http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

I found the website to be informative and not as commercialized as I expected. I would have like to see some printable charts containing the 21st Century skills available for posting in the classroom. Intel’s Teach Program: Thinking with Technology has those charts, but only on half pages. I will have to recreate them to post them in my room. Another thing I would have liked to see is links to lessons that exhibit these skills. There are activities and lessons, but I would like to see a seperate link in which all of the lessons are together. It would make the site more user friendly, in my opinion.

I was surprised to see that, while the site does not have a blog, it does have a place to submit articles for publication, if you sign up to become a member. Another thing that surprised me was that I could not find any information about Costa and Kallick’s 16 Habits of Mind. With Intel being a big supporter of this type of thinking and being a member of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, I expected to find the 16 Habits of Mind in more detail.

After visiting this site, the implications for my students and myself did not change from what the implications were from reading the print resources in our Walden course. The implications remain: 1) Our students are falling behind in the technology work force. 2) We have to find ways to increase technology use in our classrooms. 3) We have to teach our students to think globally, problem-solve and collaborate.