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Assignment 4
What component of the 21st Century Skills Framework do you feel will impact either you or your students the most and why? Supply your remarks below:

I think the components of 21st century skills that will impact my students most is the collaboration, working together will help to succeed in the real world and communicate with others in an intellectual way to address not only their concerns but also their thoughts. Also,technology helping them to build better understanding how technology can help but also how to understand what technology can be used for different assignments and also real life situations. Tina F.

I think the component of 21st century skills that will impact my students the most is technology and its uses, life, career, critical thinking, and being able to problem solve. These skills are vital for ones growth. I feel that with if students can master the skills that I value the most, everthing else can fall into place. Students will have the tools needed to deal with the challenges of the future. Tiffany P.

I think the compenent that will affect my students the most would be the life and career skills .I have found that since most home have two wage earners, or only have one parent, that the students whom I serve lack the necessary social skills to compete in the global market. They might be adept in technologyu, but dont know how to relate to one another in a way to bring success to a common goal. Karen Banks-Carlisle

I think the interconnectedness created by technology will impact our students the most. If our kids have access to technology and an understanding of how to use it, they will experience an immediacy with the rest of the world that was not experienced a generation ago. If our kids do not have the access or understanding, the learning gap will be significantly increased. Sharon B

The Component of 21st Century Skills that will impact my student the most is life and career skills. Today’s society is rapidly growing when it comes to technology and communication. As a result, students today no longer can finish high school and jump into a career that will support them and a family. If we provide students an education that does not include 21st Century Skills, the students will not be able to progress in their education, career choice, and even life’s daily tasks. Ter L.

I think Life and Career Skills are very important to both the teacher and student- especially the student. The students I work with need guidance in so many ways. They are uncertain how to deal/cope with everyday issues and how to present themselves to others. These students would benefit from attending a Life Skills class that could teach them how to deal with the pressures/successes of everyday life.- Amanda B The whole component that I feel will effect both teacher and students the most is the same, expose and understanding of technology. In a lot of cases teachers will be trained in how to use these new and innovative technology tools but the money is not there to provide the teachers/schools with the technology. If the schools do not have the technology a lot of the students will not have access because of their ses. Another thing that concerns me is that many of the teachers will be trained but they will feel the pressure to teach to the standards and not feel confident enough to go outside of the box and teach using the 21st Century Skills Framework. Angela Whorton While I truly agree that Life and Career Skills are extremely important, I believe that even more important are the Learning and Innovation Skills. I am working with gifted students who have a wealth of information but are unable to use the information. They have difficulty transferring what they know to different problems and thinking critically about a problem. With our new technology there is also an ever increasing aspect, the "aloneness" of technology that impacts social skill functioning, watching and learning social cues that enable us to function together to solve issues as a team. It is hard to interpret nuances in language, etc. from a text. Gail West

The Component that will impact my students the most is Life and Career Skills. Everything around us is changing daily. The ability to graduate from high school and end up in a decent career is over. The students of today need more to go on, to have a successful future. They need the knowledge of technology and the ability to adapt to the daily changes in that technology and other skills gained along the way. We need to give our students the tools and resources available to further their education and be able to compete successfully in the career field of their choosing. Aubrey Richards My students will also benefit from the Life/Career Skills. First, our students need to be expose to what is out there. They need to know what their options are, set goals, and learn how to reach those goals. Our students will also benefit from learning how to successfully accomplish day-to-day tasks that so many of us take for granted. It's possible that our students do not have anyone there for them to teach them these tasks. Ashley Cain

I believe that the P21 framework most likely to have the first fundamental impact for all citizens...teachers, students (doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs...) is Information, Media, and Technology Skills ("IMTS").

This is my rationale: just as the Education Community has traditionally agreed that learning to __read__ (and read well -- deeply, critically, and broadly) is the ultimate foundation of all other learning, so in the 21st century, cultivating literacy in IMTS is today's "ground zero". Whether teaching content, cultivating innovation, fanning the flames of creativity, probing for critical thinking, etc., 21st Century teachers must commit to IMTS literacy for ourselves and our students. I concur with all the comments about the inadequate dollar commitment being made in the United States to Education. All the more, we can enthusiastically embrace IMTS literacy as school districts embed learning and applying these skills into the course curriculum while simultaneously maximizing the effectiveness and efficiences of the educational dollar. Anyone who has tuned into a 1960's or 1970's sitcom on TVLand can chuckle at the glaring inefficiences of typewriters and landline phones, and with minor reflection, we can calculate the amazing cost savings and productivity gains enjoyed in today's high tech world.

