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What's all the hype about the 21st Century Learner?

New Zealand is entering a new phase in education (well, for a while now) and at the top of the list is the 21st Century Learner. What will the 21st Century Learner look like, sound like, feel like? How are teachers of 'before and now' look like compared to the teacher of the future? What knowledge will be deemed important and integral to the 21st Century Learner (consider skills like writing and spelling of children of a few decades ago to the children of today. Is this important or has the 'shift' been totally moved?). How will this knowledge be taught? As a parent caring for, developing and raising a 21st Century Learner, what do YOU think is important in this day and age?

For some answers from our end, have a look at these websites for some information:

An excellent resource as you will see what is planned for our area, what we are learning, where we are heading and a great deal of information for teachers and parents alike.
 * Peak-ICT (Linked to Putauaki School as the Leading School in the Kawerau ICT Cluster) - http://peak-ict.wikispaces.com/
 * TKI and Ministry of Education - []
 * The NZ Curriculum Online - []
 * YouTube (type: Education or 21st Century Learner.) -
 * Teachertube (Education/learning) -

Some cool websites for help, information and resources with neat stuff for teachers and parents:


 * Team Up, Ministry of Education - []
 * Enchanted Learning -

Hopefully I will be able to integrate a part on this page for you to add comments and feedback.

Enjoy the following YouTube snippets (one is quite serious but the other is quite light-hearted).

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