The 21st Century Worker

"Schools are currently still training autonomous problem-solvers, whereas as students
enter the workplace, they are increasingly being asked to work in teams,
drawing on different sets of expertise, and collaborating to solve problems."
--Richard Jenkins; Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Media

Twenty-First Century Skills
(html link at bottom of the page)
a report by the Metiri Group detailing the proficiencies needed by our students.

“The current and future health of America’s 21st Century Economy depends

directly on how broadly and deeply Americans reach a new level of

literacy—‘21st Century Literacy’—that includes strong academic skills,

thinking, reasoning, teamwork skills, and proficiency in using technology.”

-21st Century Workforce Commission National Alliance of Business

The 21st Century worker will be connected, collaborative, creative, design-savvy, diverse, (add your own adjectives here)adaptable, informed, creative flexible, tech fluent problem solvers fearless open minded focused selective discerning civil responsible visually oriented knowledgable compassionate cautious tech savvy risk takers typers "naturally speaking"
fluxom and justem...(spell check)

New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce

"On Dec. 14 2006 the Commission unveiled recommendations calling for the biggest changes in the American education system in a century."

The Workforce Readiness Crisis by Susan McLester and Todd McIntire
The 21st Century Worker - 21st Century Learning

"Perhaps not surprising is the finding that employers place much greater value on the applied skills of leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving than on more traditional basic skills such as reading comprehension or mathematics (...see the table above.)"

What will the 21st Century worker be like? Here's one possibility: slide show on Slideshare

Welcome to 21st Century Learning (5 min video)

HTML link to Twenty First Century Skills: To link to or bookmark this page, use the following url:
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:XCvLOl3xM2AJ:www.metiri.com/21st%2520Century%2520Skills/PDFtwentyfirst%2520century%2520skills.pdf+Twenty+first+Century+Skills+meteri&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Virtual worlds making inroads into corporate communications and marketing
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3803056.ece

The Green Guide lists virtual worlds being used in business. It also includes information on how businesses are already using virtual worlds.
A free copy of the Guide is available here.

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