21st Century Skills

A collection of resources to teach students the 21st century skills they need to be successful in life! 

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1. Learner Profiles - Open Me First!
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The following document contains everything you need to get started with Learner Profiles.  Suggested inventories and resoures are included by grade grouping. Section 1 - Getting Started...Read This First (really...read this first!);Secton 2 - Kindergarten to Grade 2 Resources;Section 3 - Grade 3 to 5 Resources;Section 4 - Grade 6 to 9 Resources;Section 5 - Grade 10 to 12 Resources;Section 6 - How to Build a Learner Profile;Section 7 - Now What?

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Education
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Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
08/31/2020
21st Century Character and Academic Skills Implementation PD
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THIS RESOURCE IS DRAFT FORM! IT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN COMPLETE.
This professional development will walk a school through how to implement 21st Century Skills in their school from a SCHOOL and CLASSROOM level.
The group will work through the school implementation process and set a timeline for implementation, and then based on that timeline, the classroom teachers will plan their implementation.
Please note - the key to successful implementation is NOT time intensive - the key is introducing and then fully implementing the language and skills into your DAILY ROUTINES and classroom life. Once the skills are introduced it should become part of your day and not require set time - it will be part of everything you do!

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Education
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Kelli Boklaschuk
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
03/22/2019
21st Century Fluencies: Fluency Snapshot
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This tool helps you evaluate the level of proficiency
that you or your students have with the 21st Century
Fluencies. The Fluency Snapshot Tool can be used
either with individual students or with groups.
There are 10 statements for each Fluency. As you
move through the statements, chose a value you feel
represents how well the individual or group has
demonstrated the characteristic. This is an editable
form that you can check the boxes in online or off.
Have your students assess themselves and discuss
the outcome. Compare your results in each Fluency
to determine where focus and improvement may be
needed. Revisit this again in the future and co

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Teaching/Learning Strategy
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Global Digital Citizen Foundation
Date Added:
08/15/2018
21st Century SECRET Skill Reflections
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Here is a collection of resources you can use to have students reflect on their 21st century skills. Many of these were initially used after a STEM challenge, but they could be used after any activity.

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Education
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Assessment
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
09/14/2018
21st Century SECRET Skills Bingo Game
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Everything you need to play 21st century skills bingo is in this zipped folder!
Items include the game description, 24 different versions of the cards, as well as blank card you can use as a template to make new ones.
Read the file entitled "Secret BINGO Directions" first, and then "SECRET bingo descriptions"
Have fun!

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Education
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Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
09/10/2018
21st Century SECRET Skills Picture Book List
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Literature is a wonderful way to introduce your students to 21st century skills and spark discussion. The following is a list of books using SECRET (self-management, effective participation, creativity, reflection, enquiry and team work) to bring 21st century learning to life!

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Education
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
09/04/2018
21st Century SECRET Skills Resources for Primary Grades PeBL
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These resources can helps support the development of 21st Century SECRET skills in your primary classroom.
Included are: a one page poster that explains what each skill means in student-friendly language; a brochure to share with parents & a student self-reflection on their SECRET skills.
Author - Val Arthur

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Education
Material Type:
Assessment
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
09/04/2018
21st Century SECRET Skills Rubrics
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These rubrics break each of the six major skills into their four subsets and rank them on a scale of 1 to 5. Please note that team work is usually represented by a train, but is tamarin monkeys in this document & enquiry is usually represented by Eisenstein but is enquiring Eddy in this document.

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Education
Material Type:
Assessment
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
09/10/2018
21st Century SECRET Skills or Foundations for Little People K-1 Preschool Dan Buckly
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The following is a resource to help connect SECRET skills to student-friendly language for our youngest learners. The skills are connected to foundations and then teachers are provided with a framework of 9 steps to work with their students on to have them develop that foundation or skill.

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Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
09/06/2018