Developing 21st Century Skills Through ICT
Developing 21st Century Skills Through ICT
Developing 21st Century Skills Through ICT
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<strong>Developing</strong> 21 st <strong>Century</strong><br />
<strong>Skills</strong> <strong>Through</strong> <strong>ICT</strong><br />
Dondi Mapa<br />
NTO, Microsoft
What are 21 st <strong>Century</strong> <strong>Skills</strong><br />
(from www.ATC21s.org)<br />
• Ways of thinking. Creativity, critical thinking,<br />
problem-solving, decision-making and<br />
learning<br />
• Ways of working. Communication and<br />
collaboration<br />
• Tools for working. Information and<br />
communications technology (<strong>ICT</strong>) and<br />
information literacy<br />
• <strong>Skills</strong> for living in the world. Citizenship, life<br />
and career, and personal and social<br />
responsibility
How does <strong>ICT</strong> support<br />
• Ways of thinking. Creativity,<br />
critical thinking, problemsolving,<br />
decision-making and<br />
learning<br />
• Ways of working.<br />
Communication and<br />
collaboration<br />
• Tools for working. Information<br />
and communications<br />
technology (<strong>ICT</strong>) and<br />
information literacy<br />
• <strong>Skills</strong> for living in the world.<br />
Citizenship, life and career,<br />
and personal and social<br />
responsibility<br />
• Multimedia tools which make<br />
it easy to create presentations<br />
and communicate ideas<br />
• Outlining tools for mindmapping<br />
and brainstorming<br />
• Modeling tools for systemic<br />
thinking and simulations<br />
• Big data tools for more<br />
accurate analysis and to show<br />
patterns and trends<br />
• Pedagogical tools that<br />
support knowledge laddering<br />
and spiral learning
How does <strong>ICT</strong> support<br />
• Ways of thinking. Creativity,<br />
critical thinking, problemsolving,<br />
decision-making and<br />
learning<br />
• Ways of working.<br />
Communication and<br />
collaboration<br />
• Tools for working. Information<br />
and communications<br />
technology (<strong>ICT</strong>) and<br />
information literacy<br />
• <strong>Skills</strong> for living in the world.<br />
Citizenship, life and career,<br />
and personal and social<br />
responsibility<br />
• Presentation tools for sharing<br />
complex ideas real-time (or<br />
not), face-to-face (or not)<br />
• Content Editing tools that<br />
allow two or more individuals<br />
to contribute content<br />
• Social computing tools that<br />
allow communities to share all<br />
sorts of ideas and resources,<br />
e.g. Yammer<br />
• eMail that allows us to<br />
communicate safely and<br />
securely
How does <strong>ICT</strong> support<br />
• Ways of thinking. Creativity,<br />
critical thinking, problemsolving,<br />
decision-making and<br />
learning<br />
• Ways of working.<br />
Communication and<br />
collaboration<br />
• Tools for working. Information<br />
and communications<br />
technology (<strong>ICT</strong>) and<br />
information literacy<br />
• <strong>Skills</strong> for living in the world.<br />
Citizenship, life and career,<br />
and personal and social<br />
responsibility<br />
• Browsers that allow us to safely<br />
and securely navigate the Web<br />
• Databases that allow us to<br />
collect and organize information<br />
• Search engines that help us<br />
search our networks and act on<br />
the information we find<br />
• Security tools that authenticate<br />
identity and protect us from<br />
unsafe computing practices<br />
• Calendaring and time/task<br />
management tools that allow us<br />
to achieve work/life balance
Resources<br />
www.office365.com<br />
www.ATC21s.org<br />
www.yammer.com
Thank you!<br />
dmapa@microsoft.com
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