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Today’s Schedule
8:30-9:15 – Breakfast, Conversation, and
Housekeeping
9:15-9:30 – Samples of Critical Thinking
and Problem Solving & Creativity and
Innovation
9:30-11:45 – Communication, Collaboration
11:45-12:45 – Working lunch
12:45-2:30 – Information Literacy
2:30-3:00 – Summary: OH, AHA!, OMG!
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Partnership
for 21st Century Skills:
  Review of What You
Should Know About:
    Creativity &
     Innovation,
 Critical Thinking &
 Problem Solving

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What We’re “Learning”
  Interdisciplinary Themes
        Global Awareness
Financial, Economic, Business and
      Entrepreneurial Literacy
           Civic Literacy

         Health Literacy

     Environmental Literacy
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Definition
collaboration (kəˌlæbəˌreʃən)
                        ɪ
—n (often followed by on, with, etc)
1. the act of working with another or others on a joint project
2. something created by working jointly with another or others
3. the act of cooperating as a traitor, especially with an enemy
occupying one's own country
    Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Collaborative
                        Language Learning
• Collaborative Language Learning tends to be more
  student centered – the teacher as the facilitator
• Cooperative Learning implies a classroom that
  focuses on students working together to reach a
  common goal rather than engaging in a competition
• Benefits of collaboration:
  – a) stretches limited resources
  – b) requires leadership – builds social skills
  – c) ??
Collaborative
                       Language Learning
• Objective: foster students’ critical thinking skills in a
  non-competitive collaborative classroom
  environment
• Tools: Social Networking, blogging, discussion,
  projects problem sets, and ?
• Tasks: Group projects, group work, mini-dialogs,
  skits, student teaching, and ?
• Success depends on organization of activity:
  warm-up, accountability, instructions, social skills,
  structure, follow-up
     • Mutual support within the group – positive
       interdependence not codependence
     • Similar to improv theater/drama pedagogy:
            a) Make your partner look good
            b) anything goes: no criticism
Example – Game
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What is Information Literacy?
      • Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find,
        retrieve, analyze, and use information. Information literacy
        equips [students] with the critical skills necessary to become
        independent lifelong learners. –Association of College and
        Research Libraries

      • Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when
        there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate,
        evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or
        problem at hand. Simply put, information literacy is the key
        competency needed to enhance K-16 academic
        performance, engage patient personal responsibility, improve
        workplace performance and productivity, and compete
        effectively in a dynamically evolving world marketplace. --
        National Forum on Information Literacy

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    Today’s Schedule 8:30-9:15 –Breakfast, Conversation, and Housekeeping 9:15-9:30 – Samples of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving & Creativity and Innovation 9:30-11:45 – Communication, Collaboration 11:45-12:45 – Working lunch 12:45-2:30 – Information Literacy 2:30-3:00 – Summary: OH, AHA!, OMG! 3
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    Partnership for 21st CenturySkills: Review of What You Should Know About: Creativity & Innovation, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving 4
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    What We’re “Learning” Interdisciplinary Themes Global Awareness Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy Environmental Literacy 5
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    Definition collaboration (kəˌlæbəˌreʃən) ɪ —n (often followed by on, with, etc) 1. the act of working with another or others on a joint project 2. something created by working jointly with another or others 3. the act of cooperating as a traitor, especially with an enemy occupying one's own country Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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    Collaborative Language Learning • Collaborative Language Learning tends to be more student centered – the teacher as the facilitator • Cooperative Learning implies a classroom that focuses on students working together to reach a common goal rather than engaging in a competition • Benefits of collaboration: – a) stretches limited resources – b) requires leadership – builds social skills – c) ??
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    Collaborative Language Learning • Objective: foster students’ critical thinking skills in a non-competitive collaborative classroom environment • Tools: Social Networking, blogging, discussion, projects problem sets, and ? • Tasks: Group projects, group work, mini-dialogs, skits, student teaching, and ? • Success depends on organization of activity: warm-up, accountability, instructions, social skills, structure, follow-up • Mutual support within the group – positive interdependence not codependence • Similar to improv theater/drama pedagogy: a) Make your partner look good b) anything goes: no criticism
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    What is InformationLiteracy? • Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information. Information literacy equips [students] with the critical skills necessary to become independent lifelong learners. –Association of College and Research Libraries • Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand. Simply put, information literacy is the key competency needed to enhance K-16 academic performance, engage patient personal responsibility, improve workplace performance and productivity, and compete effectively in a dynamically evolving world marketplace. -- National Forum on Information Literacy 29
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