The 21st century Digital Learner

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The 21 century dawned as the beginning
of the Digital Age - a time of
unprecedented growth in technology and
its subsequent information explosion.
Never before have the tools for
information access and management
made such impact on the way we live,
work, shop, and play.
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1. Creativity and Innovation
Using knowledge and understanding to create
new ways of thinking in order to find solutions
to new problems and to create new products
and services.
Think Creatively
• Use wide range of idea creation techniques
{ such as brainstorming}
• Create new and worthwhile ideas { both
incremental and radical concepts}

• Elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate ideas
in order to improve and maximize creative
efforts
• Demonstrate imagination and curiosity
Work Creatively with Others
• Develop, implement, and communicate newe
ideas to others effectively
• Be open and responsive to new and diverse
perspectives; incorporate group input and
feedback into the work

• Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in
work and understand the real world limits to
adopting new ideas
• View failures as an opportunity to learn;
understand that creativity and innovation is a
long-term, cyclical process of small successes
and frequent mistakes
Implement Innovations
Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and
useful contribution to the field in which the
innovation will occur

2. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Applying higher order thinking to new problems and
issues
Reason Effectively
• Use various of reasoning
Use Systems Thinking
• Analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other
Make Judgements and Decisions
• Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence,
arguments, claims, and beliefs
• Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view
• Synthesize and make connections between
information and arguments

• Interpret information and draw conclusions
based on the best analysis
• Reflect critically on learning experiences and
processes
Solve Problems
• Solve different kinds of non-familiar problems
in both conventional and innovative ways
• Identify and ask significant questions that
clarify various points of view and lead to
better solutions

3. Communication
Communicating effectively in a wide variety of
forms and context for a wide range of
purposes and using multiple media and
technologies.
Communicate Clearly
• Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using
oral, written, and nonverbal communication
skills in a variety of forms and contexts

• Listen effectively to decipher meaning,
including knowledge, values, attitudes, and
intentions
• Use communication for a range of purposes
( e.g., to inform, instruct, motivate, and
persuade ) and in diverse enviroments
(including multi-lingual )
• Utilize multiple media and technologies, and
know how to judge their effectiveness a prior
as well as asses their impact

4. Collaboration
Working with others respectfully and
effectively to create, use and share
knowledge, solutions and innovations.
Collaborate with Others
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and
respectfully with diverse teams
• Exercise flexibiity and willingness to be helpful
in making necessary compromises to
accomplish a common goal

5. Information Management
Accessing, analyzing, synthesizing, creating and
sharing information from multiple sources.
6. Effective Use of Technology
 Creating the capacity to identify and use technology
efficiently, effectively and ethically as a tool to access,
organize, evaluate and share information
7. Career and Life Skills
Developing skills for becoming self-directed,
independent learners and workers who can adapt to
change, manage projects, take responsibilty for their
work, lead others and produce results.

8. Cultural Awareness
Developing cultural competence in working
with others by recognizing and respecting
cultural differences and work with others from
a wide range of cultural and social
backgrounds.
Infomation, Media and Technology Skills
INFORMATION LITERACY
Access and Evaluate Information
• Access information efficiently ( time ) and
effectively ( sources )
• Evaluate information criticaly and competently

Use and Manage Information
•Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or
problem at hand
•Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of
sources
•Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal
issues surrounding the access and use of information
MEDIA LITERACY
Analyze Media
•Understand both how and why media messages are
constructed and for what purposes
•Examine how individuals interpret messages differently,
how values and points of view are include or exclude, and
how media can influence beliefs and behaviors
•Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal
issues surrounding the accee and use of media

Create Media Products
•Understand and utilize the most appropriate
media creation tools, characteristics, and
conventions
•Understand and effectively utilize the most
appropriate media expressions and interpretations,
and diverse, multi-cultural environments
ICT ( INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND
TECHNOLOGY ) LITERACY
Apply Technology Effectively
•Use technology as atool to search, organize,
evaluate, and communicate information

• Use digital technologies,communication/
networking tools, and social networks
appropriately to access, manage, integrate,
evaluate, and create information to successfully
function in a knowledge economy.
• Apply a fundamental understanding of the
ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and
use of information technologies.

The 21 Century Teacher
1. The Adaptor
They must also be able to adapt software and
hardware designed for a business model into tools
utilizable by a variety of age groups and abilities.
They must also be able to a dynamic teaching
experience. When it all goes wrong in the middle of a
class, when the technologies fail, the show must go
on.
As an educator, they must understand and apply
different learning styles.They must also be able to
adapt our teaching style to be inclusive of different
modes of learning.
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2. The Visionary
They must see the potential in the emerging
tools and web technologies, grasp these and
manipulate them to serve their needs.
The visionary teacher can look at others ideas
and envisage how they would use these in
their class.
The visionary also looks across the disciplines
and through the curricula. They can make
links that reinforce and value learning in other
areas, and leverage other fields to reinforce
their own teaching and the learning of their
students.

3. The Collaborator
Ning,Blogger,Wikispaces,Bebo, MSN,
MySpace, Second life - as an educator we
must be able to leverage these collaborative
tools to enhance and captivate our learners.
We too, must be collaborators; sharing,
contributing, adapting and inventing.

4.The Risk taker
A 21 Century Educator must take risks and
some times surrender yourself to the students
knowledge.
Have a vision of what you want and what the
technology can achieve, identify the goals and
facilitate the learning.
Use the strengths of the digital natives to
understand and navigate new products, have
the students teach each other.
The learning pyramid shows that the highest
retention of knowledge comes from teaching
others. Trust
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5. The Learner
We expect our students to be long learners. How
many schools have the phrase "life long learners"
in their mission and objectives. We too must
absorb new possibilities and experiences.
6.The Communicator
 The 21 century teachers are fluent in tools and
technologies that enable communication and
collaboration. They know how to use different
media in communication. It allows students to be
able to express their insights and share their
thoughts in a topic or any issues that concern
them.
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7. The Model
The Digital teacher must model the behaviors
that are expected from their students.
The Educators are often the most consistent
part of our student life.
The 21 Century Educator also models
reflective practice, whether its the quit,
personal inspection of their teaching and
learning, or through reflective practice via
blogs, twitter and other medium, these
educators look both inwards and outwards.
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Tolerance
Acceptance
A wider view than just their curricula areas
Global awareness
Reflection
8.The Leader
Leadership, like clear goals and objectives is
crucial to the success or failure of any project.

God Bless! Thank you for watching!!!

The 21st century Digital Learner

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