SETDA – 21st century skills

I’m live blogging from the SETDA Leadership Summit…

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21st century skills

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Frances Bradburn, Director of Instructional Technology, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

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• State has signed on to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills framework

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• North Carolina requires students to complete a 4–component, performance-based graduation project (research paper, product, portfolio, and oral presentation)

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• Students also must pass a computer skills test to graduate

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• For licensure, has ‘executive’ standards, not principal / superintendent standards

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• Joint Commission on Information Technology was a unified voice advocating for the School Connectivity Project (broadband for every school)

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• LOTS of neat stuff going on in the state (Learn and Earn, New Schools Project, Learn and Earn Online, North Carolina Virtual Public School, IMPACT, Literacy to Learn, eBistro, Project K-NECT, Quest Atlantis)

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• Many initiatives are facilitated by corporations working hand-in-hand with the state department

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• Funding technology facilitators, literacy coaches, E-Rate personnel, and regional engineers

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• Frances maintains a blog

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Brenda Williams, Executive Director, Office of Instructional Technology, West Virginia Department of Education

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• State has signed on to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills framework

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• Secured critical policymaker support: Governor, Board of Education, legislature

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• Had to show folks that 21st century skills are a little different than the old SCANS skills

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• Numerous non-technology-related academic policy initiatives align with technology-oriented initiatives

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• 8th grade student technology assessment is aligned with classroom assessment (following the Rick Stiggins philosophy)

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• Teach 21

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• Think.com

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