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The 21st Century Learner
 **21st Century Skills and Standards NETS ** ([|National Education Standards]) for students **AASL **  ([|American Association of School Librarians])  **  [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] **
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Young Minds, Fast Times** Find out how tech-obessed iKids would improve our schools in this [|article by Marc Prensky]. Read this [|article from Edutopia] by Josh McHugh and learn how educators must work to understand and motivate a new kind of digital learner. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards** This [|collection of articles and case studies] will give you perspective on how other educators are using interactive whiteboards. Just about everyone believes that success in the increasingly global economy depends on developing critical thinking and analytical skills in today's students, according to a national poll of registered voters according to the [|National Education Association].
 * Synching Up with the iKid**
 * More Than Just Basics for 21st Century Success**

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Networked Student** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What is Connectivism? Learn [|how can our students network] effectively in a global learning environment and what implications this has for educators. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Edutopia Video Library** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Watch a [|variety of videos], slide shows, expert interviews, blog entries, and other resources that highlight success stories in (K-12) 21st Century education. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Pay Attention** [|How do your students learn]? A video presented by Jordan School District [|This video] was created by Dr. Michael Wesch and the 200 students enrolled in ANTH 200: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, Spring 2007. It began as a brainstorming exercise, thinking about how students learn, what they need to learn for their future, and how our current educational system fits in.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **Aint Gonna Hold Us Back!** Studies show that technology has become the new “boys club” but the students in Mr. Colosi’s first grade class intend to reverse that trend—these girls share their love of technology as a part of their future endeavors. [|View this video]. Watch this [|online video] to see how radically the internet is transforming the experience of children from PBS. How does this <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">information impact the way you interact and collaborate with your students?
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