21st Century Skills and Distance Learning

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by mssigman

Having taken classes online and in the classroom and taught in the classroom both with computers and without computers I have learned a few things.
1. 21st century skills include CREATIVITY, collaboration, time management, problem solving…and a few others I can not name off the top of my head.  Students need to have a very different [...]

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What Skills are Most Important for Middle School

Posted on March 19th, 2009 by mssigman

As I have been ruminating about 21st Century Skills and my students I am trying to decide what skills are the most important that I should focus on at the middle school level.  The skills needed to be able to compete in the 21st Century workplace include…

creativity
collaboration
flexibility
research
communication using multiple formats
self-directed learning

Those are the ones that [...]

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Filed under: Middle School Science, Relevance, Technology Literacy