21st Century Standards:
What does that mean?
How do they guide our programs?
Amy Rominiecki and Nina Kemps
NJ L4L Coordinators
Turn to Page 8 for answers
21st Century Standards:
What do you mean?
National Educational Technology Standards
for Students (pg. 9) © 2007 ISTE.
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1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Research and Information Fluency
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and
Decision Making
• 5. Digital Citizenship
• 6. Technology Operations and Concepts
ISTE Student Friendly Standard Names
Creativity and Innovation =
Communication & Collaboration =
Research and Information Fluency =
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving &
Decision Making =
Digital Citizenship =
Technology Operations & Concepts =
National Educational Technology Standards for Students
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Common Beliefs
(pg. 15)
• Reading is a window to the world.
• Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
• Ethical behavior in the use of information must be
taught.
• Technology skills are crucial for future employment
needs.
• Equitable access is a key component for education.
Common Beliefs
• The definition of information literacy has become
more complex as resources and technologies have
changed.
• The continuing expansion of information demands
that all individuals acquire the thinking skills that will
enable them to learn on their own.
• Learning has a social context.
• School libraries are essential to the development of
learning skills.
Skills
Dispositions in Action
Key abilities needed for understanding, learning,
thinking, and mastering subjects.
Ongoing beliefs and attitudes that guide thinking and
intellectual behavior that can be measured through
actions taken.
Key Questions:
Does the student have the right proficiencies to
explore a topic or a subject further?
Key Question:
Is the student disposed to higher-level thinking and
actively engaged in critical thinking to gain and share
knowledge?
21st Century
Learners
(pg. 13)
Responsibilities
Common behaviors used by independent learners in
researching, investigating, and problem solving.
Key Question:
Is the student aware that the foundational traits for
21st-century learning requires self-accountability that
extends beyond skills and dispositions?
Self Assessment Strategies
Reflections on one’s own learning to determine that
the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities are
effective.
Key Question:
Can the student recognize personal strengths and
weaknesses over time and become a stronger, more
independent learner?
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Action Examples
SKILLS
INDICATORS
BENCHMARKS
GRADE 2
GRADE 5
GRADE 8
GRADE 10
GRADE 12
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Action Examples
DISPOSITIONS IN ACTION
INDICATORS
SAMPLE BEHAVIORS
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Action Examples
RESPONSIBILITIES
INDICATORS
SAMPLE BEHAVIORS
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Action Examples
SELF-ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
INDICATORS
STUDENT
SELF-QUESTIONING EXAMPLES
PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
(pg. 18)
PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
CORE SUBJECTS
• English, reading or language
arts
• World languages
• Arts
• Mathematics
• Economics
• Science
• Geography
• History
• Government and Civics
CORE THEMES
• Global awareness
• Financial, economic,
business and
entrepreneurial literacy
• Civic literacy
• Health literacy
• Environmental literacy
PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY
SKILLS
Learning and Innovation Skills
 Creativity and Innovation Skills
 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
 Communication and Collaboration Skills
Information, Media and Technology Skills
 Information Literacy
 Media Literacy
 ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) Literacy
Life and Career Skills
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Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self-Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility
21st Century Standards:
How do they guide our programs?
Break into Groups
• Technology
Teachers:
Look at the AASL
Standards for the 21stCentury Learner and
*star the ones that
relate to you (pg. 13)
• Librarians:
Look at the ISTE Standards
and Performance
Indicators for Students
and *star the ones that
relate to you (pg. 9)
Share
Commonalities
How does this correlate to the Partnership
for 21st Century Skills? (pg. 18)
• Learning and Innovation Skills
– Creativity and Innovation Skills
– Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
– Communication and Collaboration Skills
How does this correlate to the Partnership
for 21st Century Skills?
Information, Media and Technology Skills
 Information Literacy
 Media Literacy
 ICT (Information, Communication and
Technology) Literacy
How does this correlate to the Partnership
for 21st Century Skills?
Life and Career Skills
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Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self-Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility
NEW JERSEY CORE CURRICULUM
CONTENT STANDARDS 2009 (pg. 21)
Language Arts and Math
revisions are waiting for the
final version of the Common
Core State Standards
Initiative.
NEW JERSEY CORE CURRICULUM CONTENT
STANDARDS 2009
NEW JERSEY CCC
TECHNOLOGY STANDARD 8.1
• A. Technology Operations and Concepts The use of
technology and digital tools requires knowledge and
appropriate use of operations and related applications.
• B. Creativity and Innovation The use of digital tools and
media-rich resources enhances creativity and the construction
of knowledge.
• C. Communication and Collaboration Digital tools and
environments support the learning process and foster
collaboration in solving local or global issues and problems.
NEW JERSEY CCC
TECHNOLOGY STANDARD 8.1
• D. Digital Citizenship Technological advancements create
societal concerns regarding the practice of safe, legal, and
ethical behaviors.
• E. Research and Information Literacy Effective use of digital
tools assists in gathering and managing information.
• F. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making
Information accessed through the use of digital tools assists in
generating solutions and making decisions.
NEW JERSEY CCC
TECHNOLOGY STANDARD 8.2
A. Nature of Technology:
Creativity and Innovation
D. Research and Information
Fluency
B. Design: Critical Thinking,
Problem Solving, and
Decision-Making
E. Communication and
Collaboration
C. Technological Citizenship,
Ethics, and Society
F. Resources for a
Technological World
G. The Designed World
NEW JERSEY STANDARD
CLARIFICATION PROJECT
NEW JERSEY LANGUAGE ARTS
READING STANDARDS 9-12
NEW JERSEY STANDARD
CLARIFICATION PROJECT
Language Arts Reading
NEW JERSEY STANDARD
CLARIFICATION PROJECT
Language Arts Writing
21st Century Standards:
How do you keep up-to-date?
AASL Landmark and Top 25 Websites
for Teaching and Learning
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/be
stwebsitestop25.cfm
Bookmark of Best Websites
for Teaching
*Star each site you have used
√ Check each site you want to
use
Assignment:
(pg. 23)
At your table, share one unit you
will adjust to include
the behaviors found within
21st-Century Standards.
(take notes)
Snapshots – Information Literacy
http://www.informationliteracy.org/c
ontent/showit/rulesDebatesFinal
USE THE ACTION EXAMPLE TEMPLATE
TO CREATE A LESSON PLAN (PG. 24-25)
Use the template to expand on the unit you
just discussed.
Include:
•Standards (state, AASL, ISTE)
•Dispositions (pg. 13-14)
•Product
•Types of instruction
The Maze of Standards
Did we make it easier or harder to navigate?
Questions/Comments
• Nina Kemps, Retired, SLMS
nkemps@verizon.net
• Amy Rominiecki, Seneca High School,
SLMS
amyrominiecki@juno.com
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