Virtual+Schools+and+21st+Century+Skills

Panel Discussion

21st Century Learning Term being used freely Doing disservice to students if don't teach them the skills Virtual education is no longer a luxurary. Students take online courses when move to college.

Framework for 21st Century Skills - lady from Microsoft Showed graphis from the 21st Century Skills site need to keep emphasizing core subjects but the context is changing 21st Century themes.. learning and innovation skills information literacy media literacy ICT
 * critical thinking and problem solving
 * creativity ad innovation
 * communication and collaboration

collaboration big part of her job

What is new about 21st century skills? For all students MIchigan online course called Career Forward to meet the online learning requirement - created teh course Course helps answer the question of what do I want to be - looks at the global economy Students asked to respond to vignettes Look for Route 21 out of DC in the next few days. How do you measure if a student learns the 21st century skills Florida Virtual doing this. redesigning courses to determine how course match to 21st century skills FVS creating a map of where they are going. big effort for incorporating, developing, and training about the skills Advisory committee being created.