1. Introduction
Technological changes occur almost every day. To be competitive in this digital era, people should be fluent in the
language in which advance technology operates. Therefore, education system should be responsible in preparing
students to face the global challenges of the 21st century. The 21st century skills are not something new in the
Malaysian education system but an extension of the traditional skills of adopting new technology and work
environment. According to Douglas Ruskoff, Playing the Future (1996) in the NCREL (2002) : "Students are
natives to cyberspace, where the rest of us are immigrants." Children today have different views
to Mehmet (2009), Pedro (2006) asserted that technology has become part of their lives thus the term “New
Millennium Learners” were coined. The 21st century is an era in which work requires workers to have skills
including problem solving, critical thinking, team work and willingness to learn something new (National Institute
of Literacy and the Small Business Administration, 1999).