To conclude, because of the fundamental nature of IMTS, in combination with its cost efficiencies and effectiveness, I feel it is the component that will most impact me and my students.

Janet Carrettin

The 21st century skills framework that will impact my students the most is Life and Career Skills. Many of our schools do not provide our students with the proper technological skills to succeed in college or the workforce. I do believe that core subjects are a must when educating children, however, why can't we teach these subjects while incorporating technology? I do believe that many teachers would learn the skills and teach them to their students if proper training and equipment is provided. Unfortunately, we do not have the funds or the equipment to teach the necessary skills to our students. I feel if more time and money was spent on these things, our schools would set our students up for success, not failure. Sadly, we live in a state where money is always an issue. Until this is resolved, we will continue to set our students up for failure and not success.

Richelle Short

I think the 21st century skills framework that will most impact the students the most is the Life and Career Skills. Technology is continually changing and the job market is becoming extremely competitive. We have to teach our students the skills necessary to be successful in an atmosphere of collaboration and multi tasking. Our students will be dealing with issues at work we probably never heard of so we have to make sure they have the skills to make informed decisions and know how to think. I believe students and teachers need to be profecient with technology tools to interact within an everygrowing global community. -Allison Underation

I think that the information/technology component will impact me the most because a) it is all so new to me, having grown up before microwaves and vcrs! I will have to work harder to not only make myself fluent and comfortable with all that is out there now, but also to keep abreast of all of the latest new gadgets/formats their abilities as they hit the market. And, b) I think it will impact the students significantly as well because, even though they have 'always had' these elements in their lives, technology is changing so fast that even what they know today will be obsolete momentarily. They need to keep focused on the future and learn superb problem solving skills so that they may deal with issues in programs and on hardware that have not even been invented yet. Furthermore, hopefully many of our kids will be on the innovation edge of technology.

Technology is changing at an exponential rate....it will take a great deal of focus to not fall behind.

Here is a link to a video on teachertube-- mind you, this data is now almost 4 years out of date and it is still mind boggling..... @http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=118&title=Did_You_Know___by_Karl_Fisch

BethAnn Harrison

I feel that each component in and of itself is an important part of the educational journey. Having said that, I believe that the single component that will impact the students the most is Life and Career Skills. As educators we need to be the forward thinking, driving force that enables our students to also be forward thinking and successful individuals. When I try to imagine our students entering the workforce I see it being a very different place than it is even now. Technology is inovating our lives every day. Communication is at the top of the list of important skills to master. Knowing how to use the technology and inovate new and easier ways to complete a task will be key to being successful. Vikki W.

The Component that will impact my students the most is Life and Career Skills. The students today live in a world where everything is instantaneous and they receive immediate gratification. This is true in school as well as in their personal lives: texts, emails, digital dropboxes, online grading, etc. However, these students need to realize that once they graduate high school and get careers, they will need specific skills to help them excell in the workforce and life in general. These skills include being flexible, working in a social/collaborative environment, and dealing with people of all different walks of life. If teachers don't introduce students to these skills at the classroom level, then it is more likely that they never attain the skills neccessary and will not succeed when they are out in the real-world. It will be very difficult for students to become accountable for these skills when they are adults if they are not learned and practiced as children/adolescents. Giving students the knowledge of these 21st century skills will help them become effective and productive members of society. Nichol Byczek
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I think that Information, Media, and Technology Skills will be most important for my students. I feel fairly well-versed in media and technology skills, having grown up with it. However, I know that since I grew up with it, I was exposed to the constant troubleshooting and updating of various digital technologies. I feel that my current students lack the problem solving skills in everyday life. This becomes very apparent when they are using computers, as they give up easily when they reach a problem. I think that this is an area my students will need a lot of help learning, and their teachers will need a lot of help learning how to teach them. Kevin Fancher

I think incorporating more technology will impact both groups. Teachers will need to have the professional development to show how to use it and the students will move ahead of the game with their technology skills. I believe this is a positive impact. I also believe the students will be impacted positively from the incorporation of career focused education. This will help make content and strategies concrete to them and I believe they will remember it more because they are using it and they will see how it is important for them to learn it. Christina Clason

I feel that the Learning and Innovation Skills component will affect our students the most. Most of our students already have the skills needed to use technology but they lack the social skills to accomplish a task while working with other people. They get frustrated when something does not go their way and this component incorporates critical thinking and problem solving skills. These are 2 things that we always struggle to teach the students. This component will be a challenge for teachers to incorporate but it is crucial for our students to learn how to use critical thinking and problem solving skills while collaborating with other students. Johanna Coppock I believe the most important component of the 21st century framework is Life and Career Skills. I feel that the children now-a-days are not being help responsible for their actions. They seem to take everything for granted. This in turns effects everything from adaptation, productivity, accountability to social and leadership skills. I feel that the children of today only care about themselves and have little motivation to thrive in our society. We need to focus on how we can stress the importance of this issue, so that our children can become interested and eager to face what may come tomorrow. ~Shannon Boros

