The 21 st Century Learner & Educator UT-Tyler University Academy SC Angela Lassiter

DID YOU KNOW? Farmers are checking soil moisture from their hand-held computers and factory workers are guiding robots.

Free and universal access to information is increasing for all citizens, whose informed opinions are in turn shaping policy and fostering greater global democracy. DID YOU KNOW?

American students are bombarded daily with visual messages from the media…specifically targeted to tap into the billions of discretionary spending they control or influence.

isolatedindependent content It means that we can no longer believe that simply ‘teaching’ isolated and independent content to our students will prepare them for a successful future. What does this mean?

According to a study by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education…

…They are likely to depart from high school having taken classes mainly from the high school general curriculum in which they received little to no job preparation or guidance.”

But I am guiding and preparing them…every day. Ask this question… What exactly am I preparing them for? Tomorrow’s quiz? Next week’s test? The state assessment?

HMMM…??? What does it mean to be a 21 st century learner ? educator What does it mean to be a 21 st century educator ?

A 21 st Century Learner…A student

A 21 st Century Learner… Can inform & inspire others A student… Can pass a class Can analyze, utilize, synthesize Can pass a test Can collaborate effectively Can take notes Questions, learns and leadsCan listen and behave Will investigate and discover Can ask/answer questions Will be CAREER ready Can hold a job Is simply a student

Overwhelmed? Intimidated? Apprehensive?

learners The SKILLS that 21 st century learners need are not complex. educators …and 21 st century educators already own these skills…we just need to expose our classrooms and students to them.

21 ST CENTURY SKILLS can be used any time in any field of study and any career path are NOT content specific guide students to be self-reliant, motivated, and responsible for their own __________ facilitate inquiry, risk taking, creativity, curiosity, and discovery enable participation in global communications prepare students to adapt to new environments, systems, sciences, and technologies “…teach a man to fish…”

HMMM…??? learner What does it mean to be a 21 st century learner ? What does it mean to be a 21 st century educator ?

ASK YOURSELF … importantnecessary Reflect on the classes you took or tasks assigned to you because they were important or necessary … * How did you approach those tasks? curious wanted to know Now reflect on the classes/tasks you took on because you were curious or wanted to know more… * How did this interest affect your end result, and more importantly, how did it affect you during the journey?

RESULT vs JOURNEY The 21 st century learner will appreciate ownership in an end product, but more importantly he or she will have practiced logical reasoning, problem solving, critical thinking, effective communication and collaboration, questioned, researched, discovered, analyzed, applied, created, inspired, informed, and will go on to educate others …just as you have done because at some point… your learning was meaningful & relevant to you.

We’re ALL in this together.

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