21st+Century+Skills

= ​21st Century Skills = //**Hartford High School**// Values a safe environment for learning, opportunities for academic enrichment, and continuous personal development. We believe that students learn best when their physical, emotional, and social needs are met; multiple instructional environments are needed to address a diverse population of learners; and individual growth results from high expectations and continuous self improvement.

= We expect that the following 21st century learning expectations will be achieved: =
 * Communicate effectively across all disciplines and circumstances
 * Utilize traditional and technological applications to solve problems
 * Demonstrate the ability to work toward a common goal

Core Subjects || • English • Reading/Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • Foreign Languages • Civics • Government • Economics • Arts • History • Geography || Life & Career Skills || • Leadership • Professionalism • Ethics and Social Responsibility • Accountability • Adaptability, Life Long Learner • Personal productivity • Personal responsibility • Self-direction || Learning, Thinking & Innovation Skills || • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving skills
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• Written and Oral Communication skills

• Creativity and Innovation skills

• Teamwork and Collaboration skills || Technology Skill or Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
 * 4. Information & Media

|| “ICT literacy is the interest, attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital technology and communication tools to access, manage , integrate and evaluate information, construct new knowledge , and communicate with others in order to participate effectively in society. “

As defined by The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) [|http://www.pisa.oecd.org] [] Access  - Knowing about and knowing how to collect and/or retrieve information. Manage  - Organizing information into existing classification schemes. Integrate - Interpreting, summarizing, comparing and contrasting information using similar or different forms of representation. Evaluate - Reflecting to make judgments about the quality, relevance, usefulness, or efficiency of information. Construct  - Generating new information and knowledge by adapting, applying, designing, inventing, representing or authoring information.<span style="color: #81131d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Communicate- Conveying information and knowledge to various individuals and/or groups. || Friedman, T. (2005, April 3). It's a flat world, after all. //The New York Times.// Retrieved from [|http://www.nytimes.com]
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Complied from the work of [|Dr. David Thornburg] and [|The Partnership for 21st Century Skills] during Master's Coursework at Walden University