[Compedsouth] Fwd: eSN: How are your 21st-century skills - Check them out at eSchool News

[Teresa Franklin]

Gradautes,

More on the 21st Century Skills (
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=119)
<http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=119)
we> we talked about in the chat last night.  It was great to talk to all of
you!

See e-School News below!

Dr. Franklin

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   Our country's global economic success in the future depends on K-20
graduates honing their "21st Century Skills." Today's tech-savvy generation
has no shortage of user-friendly devices...and they know how to use them.
But are they putting these tech skills to good use? You've heard of the 3Rs,
but what about the 5Cs such as critical thinking, creative problem solving,
communications, collaboration and cross-cultural relationship building?

Beginning in 2012, "tech literacy" will be added to our Nation's Report
Card. This means student proficiency in the application of technology will
be measured for the first time. It isn't just layering technology over
traditional core competencies, though. It's about totally integrating the
two for success in an increasingly competitive world.

In preparation for the coming technology assessment, educational leaders are
seeing heightened pressure to provide hard data on how well their students
are progressing, how effective their teachers are, and how technology
instruction is helping students solve real-world problems.

To help you prepare, *eSchool News* has compiled an extensive resource
library that addresses all these issues and provides first-hand experience
from educators who have successfully met the challenges. We invite you to
access this free *Educator Resource Center* right now to find out how your
students and teachers can pass the test on "21st Century Skills."

*-- The eSchool News Editors *



Thanks to financial support from Learning.com, you can:

   - Learn more about the Nation's first tech-literacy exam that will be a
   part of the National Assessment of Educational Programs, also known as the
   Nation's Report
Card.<http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/>


   - Discover what's needed in a "21st Century" Classroom and what's ahead
   for the future of education in a report from the Partnership for 21st
   Century Skills.<http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/>


   - See how the Arizona Department of Education added tech literacy
   accountability to its criteria for awarding competitive
grants.<http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/>


   - Examine new technology standards for teachers unveiled by ISTE
   (International Society for Technology in
Education).<http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/>


   - Check what the testers say in a report from ETS, the nonprofit group
   that created the SAT and other standardized tests, about what it means to be
   literate in the digital age.
   <http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/>


   - Read in a *Case Study* how one district used tech literacy data to help
   with a budget override to increase its bandwidth by showing the need for
   such a project.
   <http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/>

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Instructional Technology
Educational Studies Dept.
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Ohio University
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