1. Amy Rominiecki and Nina Kemps
21st Century Standards: What does that mean? How do they guide our programs?
Amy Rominiecki and Nina Kemps
NJ L4L Coordinators

2. Turn to Page 8 for answers

3. 21st Century Standards: What do you mean?

4. National Educational Technology Standards for Students (pg
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (pg. 9) © 2007 ISTE.
1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Research and Information Fluency
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and
Decision Making
5. Digital Citizenship
6. Technology Operations and Concepts

5. ISTE Student Friendly Standard Names Match Them!
Creativity and Innovation = Communication & Collaboration = Research and Information Fluency = Critical Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision Making = Digital Citizenship = Technology Operations & Concepts =

6. National Educational Technology Standards for Students

7. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

8. Common Beliefs (pg. 15) Reading is a window to the world.
Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
Ethical behavior in the use of information must be taught.
Technology skills are crucial for future employment needs.
Equitable access is a key component for education.

9. Common Beliefs
The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed.
The continuing expansion of information demands that all individuals acquire the thinking skills that will enable them to learn on their own.
Learning has a social context.
School libraries are essential to the development of learning skills.

10. Dispositions in Action
21st Century
Learners
(pg. 13)
Skills
Key abilities needed for understanding, learning, thinking, and mastering subjects.
Key Questions:
Does the student have the right proficiencies to explore a topic or a subject further?
Dispositions in Action
Ongoing beliefs and attitudes that guide thinking and intellectual behavior that can be measured through actions taken.
Key Question: Is the student disposed to higher-level thinking and actively engaged in critical thinking to gain and share knowledge?
Responsibilities Common behaviors used by independent learners in researching, investigating, and problem solving.
Key Question: Is the student aware that the foundational traits for 21st-century learning requires self-accountability that extends beyond skills and dispositions?
Self Assessment Strategies Reflections on one’s own learning to determine that the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities are effective.
Key Question: Can the student recognize personal strengths and weaknesses over time and become a stronger, more independent learner?

11. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples
SKILLS
INDICATORS
BENCHMARKS
GRADE 2 GRADE 5
GRADE 8 GRADE 10
GRADE 12

12. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples
DISPOSITIONS IN ACTION
INDICATORS
SAMPLE BEHAVIORS
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

13. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples
RESPONSIBILITIES
INDICATORS
SAMPLE BEHAVIORS
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

14. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples
SELF-ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
INDICATORS
SELF-QUESTIONING EXAMPLES
STUDENT

15. PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS (pg. 18)

16. PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
CORE SUBJECTS
English, reading or language arts
World languages
Arts
Mathematics
Economics
Science
Geography
History
Government and Civics
CORE THEMES
Global awareness
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
Civic literacy
Health literacy
Environmental literacy

17. PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation Skills
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
Communication and Collaboration Skills
Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) Literacy
Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self-Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility

18. 21st Century Standards: How do they guide our programs?

19. Break into Groups
Technology Teachers: Look at the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and *star the ones that relate to you (pg. 13)
Librarians: Look at the ISTE Standards and Performance Indicators for Students and *star the ones that relate to you (pg. 9)

20. Share Commonalities

21. How does this correlate to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills? (pg. 18)
Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation Skills
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
Communication and Collaboration Skills

22. How does this correlate to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills?
Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) Literacy

23. How does this correlate to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills?
Life and Career Skills
Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self-Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility

24. NEW JERSEY CORE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS 2009 (pg. 21)
Language Arts and Math revisions are waiting for the final version of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

25. NEW JERSEY CORE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS 2009

26. NEW JERSEY CCC TECHNOLOGY STANDARD 8.1
A. Technology Operations and Concepts The use of technology and digital tools requires knowledge and appropriate use of operations and related applications.
B. Creativity and Innovation The use of digital tools and media-rich resources enhances creativity and the construction of knowledge.
C. Communication and Collaboration Digital tools and environments support the learning process and foster collaboration in solving local or global issues and problems.

27. NEW JERSEY CCC TECHNOLOGY STANDARD 8.1
D. Digital Citizenship Technological advancements create societal concerns regarding the practice of safe, legal, and ethical behaviors.
E. Research and Information Literacy Effective use of digital tools assists in gathering and managing information.
F. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making Information accessed through the use of digital tools assists in generating solutions and making decisions.

28. NEW JERSEY CCC TECHNOLOGY STANDARD 8.2
A. Nature of Technology: Creativity and Innovation
B. Design: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making
C. Technological Citizenship, Ethics, and Society
D. Research and Information Fluency
E. Communication and Collaboration 
F. Resources for a Technological World
G. The Designed World

29. NEW JERSEY STANDARD CLARIFICATION PROJECT

30. NEW JERSEY LANGUAGE ARTS READING STANDARDS 9-12

31. NEW JERSEY STANDARD CLARIFICATION PROJECT
Language Arts Reading

32. NEW JERSEY STANDARD CLARIFICATION PROJECT
Language Arts Writing

33. 21st Century Standards: How do you keep up-to-date?

34. AASL Landmark and Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning

35. Bookmark of Best Websites for Teaching
Bookmark of Best Websites for Teaching *Star each site you have used √ Check each site you want to use

36. Assignment: (pg. 23)
At your table, share one unit you will adjust to include
the behaviors found within
21st-Century Standards.
(take notes)

37. Snapshots – Information Literacy http://www. informationliteracy

38. Use the Action Example Template to create a lesson plan (pg. 24-25)
Use the template to expand on the unit you just discussed.
Include:
Standards (state, AASL, ISTE)
Dispositions (pg )
Product
Types of instruction

39. Did we make it easier or harder to navigate?
The Maze of Standards
Did we make it easier or harder to navigate?

40. Questions/Comments Nina Kemps, Retired, SLMS nkemps@verizon.net
Amy Rominiecki, Seneca High School, SLMS

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