Education 2.0 & 3.0

What does it look like to prepare students to navigate the digital world? This is a question I often tackle in both in my own moments of brainstorming and searching for new resources to share, as well as in conversations with fellow educators.

Finding the right resources for teaching students the basics of copyright— including its limitations such as fair use—is essential. We want to make sure students are prepared to work and create in digital and traditional spaces, too. Both the ISTE Standards and the American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Learner address the issues of preparing students to navigate and create in a digital world. Although we know this is important, tackling the idea of copyright and fair use can sure feel intimidating.

That’s why I’m so excited to share the Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens curricula for elementary, middle, and high school students. 

Via Elizabeth E Charles

The world is morphing into a place that no one can foresee. How can we prepare students to live and work in that place?

Not long ago, people could learn job skills and use them indefinitely, but now jobs and skill sets are becoming obsolete at an alarming rate. This means that students, and later adults, need to expect and thrive on challenges and know how to turn failures into stepping stones to a brighter future.

When I was a beginning researcher I wanted to see how children coped with setbacks, so I gave 5th graders simple problems followed by hard problems—ones they couldn’t solve. Some hated the hard ones, some tolerated them, but, to my surprise, some relished them. One unforgettable child rubbed his hands together, smacked his lips, and declared, “I love a challenge!” Another said, “I was hoping this would be informative.” They didn’t think they were failing, they thought they were learning. Although this was years ago, they were already 21st century kids.

Via Elizabeth E Charles

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A blog post about 6 C's of education: critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity, citizenship and character education.

How can skills providers make the most of digital technology to support their learners to gain employment and progress in their careers?

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Information and communication technology has revolutionised virtually every aspect of our life and work.
Students unable to navigate through a complex digital landscape will no longer be able to participate fully in the economic, social and cultural life around them.

Via Elizabeth E Charles

As a follow-up to our 9 Characteristics of 21st Century Learning we developed in 2009, we have developed an updated framework, The Inside-Out Learning Model.

The goal of the model is simple enough–not pure academic proficiency, but instead authentic self-knowledge, diverse local and global interdependence, adaptive critical thinking, and adaptive media literacy.

By design this model emphasizes the role of play, diverse digital and physical media, and a designed interdependence between communities and schools.

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Via Elizabeth E Charles, Miloš Bajčetić

Today’s student typically arrives at university equipped with a smartphone, a tablet, and an intimate knowledge of digital devices. University staff can be forgiven for feeling naïve alongside these tech-savvy “digital natives” - but is this perception of students’ skills based on reality?

Via Elizabeth E Charles

Via Stephania Savva, Ph.D, THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY, Andreas Christodoulou, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD

"Fifty Shades Darker" is a movie known for its strong sexual content but there is an insight educators and parents can learn from it. Read on to find out.

Via Elizabeth E Charles

A video that explains the difference between a person who has a growth mindset and person who has a fixed mindset. All design and animation was done by me. A...

Via Beth Dichter