I think our students will benefit most from the Learning and Innovation Skills. I think learning how to problem solve and think critically through communicat and collarboration will allow them to trust their creativity. I think it will empower our students to think deeper and with more clarity while engaging them in ways that we have never seen before. Instead of feeling that school is something they have to do, I think we will begin to see students wanting to do projects and investigate things they have never considered before. School has the potential to become exciting. Our students will begin to learn because they want to, not because they have to. I think they will begin to suggest projects they are interested in that will challenge our teachers to dig deeper as well. It's a win-win possibility! Jill Davis

I believe that the component of 21st century skills framework that will impact my students the most is the life and career skills. I believe in constructivism in education. Students need to know why they are learning content and what it will be used for later. The population of students at my school understands from an extremely early age the importance of work, money, and career as it influences/impacts their lifestyles. If I am able to tie life skills and career applications into my character education program; the learning will be more meaningful to the students. They will see the greater goal (of having a healthy and successful life) of practicing and improving our work ethics, interaction skills and flexibility. Amy Damavandi I believe that the component of the 21st Century Skills Framework that will impact my students the most is the Learning and Innovation Skills. These are the skills that are essential to prepare our students for the future. All of the other components also require students to think critically, communicate, collaborate, problem solve, and be creative and innovative. They must first acquire these skills, integrated within the core subjects, then all the other components can be built effectively upon them. I believe the students will then be able to thrive in today's global economy. Diana Zidian **I feel that the part of the 21st century skills framework that would impact students the most in the future is the curriculum and instruction. We definitely have to teach the core subject knowledge, but I am concerned that we jump on these bandwagons such as having all students do project-based learning. I appreciate the fact that kids need exciting ways to learn information, but we have to understand, too, that learning is a job. For some people, learning is a tough job; for others, easy. So, we can't just start thinking that all learning is going to be taught through project-learning. If our K-5 grades receive an outstanding base of education, then we might be able to incorporate more project-based learning and use more technology for the upper grade levels. I don't feel, however, that we should ever get away from the fact that learning takes time, effort, and encouragement. For Life and Career Skills to be taught to students, we need for them to know the basics so that they can transfer these skills to every day living.** **Sally Porter** I feel that the most important part of the 21st century framework is the Learning and Innovation component. I think that this component is something that students are lacking. My students are so developed technology wise but are lacking in communication, the ability to think a situation out, and how to thier knowledge and apply it. I have a hard time teaching my students how to respectfully talk to eachother and how to comunicate the correct way in order to get what they want. Another issue that makes this component so important is that students are having a hard time thinking problems out and knowing how to apply thier knowledge. When given a problem or situation both academically and socially my students are still learning how to use thier knowledge and fix it. With a lot of curriculum and character building I have been able to try new ways to improve thier understadning of this framework. This is also a challenge to me, every class is different and there are new challenges that as a teacher I face every year. The students are so diverse and socially challenged that I find my self as a teacher always researching and trying new ways to improve this skill in my students. Christle Busch The component that will impact our students the most is the Learning and Innovation Skills. I agree that students who can think critically, problem solve, communicated and collaborate, are the students who will be prepared for the work environment and a more complex life in the 21st century. As supported in the video, "What Do We Do?"--- I agree that it's not about teaching just content and then teach the learning and innovation skills. We must use the content to teach skills. Content and skills cannot exist independently.

Linda Mansfield

I feel that Learning and Innovation Skills will impact our students the most. Students need to have the skills to think critically, communicate effectively, and work with others. These skills must be woven into the core subjects. Mastery of the cores subjects is essential. Students must be able to use 21st Centurys skills to be able to understand and address global issues. They need these skills to work with and learn from one another. Carly Polder

I feel that the learning and innovation skills framework will impact both the teacher and the student the most. Students need to be creative and innovative with their learning, while the teacher needs to be creative and innovative with their teaching style. Students need to use critical thinking and problem solving skills to answer/solve problems presented to them by their teacher. Students need to learn to communicate and collaborate with other classmates, while the teachers work together through communication and collaboration to create an engaging 21st Century learning environment. Tina Bennington The component of the 21st Century Skills Framework that I feel will impact both my students and me the most is "Life and Career Skills". In our world today I do not think that students are getting enough of the basic character development skills, such as, respectability, open-mindedness, cooperative work, and so on to prepare them for the modern world. In our adult lives, in and out of work, we have to be able to interact effectively with others and I believe students educational worlds should be immersed in this daily.

