Partnership for 21st Century Skills

This is a very engaging website that provides numerous and extensive links that are useful. As I navigated my way through this website, I found several concepts that I believe are necessary for educators to recognize and integrate into the content curriculum. It is important to keep the curriculum and content we teach current to help maintain student interest. Creating a balance between classic studies and contemporary studies creates a well-balanced student. In addition to teaching content area, teachers also need to consider building on subjects that incorporate the following: Global Awareness, Financial, Economic, Business,Entrepreneurial, Civic, Health, and Environmental literacy.

One component of education that I feel needs to be emphasized more is communication and collaboration. This category is found under the section "learning and innovation skills". There is a link that takes you to a survey that assesses your communication skills through the use of technology. The survey calculates your score then gives you feedback in reference to your communication skills. This is such an important skill that students need in order to succeed in society. I support the idea that this is included as part of the framework for learning.

It is also interesting to see all of the states that are currently participating in this project for change. The site provides a link to each participating state. when redirected to the state link, the states objectives are clearly listed showing how they are trying to integrate a framework for learning that does incorporate skills that are necessary in today's society beyond core content. This site also provides a list of founding organizations which indicates the strong support for change in education among major companies such as Apple, Dell, and Microsoft.