21st+Century+Learning

21st Century Learning
media type="custom" key="7076723" align="right" **What is Web 2.0?** During the first phase of the web, which is now reffered to as Web 1.0 users primarily surfed the Internet and downloaded information.Web 2.0 is an umbrella term for the second wave of the World Wide Web where users are now able to create, share, publish, and collaborate on the internet. With the advent of Web 2.0, the internet has become participatory and interactive as it encourages users to share their opinions, ideas, and content, it encourages collaboration.

Understanding Our Twenty-First Century Learners
According to [|Marc Prensky,] our students are "Digital Natives" and represent the first generation to grow up with the new technology, and have spent their lives using it.

What are the Essential 21st Century Skills?
The Saskatchewan Curriculum states that there are three Broad Areas of Learning that reflect Saskatchewan's Goals of Education from K-12. The cross-curricular competencies are four interrelated areas that contain understanding, values, skills, and processes which are considered important for learning in all areas of study.
 * Lifelong learners
 * Sense of Self, Community, and Place
 * Engaged Citizens
 * Developing Thinking
 * Developing Identity and Interdependence
 * Developing Literacies
 * Developing Social Responsibility

[|Student Nets]
 * ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education**

The[| Framework] presents a holistic view of 21st century teaching and learning
 * Partnership for 21st Century Skills Framework (right)**