Week 3: 21st Century Skills Development
This week will focus on developing students' and teachers’ 21st century and professionalism skills. This may be a new or unfamiliar term to you. That’s ok. You’ll learn more about this through the following website http://www.p21.org/about-us/p21-framework (or the PDF document-It has been attached to topic "P21 Framework").
1) Review the information presented on the webpage above.
2) For discussion:
a. After reading the framework, what would you select to be the most important skills students in today’s world need to have? Select 3 and explain.
b. Is there an emphasis to teach these skills or grow these skills in Belarus or the US? Base your answer on your home country.
c. How is this global collaboration (US-Belarus) teaching these skills and allowing you as teachers to practice them?
d. How do you think designing experiences for your students in your classroom to participate in global collaboration would benefit them in their development of these skills?
This week will focus on developing students' and teachers’ 21st century and professionalism skills. This may be a new or unfamiliar term to you. That’s ok. You’ll learn more about this through the following website http://www.p21.org/about-us/p21-framework (or the PDF document-It has been attached to topic "P21 Framework").
1) Review the information presented on the webpage above.
2) For discussion:
a. After reading the framework, what would you select to be the most important skills students in today’s world need to have? Select 3 and explain.
b. Is there an emphasis to teach these skills or grow these skills in Belarus or the US? Base your answer on your home country.
c. How is this global collaboration (US-Belarus) teaching these skills and allowing you as teachers to practice them?
d. How do you think designing experiences for your students in your classroom to participate in global collaboration would benefit them in their development of these skills?