYT) NYT Article – Virginia Tech Carilion Dahl, D. A Sea of Job-Seekers, but Some Companies Aren’t Getting Any Bites. 27 June 2012. New York Times. www.nytimes.com. Accessed 4 September 2012. Harris, G. New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test. 10 July 2012. New York Times. www.nytimes.com. Accessed 4 September 2012. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute (VTC). www.vtc.vt.edu. Accessed 4 September 2012.

5. Learning and Innovation Skills • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and • Collaboration “…the 4Cs are a shorthand for all the skills needed for success in college, career, and life.” – P21 Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Framework for 21st Century Learning. www.p21.org/overview. Accessed 3 September 2012.

6. The Successful Worker Able to form relationships Master of content Independent thinkers Problem solvers Communicators Ethical Wordle. www.wordle.com. Accessed 4 September 2012.Dr. Mark Savickas, Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at NEOUCOM

7. President Barack Obama “I’m calling on our nation’s governors and state education chiefs to develop standards and assessments that don’t simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity.” CBS News, March 2009

8. Creativity • Creativity: the quality of being creative – merriam-webster.com • Creativity is the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others. – Robert E. Franken, Human Motivation • Creativity is generating new ideas and concepts, or making connections between ideas where none previously existed. – Mitchell Rigie and Keith Harmeyer, SmartStorming • Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought. – Einstein, quoted in Creativity, Design and Business Performance • Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. – Sir Ken Robinson • Creativity is the ability to generate innovative ideas and manifest them from thought into reality. The process involves original thinking and then producing. – Wikipedia

9. Creativity and Innovation CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM

10. Critical Thinking • Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness. – The Critical Thinking Community, www.criticalthinking.org • Critical thinking — in being responsive to variable subject matter, issues, and purposes — is incorporated in a family of interwoven modes of thinking, among them: scientific thinking, mathematical thinking, historical thinking, anthropological thinking, economic thinking, moral thinking, and philosophical thinking. – The Critical Thinking Community, www.criticalthinking.org • Critical thinking has long been a valued skill in society. Today, every student -not just the academically advanced- needs it. While critical thinking and problem solving used to be the domain of gifted students, now it’s a critical domain for every student. – Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society, NEA

11. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving CRITICAL THINKING IN THE CLASSROOM • individual interpretations • relate classroom material to the “real world” • challenge opinions – ask why? what if…? • research -> results • work out problems, explain solutions

12. Communication • Communication is a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior. – merriam-webster.com • Communication as we know it: writing, talking, using sign language, using codes, texting, emailing, blogging, videoing, phoning, facebooking, tweeting… • Communication is no different from any other aspect of civilization.  It lives and evolves; ever changing with the demands of society…This new form of media [social media] is changing culture and, with it creativity and collaboration. - NetCast Studio, Social Media Changing the Way We Do Business

13. Communication COMMUNICATION IN THE CLASSROOM • technology integration • interactive opportunities • presentation skills • flexibility conveying ideas • form relationships • require explanations • teach self-reflection

14. Collaboration • Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth. – Sir Ken Robinson • Collaboration is to work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. – thefreedictionary.com • Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together in an intersection of common goals--for example, an intellectual endeavor that is creative in nature-—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus. – Michael Sampson, Collaboration Strategist

15. Collaboration COLLABORATION IN THE CLASSROOM • emphasize interdependent roles • problem solving • diverse teams • self-evaluation and self-reflection • brainstorming • project-based learning • idea sharing

16. 21st Century Skills: VIEW Resources • Storytelling activity • Artifact activity • Career conversations • Goal setting • Interviews • Career Town -groups • Career Search - research • IDEAS kits (VT SOE)

17. Thank you, CRAYOLA! • 21st Century Skills CD • http://www.crayola.com • Contact Crayola • New CD coming soon!

18. Putting it all together…

19. Emily FielderVirginia Career VIEWfieldere@vt.edu