CCSD 21st Century Classroom Workshop                    2007 - 2008

**Please add to this list a short description of the 21st century activity that you are tried in your classroom. Add your idea under one of the four elements below.

Core subjects and 21st century themes include:

• Core subjects include English, reading or language arts, world languages, arts, mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government and civics.

• Interdisciplinary themes must be weaved into the core subjects. They are:

• Global Awareness

• Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy

• Civic Literacy

• Health Literacy

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Learning and Innovation Skills are what separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century and those who are not. Learning and innovation skills include:

• Creativity and Innovation

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Communication and Collaboration

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Information, Media, and Technology Skills are essential in a technology and media-driven environment. Students and citizens must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills, such as:

• Information Literacy

• Media Literacy

• ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy

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Life and Career Skills are important as today’s life and work environments require far more than thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability to navigate a globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills, such as:

• Flexibility and Adaptability

• Initiative and Self-Direction

• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills

• Productivity and Accountability

• Leadership and Responsibility

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