What do

Learners need in the 21st Century?

Next year = 2010

1/10 of the way through the 21 st C

Change

Think Pair Share

Changes in the last 20 years

•Banking

•Entertainment

•Shopping

•Communication

What brought about these changes?

Pattie Maes Sixth Sense Video Clip

If this is the future, how do we prepare our students for the their future?

We don’t know what technologies will be available to these students in the future but we can give them some skills that will assist them to cope with their ever changing world.

There are 5 New Subjects being taught to your children.

They are:

Using Language, symbols and text

Thinking

Participating and Contributing

Relating to others

Managing Self

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Participating and Contributing

• Being actively involved

• Being able to contribute as part of a group

• Make connections with people

• Local. National, Global

Managing Self

•Self motivation

•Enterprising

•Resilient

•Reliable

•Resourceful

•Set goals, make plans

and manage projects