TeachT@lk Webinar: Teaching 21st Century Skills

Did you know that K12 schools are integrating 21st Century Skills and making broad shifts in education? These changes include integrating more real-world problem solving, peer collaborations, and innovative technologies into classrooms. In Tuesday's TeachT@lk webinar, our guest, David Roman, a K12 Education Specialist from Pinal County, helped us understand what these skills are, and what faculty should expect in future college students.

David introduced us to "P21" a framework for helping to develop 21st Century Learning, which includes these 3 skill areas:

• Life/career skills
• Learning/Innovation Skills



21CLD Collaboration Rubric

• Information/Media/Tech skills

The webinar also included an introduction to the 21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics, which describe 6 specific skills for higher education, including:

1. Collaboration
2. Knowledge construction 
3. Self-regulation
4. Real-world problem solving
5. Use of ICT (Information and Communications Technology)
6. Skilled communication

Participants practiced evaluating group projects, based on the Collaboration Rubric. Using a Google Form, and simple "Yes/No" questions they scored an assignment in order to understand what level of collaboration was involved, as well as ways to improve and increase the collaboration levels.

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Resources:

• Video Recording
• PowerPoints
• Exercise Handout
• 21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics
• Google Form Collaboration Rubric
• Google Form Knowledge Construction Rubric
• Mark Hofer's home page: