Section 3 covered two chapters.
Chapter 4 is titled Digital Literacy Skills and Chapter 5 is titled Career and Life Skills.
Chapter 4-Let me first say that on pages 62-64, there is a great fable about an unlucky kingdom. It is great translation of the Knowledge Age. Throughout the rest of Chapter 4, the book relates to the 21st Century Knowledge and Skills Rainbow. It briefly describes Information Literacy, Media Literacy, and Information and Communication Technology Literacy (ICT).
Information Literacy-access information efficiently and effectively and also evaluate information critically and competently
Media Literacy-analyze media and create media products
ICT Literacy- apply technology effectively
The three skills are continually evolving. The skills power the learning of many other skills in the rainbow of Learning.
Chapter 5 -Work-Ready and Prepared for Life- This chapter discusses the components most often reviewed on employee evaluations
. 1. Flexibility and Adapdability- adapt to change and be flexible
2. Initiative and Self-Direction- manage golas and time, work indepently, be self-directed learners
3. Social and Cross-Cultural Interaction- interact effectively with others and work effectively in diverse teams
4. Productivity and Accountablity- manage projects and produce results
5. Leadership and Responsibility- guide and lead others and be responsible to others
The skills in Chapter 5 are essential to both work and learning in the 21st Century. Those these skills have been around for a long time, they take on a new meaning in the digital age.
So much of the content of this book seems geared toward the high school aged learner. I think many of these concepts can be broken down and taught at a younger age (knowledge) but not necessarily applied or synthesized. For example when the book addresses information literacy I believe that primary and secondary sources could be taught to upper elementary and middle school students. Yet I don't think it would be reasonable to believe that my sixth graders could compose papers or presentations from only primary sources unless the content was closely related to their experience. I think as time passes and more time and energy is invested into 21st century learning skills there will be more information that applies to the younger learner available. As fun as it is to be on the cutting edge of educational philosophy it does require an ability to discern how to build a "scope and sequence" that leads to the final goal.
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