The skills outlined by the Partnership for 21 st Century Skills (2002) are the
competencies that all administrators must ensure teachers are providing to students in
order for them to become successful workers in the new information age. The content
that all schools need to enact in their curriculum are global awareness (promotion of
understanding and tolerance of diversity), civic awareness (understand, analyze and
participate in government, locally and globally) and financial and economic literacy
(understanding the choices for personal prosperity) and health literacy (understanding
nutritional choices that will allow for a long life). The 21 st century learning skills working
in tandem with the 21 st century tools for content will ensure that our young people will
have the ability to act, think, adapt and communicate creatively.
21st Century Instructional Technology Tools