Resources

21st Century Pedagogy. Retrieved from: [] Greg Whitby, the Executive Director of Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta, takes an honest look at schools today. He emphasizes that the majority of teacher's use teaching methods that are in need of revamping.

21st Century Skills: How do we get there? Loaded by galushaj on Jan 27, 2009 Retrieved from: [] This video looks at several aspects of 21st century skills and the present work force. It challenges educators to take a new look at how they teach in light of these facts.

Aguilar-Torres, G. (2010). //The Role of the School District Toward Preparing Students for the 21st Century//. (Unpublished doctorial dissertation). University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. In this dissertation, Aguilar-Torres pulls together many resources on the subject of the skills for the 21st century. This research supports the challenges that Americans face in a new global economy.

Barab, S., Zuiker, S., Warren, S., Hickey, D., Ingram-Goble, A., Kwon, et al. (2007). Situationally embodied curriculum: Relating formalisms and contexts. //Science Education, 91 //(5), 750–782. Brunsell, E., & Horejsi, M. (2011). Science 2.0. //Science Teacher//, //78//(7), 10. Assistant professor of science education at University of Wisconsin Eric Brunsell and Associate professor of instructional technology and science education at University of Montana Martin Horejsi share three ideas to implement 21st century skills into the science classroom.

Clemmons, K., & Sheehy, C. (2011). Science, Technology, and YA Lit. Science Teacher, 78(7), 42-25. Both assistant professors of secondary education; Karina Clemmons, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Colleen Sheehy, at the University of Indianapolis, present three books that can be used for engaging students in cross curricular learning. For each book presented in their article, they include a summary of the book, the project, and assessment. Included in their article are a brief explanation of the TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge) framework and a list of books that could be used for a focus on environmental consciousness. Gee, J. & Levine M. (2009). Welcome to Our Virtual Worlds. //Educational Leadership//, 66(6), 48--52. James Paul Gee is a professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and the author of Getting Over the Slump: Innovation Strategies to Promote Children’s Learning. Michael Levine is the Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop in New York City. In this article they focus on the fact that students are become more engaged in virtual worlds and that educators should find ways to embrace this in the educational setting. They find that there are many 21st century skills that need to be applied in these types of games.

Iowa, Did You Know? (2011) Created by Scott McLeod. Retrieved from [] While this video was made for the School Administrators of Iowa Conference, many of the facts apply to the world and the United States. It gives statistics of the impact of technology on the world today.

Larson, L., & Miller, T. (2011). 21st CENTURY SKILLS: Prepare students for THE FUTURE. //Kappa Delta Pi Record,// //47//(3), 121-123. Both Larson and Miller work at Kansas State University. Larson is an assistant professor while Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership. They both work with teachers in integrating 21st century skills into the classroom. Their article includes many teacher friendly sites that are resources for integrating the 21st century skills.

Levy, F., & Murnane, R. J. (2004). __The new division of labor: How computers are creating the next job market__. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Professors and economists, Levy and Murane, while this study is seven years old, it illustrates that technology has made it essential for schools and universities to look at a new set of skills for our upcoming work force. Furthermore, because the study is seven years old it illustrates a tend that will continue and be ever evolving.

Proportion of households with computer, internet, mobile phone, games console and DVD player, 1996–2008. (2009). [Graph illustration from Screen Australia] Retrieved from @http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/research/statistics/archnmcomphome.asp

Project Tomorrow (2011). The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered. How Today’s Students Are Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Learning Retrieved from: [] Evidence for how often and easily students access technology is illustrated through out this study. What is more, the vast majority of parents are willing to make the technology more accessible to their students for educational purposes. Rotherham, A. & Willingham, D. (2009) 21st Century Skills: The Challenges Ahead. Teaching for the 21st Century, 67(1), 16-21. The authors of this article voice the concern that if not well done the push for skills of the 21st century will become just another fad in education. While they agree that formalizing common standards may help the American education system, they feel it will take more. Their focus for creating an environment for true implementation of the 21st century skill into three parts: curriculum, instruction, and testing.

Silva, E. (2008). //Measuring skills for the 21st century//. Washington, DC: Education Sector. Retrieved from [] This article takes a look at testing the 21st century skills, acknowledging that these skills cannot be truly tested through a multiple choice test. Knowing that tests can help guide improvement in the educational experience, Silva looks at the variety of testing options and the challenges that may arise from the different testing possibilities.

Shepherd of the Hills 21st Century Skills Lesson and Activity Archive. Retrieved from http://21stcenturysoth.wikispaces.com/ This wiki shares 21st century skills as applied in all the grades, early childhood to 8th grade. This website is a wonderful resource especially to parochial schools.

Topolovec, V., Marinović, M., and Pavlić M. (2008) Information and Communication Technologies and the Transformation of Learning and Teaching Process for the 21st Century. Informatologia 41(4), 293–303. This article demonstrates that the focus and challenge of fulfilling 21st century skills is not unique America. Topolovec, Marinović, and Pavlić address the need and challenges Croatia faces.

Wagner, T. (2008). //The Global Achievement Gap.// New York: Basic Books. Through out this book Wagner dives deeply into the challenges that America faces going into a global economy. This economy will force American workers to compete for jobs with people in other countries. Wagner shares his concerns and what skills he believes that the American Education system should focus on.

Understanding the Digital Generation - DVD Trailer. Retrieved from [] This video highlights a few of the cultural factors that have influenced and will continue to influence the generations that we are charged with educating.

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Large 21st century skills from Catholic school Retrieved from [] .