Posts tagged with: 21st-century-kids
What are 21st Century Skills?
What do phrases like "21st century skills" and "21st century learning" mean? What are these new skills? Why are they necessary? Who decides what these are and how they should be taught? more
Media multitaskers pay mental price, says Stanford study
Think you can watch videos, make cell phone calls and send e-mails all at once? Stanford experts say even trying can impair your cognitive control. more
Five Competencies for Adapting to a Changing World
— Dr. Helen Haste, visiting professor at the Harvard Grad School of Education, shares her take on 21st century "competencies". more
Social Networking Sites More Than Just A Frivolous Distraction For Teens
In a recent paper titled Old communication, new literacies: Social network sites as social learning resources, Christina Greenhow contends that contrary to popular belief (mostly among teachers and parents), social... more
Don Tapscott in conversation with students
Don Tapscott’s recent conversation at the Flat Classroom conference in Philadelphia with students from Doha, Qatar, is an engaging adjunct to an earlier article on Don Tapscott’s new... more
What Students Want From Their Schools
In 2008, Marc Prensky authored an article in which he urged educators and policymakers to not ignore what the most important stakeholders in the education system had to say. He... more
Don’t Bother Me Mom–I’m Learning!
by Marc Prensky
In 2001, Marc Prensky authored a seminal article titled “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”, in which he coined what are now oft-used phrases to describe the “digital kids” of today... more