21st Century Skills

21st Century Learning #135
June 15, 2010
Jonathan E. Martin on Building the 21st Century School

Jonathan E. Martin, Head of School at St. Gregory College Preparatory School in Tucson, Arizona joined us to reflect on his first year.  We discussed how Tony Wagner's Global Achievement Gap has framed the work he is doing with his faculty.  Jonathan led us through a number of assessments that St. Gregory is using to measure how collaborative, creative, and engaged his students are at St. Gregory.  Interested in the 21st Century School, this is definitely one version! 

What a way to close out another another great year of podcasting.

Thanks to everyone for listening.  We'll see you all in September. 

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It’s Elementary show # 27 was a discussion with Angela Maiers about
21st century literacies. Angela is located in Clive, Iowa and currently
works as an independent consultant with both schools and employers. She
explained the brain research that is the foundation for these literacy
strategies was first discussed in the literature five decades ago. 
Angela divides these literacies into several important categories

21st Century Learning #79

Getting to Know John Schinker
October 2, 2009

John Schinker from EdTechWeekly fame joined Alex and Vinnie this week.  We discussed John's background, 21st Century Skills, and technology professional development in his school district. 

We'll be back on the 16th.  See everyone then. 

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