21ST CENTURY FLUENCY: 6 SKILLS

Guy Turner

Background Information What is 21st Century Fluency?

› The ability to not only understand, but how to effectively use a 21st Century skill with automatic/unconscious comfort levels.

› Increased exposure allows for proficiency that is greater than just literacy

6 Skills1. Solution Fluency2. Information Fluency3. Collaboration Fluency4. Creativity Fluency5. Media Fluency6. The Digital Citizen

Skill 1: Solution Fluency Whole brain thinking

› Creativity & Problem Solving Clearly defining the problem Design an appropriate solution Apply the solution Evaluate the process and outcome

EXAMPLE: Ethical issue at work, what would you do?!? – Accounting Class

*APPLIED IN ‘REAL-TIME’*

Skill 2: Information Fluency 1) Access Digital

Information› Retrieve desired information› Surfing (web based) and

searching for information› Use of many sources

Digital devises Computers Cell phones Handheld devices

› Information found in many sources Text Images Sound video

2) Effectively Assess Information› The ability to assess the

information once found› Critically evaluate the

findings› Assess the accuracy of the

data Methodology Other supplemental sources Current/most recent data

› Understanding bias in the information retrieved.EXAMPLE: research

Accounting professions, job responsibilities, schooling etc. – Accounting Class

Skill 3: Collaboration Fluency Teamworking

proficiency› Unconscious ability

to work cooperatively with1. virtual 2. real partners to

create ‘original digital products.’

Interaction through:› Social networking› Online gaming

Tremendous/exciting potential in Education

Expanding the walls of the classroom Skype

EXAMPLE: with a partner, create a Glogster comparing Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 – Microsoft Word Class

Skill 4: Creativity Fluency Artistic proficiency adds meaning

› Design (99 Resources for Web 2.0 Design)› Art (108 Web Tools and Resources)› Storytelling (via diigo bookmark)

Creating a quality functioning product

“There is tremendous value in creation of items in order that theymay transcend mere functionality”

EXAMPLE: Blogging in all classes

Skill 5: Media Fluency1. Look analytically at

any communication media to:

› interpret the real message

› How the media is being used to shape thinking

› Evaluate the value of the message

2. Ability to: › create and publish

original digital products

For the masses Effective as text

› Match media to intended message to determine

Appropriate Effective media for

that messageEXAMPLE: research projects using different sources of information – Accounting Class

Skill 6: The Digital Citizen1. Leadership2. Ethics3. Accountability4. Fiscal Responsibility5. Environmental

Awareness6. Global Citizenship7. Personal

Responsibility

Most relationships are formed online› Problems if the

persona online does not match the individual in person

Technology is not the problem› Problems arise

when you don’t know what to do with it!

EXAMPLE: Blogging in all

classes