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=21st Century Learning Resources=

Creatively Speaking, Part One: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind
The internationally renowned innovation consultant calls for transformation, not just reformation, of public education. **Click here to view the video.**

Creatively Speaking, Part Two: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind
The idea of creativity, as well as how the challenge of teaching and learning how to be creative, has come up in our meetings. The creativity guru shares his vision for a new way of educating children. **Click here to view the video.**

Video: No Child Left Behind and Global Competitiveness
Yong Zhao, author of the recent ASCD publication entitled, //Catching Up or Leading the Way//, shares his thoughts on NCLB, standardized testing, and his belief that the United States is moving in the wrong direction. Will more standards, accountability, and higher test scores make American students more globally competitive? In the video, Yong Zhao retells his personal story and questions the wisdom of current US education policy. He argues that global competitiveness comes from a diversity of talents and recognition of individual passions and creativity. This is part of a film series produced by the Mobile Learning Institute’s called “A 21st Century Education”. **Click here for the video.**

Tony Wagner: 'The Global Achievement Gap'
This is a video of a July 2008 keynote address where Tony talked about his latest book //**The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--and What We Can Do About It**.// The video includes questions from the audience. **Click here to view the video.**

Dr. Steven Edwards, PhD, President/CEO of Edwards Educational Services was a featured speaker at the 2009 NYSSBA Conference held in NYC. He describes this video as follows: //Are American schools doing as poorly preparing kids for the 'real world' as test scores suggest? We looked at the data and how it was disaggregated, and saw some interesting--and encouraging--results!// **Click here to view the video**.
 * 21st Century Educational Reality**

Use this video with your staff, parents, teachers, and students to start a discussion on what is needed to educate kids in the 21st Century.

A 21st Century Education - Project Based Learning at High Tech High
In this film, Larry Rosenstock, describes a vision for education that blends the head, the heart, and the hands. High Tech High embraces learning that flows from personal interests, passion for discovery and a celebration of art, technology and craftsmanship. **Click here for the video**.

Did You Know 5 - April 2009
Version 5 of the series by Dr. Howie DiBlasi, 45% new data. Start the discussion on 21st Century skills in education. How to change the world by using social media and new education ideas. Thinking different in the new classroom. Changing the world of education one teacher at a time. **Click here for the video.**

Bloom's New Taxomony
In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developed a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. During the 1990's a new group of cognitive psychologist, lead by Lorin Anderson (a former student of Bloom's), updated the taxonomy reflecting relevance to 21st century work. This graphic is a representation of the NEW verbiage associated with the long familiar Bloom's Taxonomy. Note the change from Nouns to Verbs to describe the different levels of the taxonomy. **Click here to take a look.**

ASSA Article - Thomas Friedman on Education in the Flat World
This is a fascinating conversation between to authors, Thomas Friedman and Daniel Pink. Each author has had a great impact on teaching and learning in the 21st Century. Definitely worth the read. Click here.

K-12 Parents Report - //Speak Up 2008// National Findings
In March 2009 Project Tomorrow® released its Speak Up 2008 Selected National Findings which highlighted that America’s K-12 students have become a powerful “Digital Advance Team” who are forging new paths for effectively leveraging emerging technologies for teaching and learning. This report examines the parents’ responses to the aspirations of K-12 students for technology-enhanced learning environments. The parent data was collected during Speak Up 2008 and provides additional insight into technology’s role in improving students’ educational experiences and opportunities. Click here for the report.

Leadership in the 21st Century: The New Visionary Administrator
This report examines the responses of visionary administrators and compares it with feedback from their peers as well as students. This report presents the ﬁndings from Project Tomorrow’s 2007 Speak Up Survey, informing international discussions about how to create 21st century classrooms that engage today’s “digital natives.” Project Tomorrow collected survey responses from all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, American Department of Defense Schools, Canada, Mexico, and Australia. The top participating states included: Texas, California, Arizona, Illinois, Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Michigan. Click here to view the report.

School 2.0
The School 2.0 Toolkit is designed to help schools, districts, and communities develop a common educational vision and explore how that vision can be support by educational technology. School 2.0 provides a "big picture" perspective on community-based, next-generation schools that allows for a common point of entry so that all community stakeholders can participate in this important conversation. Click here to learn more.