21st+Century+Skills+Book+Study

__**//[[image:2544129_com_0470475382.jpg align="right"]]Questions for Guided Discussion and Reflection//**__
__**//A Broad Look at all of the Skills - all 3 sheets//**__ 1. The three colored sheets all represent different categories of skills deemed by the authors of our book to be important skills students must master as a 21st century learner. Your first task is to look at the broad categories of skills as represented by the three different colored sheets and assign them a rank value of 1-5 for the broad category. A score of 1 would signify exteme importance and a score of 5 near irrelevance in your/group's opinion. No two sets of skills can recieve the same ranking. You need to be able to justify your ranking choices to the larger group.

__//**Career and Life Skills - Yellow Sheet**//__ 2. There are 11 categories of skills identified in this section. From these 11 please choose 5 categories as a group that you feel are the "most important" to focus on in the coming semester and beyond at LCHS. Rank order these categories again from 1-5 with 1 being the most importnat and 5 being the least of your choices. Be able to explain both your choices and your #1 ranking, why is this category key in your opinion?

3. For the skills you chose as your top five areas of focus: - What do we currently do well? Evidence from things occurring in LCHS classrooms or extra curricular activities? - What do we need to work on and why? - How do we effect growth in these skills in your opinion?

__//**Learning and Innovation Skills -White Sheet**//__ 4. Provide 3 examples for each big category (Creativity and Innovation and Communcation and Collaboration) of practices occuring at LCHS which reflect student or staff growth in these skills.

5. What are the areas of challenge when addressing these skills? Describe two.

6. As a group, how well does our student population do in terms displaying these skills? Assign a letter grade from F to A+ and explain your mark. What about our staff?

__//**Digital Literacy Skills - Green Sheet**//__ 7. There are 13 bullet points in this section describing different types of digital literacy skills. Choose three to comment on as an individual or a group. You could comment on importance, challenges or opportunities they pose.

8. Are there skills that our students and staff need extra support to show growth in, in terms of Digital Literacy? Identify 2 and offer suggestions about how we can support their growth in these types of skills.

//__**Questions, Comments, Concerns, Clebrations?**__// 9. When it comes to the journey towards 21st century learning and skill development, as defined by our book or by another measure of your choice, how are we doing? What are some questions you may have? What are some big picture worries or areas of excitement you connect with this material? Any general comments you want to make about 21st century skills and learning for students and staff at LCHS that we haven't covered?

__//**Rough Plan**//__ A. 15 mins. of individual reflection on the questions. People can write or type their own responses. B. 15 mins. of small group discussion - groups of 2-3. Groups come up with a group concensues answer to the questions. C. 30 mins. of large group sharing and discussion.