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21st Century Skills
Creating Critical Thinkers
Tulare County 21st Century Learning Resources

We Need a Bigger Definition of Creativity - John Spencer
Creativity and Innovation - Resources from AJ Juliani and John Spencer
Recommendations - 100 Books Every Teacher Should Read
The Launch Cycle - Design Thinking Framework for K-12
Vintage Innovation


Framework for 21st Century Learning
 - Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
 - Learning and Innovation Skills
 - Information, Media and Technology Skills
 - Life and Career Skills


Innovation Video -- Rubik's Cube: A Question Waiting to be Answered

New! Portrait of a Graduate - Battelle for Kids and EdLeader21 have joined forces to make 21st century learning a reality for all students.
Resource Hub
Fraser Public Schools (Michigan)
6 C's of Education (Fullan and Duckworth's graphic and short description of each of the Cs)
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Link to three Videos:
"The C's of Change" - Video #1
"The New C's of Change - Aligned to the Common Core" - Video #2
"Turn, Turn, Turn" - Video #3

Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills for the 21st Century  Report    Ppt
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MI Overarching Expectations (HSCE and CCSS)
21st Century Skills and Policy on Learning (HSCE)
Habits of Mind (HSCE)


Modern Teacher Resources
21st Century Thinking
A Whole New Mind -- Daniel Pink (2005)
Five Minds for the Future -- Howard Gardner (2008)
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed -- Howard Gardner (2011)


Four Key Knowledge Dimensions
  • declarative - knowing the facts and information
  • procedural - knowing how to do something
  • conceptual - knowing relationships between things or within a larger structure
  • situational -knowing a particular situation

Cognitive Growth Targets -- Processes of Thinking
  • Retrieving - recalling or recognizing knowledge from memory
  • Comprehending -initial understanding of knowledge
  • Analyzing - examining knowledge by breaking it down into components to determine relationships, structure, and/or purpose
  • Reasoning - the process of drawing conclusions or making judgments based upon evidence, facts, or criteria
  • Creating - the process of making, inventing, or producing something new
  • Metacognition- the process of being aware of and monitoring one's own thinking and learning
  • Self-Actualization - the process of understanding one's self (self-esteem and                  self-efficacy)

Techniques for Creative Thinking - (Charles Cave's web page) (Earlier list) 
LARC Method - (Left and Right Creativity)
The LARC method is step by step process that brings the right (creative) side of your brain into play with the left (logical) side. Each phase of the program suggest specific, easy-to-follow techniques.The technique comes from the book Unleashing the Right Side of the Brain by Robert Williams and John Stockmyer, published by The Stephen Greene Press in 1987.
Creative Thinking I - Tutor Guide (Reversal and Lateral Thinking)


The Creativity Web - Resources for Creativity and Innovation
Creativity Techniques A-Z  - an introduction to a range of tools and techniques for both idea generation (Creativity) and converting those ideas into reality (Innovation).

Coding in the Classroom -- Fifteen + Ways of Teaching Every Student to Code (even without a computer)

Can We Auto-Correct Humanity 
Why I Refuse to Let Technology Control Me -- We need not delete social networks or destroy cell phones, the message is simple, be balanced, be mindful, be present, be here. 









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