Ideas+to+Integrate

= = [|21st Century Skills] As forge on into the new millenium educators can no longer stick to just the classics: Reading, Writing, and Arthmatic. Daniel Pink states, "Students must be prepared for their future." In today's schools we are still educating our students as though their futures will look like our past or present, but ask your grandparents or even parents and they will inform you that the world has changed. Consider how technology has tranformed our world into a global market. We are no longer just showcasing to just the people down the street, but instead to individuals several time-zones away. Clearly we will always need the foundation that our educational system was developed upon, however our student must now also be versed in the areas of: global awareness, economic, financial, business, and entrepreneurial, civic, and health literacy. Beyond content the pedagogy must change as well. Highlighted below are the skills that the classroom should develop for students as they are exposed to core curriculum and 21st Century Themes. === ==    == <span style="color: rgb(247,43,43);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> A. Learning and Innovation Skills <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">   <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 1)  Creativity and Innovation Skills <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 2)  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 3)  Communication and Collaboration Skills <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">

<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">B. Information, Media and Technology Skills <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 1) Information Literacy <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 2) Media Literacy <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 3) ICT Literacy <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">

<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">C. Life and Career Skills <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> =<span style="color: rgb(244,37,37);"> = = = =<span style="color: rgb(244,37,37);"> [|TPCK] =
 * 1) Flexibility & Adaptability <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 2) Initiative & Self-Direction <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 3) Social & Cross-Cultural Skills <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 4) Productivity & Accountability <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">
 * 5) Leadership & Responsibility

[|Mishra and Koehler] TPCK concept builds on the original ideas of Shulman by adding Technological Knowledge to Pedagogical Content Knowledge. The Clif Notes version is that no teacher should be integrating technology into the classroom if that technology isn't going to enrich the content or improve the overall pedagogy of the classroom. This is important because just as you wouldn't waste time planning, teaching, and managing a lesson that didn't have importance, you don't want to implement technology that isn't going to better the lesson either in content or pedagogy. Technology won't be strong in a classroom if it stands alone.