WEEK 2 DIGITAL TASKS - 21st Century Skills

• Flipped preparation (required): Prepare for the session by watching the video "What 60 Schools Can Tell Us About Teaching 21st Century Skill" and reflecting how 20th century and 21st century skills differ? Do we need both?

Flipped Preparation - Teaching 21st Century Skills

OMG this was such a empowering 15.5 minutes.
I wrote so many notes 

When I think about my own schooling and think about what I remember of those days... I was educated in a mostly Industrial Age model in the 70's and 80's. I think my teachers, who were also my parents,  may have been ahead of their time - because I remember 
Industrial Age Model
CONTAINED - 
CONTROLLED - 
PREDICTABLE - 
SCALABLE -
REPEATABLE - 
MEASURABLE - 

21st Century Model
PERMEABLE - 
ADAPTIVE -
RELEVANT -
DYNAMIC -
CREATIVE -
SELF-CORRECTING -

I really like the way that Grant created the term - COGNITOSPHERE - the system of knowledge creation and management.

Personally, I believe that we have to work in both models. There are aspects of the


Our Group Task:
Skilled Communication