Jessica Vale-Stanford

It’s difficult to select just one component that will impact our students the most, but as I must choose, I would pick the Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes. The reason is that these seem to be the main component needed for success with the others. Certainly the core subjects, interwoven with the themes, such as Global Awareness and Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy. These form the basis for students to find success in the real word, and to become productive members of society. G. Joy Beasley I believe that the component of the 21st Century Skills Framework that will impact my students the most is the Learning and Innovation Skills. Through the implementation of of these skills along with the core curriculum subjects, students will be better prepared for the future that is awaiting them. We must stop teaching all of the skills and curriculum in isolation or disconnected, as stated in the video, and prepare them with the essential 21st Century skills that will repare the deficiencies that they are currently joining the work force and colleges with. The reality is all the skills need to be integrated for the largest impact on everyone's future. Stephanie Groscost

I think that all of the components are important and essential to student learning. However, I think that Life and Career Skills are the most important for my students. Students are exposed to the basic subjects on a daily basis, but most students do not leave school with the ability to enter a typical work situation and communicate effectively with others on a professional level. Teaching students how to be effective leaders, be flexible in tough situations, be productive, be accountable for their work, and to take initiative in multiple situations will benefit them in the classroom, as well as in the work force. We must remember that we are preparing students to enter the real world; thus, we must give them the skills to be successful. Rachel Sonego All of the components will greatly impact our students. However, I think that they will be most greatly impacted by the Life and Career Skills. I believe this because those are the skills that are going to have the greatest influence on their future success They will need to understand responsibility, leadership, self-direction, adaptablity, etc. to be successful in any number of paths that their life may take after school. These skills are essential in order for our students to be successful!

Meg Story

I believe that the entire program will benefit our students. However, I believe that the life skills section will increase their engagement in the classroom. It will also provide opportunities for their ownership to shine. They will be able to see the end result, so to speak. They will understand the purpose of their education. As opposed to attending school and learning the objective for the day, they will understand that this about their future goals. Trena Foringer

I feel all of the components are integral to having a successful education. That said, for my students I feel the most important aspect at this time is Life and Career Skills -- more emphasis on LIFE skills. These kids today don't know how to treat each other with respect. I'm saddened every day by the way they treat and talk to each other. I strive every day to turn my classroom into a family and a community. Young students need to learn to accept diversity and differences before we toss them out into the real world and we, as teachers, need the support of our kids' parents and our communities. Kimberly McGee

I feel the most important component is the Life and Career Skills. While the core subject areas are very important, our students must learn to be functioning members of a community. Providing our students with these specific skills gives them with the tools to succeed in a society that is continually changing. Incorporating real-world situations into curriculum allows children the opportunity to gain these necessary skills and understand their importance. Brittany Petz

I feel the most importnt component of the 21st Century Skills framework is the Learning and Innovation Skills piece. So many of my students struggle with communicating properly and with one another. I am trying to implement small group skills where the students are able to communicate and collaborate with one another successfully. This is something that even adults struggle with. Iwant my students to develop problem solving skills that go beyond the classroom and into everyday life. Gillian Roth

﻿I feel that the most important part of school is life and career skills. So much of my job is explaining WHY music is valuable to your education and WHY it is important that you learn it. It's so important for students to create and have ownership of what they learn in school. Sure, all of the other skills are really important- but we need to ask ourselves: what are we teaching and why? And usually that answer is "to be successful in life." P.s. I found video distracting and awesome because I'm a big fan of Nuttin but Stringz. Jenny Kane

I feel that the most important component of the 21st Century Skills framework is Life and Career Skills. Of course it is very important for students to be able to read, write, add, subtract, and so on, but they need to know how to use these skills and implement these skills in real life and in their future jobs. So many times I make sure to teach REAL WORLD APPLICATION in my math lessons because my students are always asking why they have to know how to do certain things. If we always taught in this way, students might start to realize that the things they are learning will never go away in their lives and that they actually are important to remember and continue to use. And on top of having career skills, students need to be taught life skills, such as respect and how to treat other people. Emily Volk 

I think the main compenent is technology. It's time to focus on what our students need to learn and on how to create a 21st Century education system that delivers results in a digial world. No organization can achieve results without incorporating technology into it's everyday practices. It's time for our schools to utilize and maximize the impact of technology. Janice P