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This page is for statements and quotes that really capture the essence of our mission and the 21st century model
=The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who can not read or write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn - Alvin Toffler media type="youtube" key="FSIkjNaICsg&rel=1" height="355" width="425" The Escalator

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JDK: Students are coming into our classrooms ready to learn in digital ways that are familiar to them and instead they are just sitting there with pencil and paper in hand not engaged and not learning. The disconnect between how students learn and how teachers teach is easy to understand when one considers that __the current school system was designed for preparing students for working in factories and agriculture__. However, the world has changed and continues to change at an ever-increasing rate. While schools have done a masterful job of preparing students for an industrial age, we are moving at warp speed into a whole new era! Some believe __the future of our educational system will hinge on our ability to lead and adapt, as we prepare our students for the future. We are the first generation of teachers who are preparing students for jobs that haven't even been invented yet. This means educators will need to rethink not only what to teach, but what it means to teach and learn in the 21st Century. Schools must be willing to redesign themselves or render themselves irrelevant in preparing students for success in the 21st Century.__ __Being literate in the future will__ certainly involve the ability to read, write, and do basic math. However, the concept of literacy in the 21st Century will be far richer and more comprehensive than the education you and I received growing up (Warlick, 2003). The very nature of information is changing: how we organized, where we find it, what we use to view it, what we do with it, and how we communicate it. __The secret: Focus on student passion and interest, not machines and software. Today's digital natives are passionate about team-based learning approaches because of their vast digital gaming experiences. It feels natural for them to learn by collaborating online with others they have never met.__ __Through our creative use of the vast array of web-based social networking tools our students become researchers, writers, videographers, and activists rather than passive receivers of a textbook's content. They still learn content but through an authentic means that will prepare them for the world of work of tomorrow, rather than the world of work of today or yesterday. Collaboration is the focus of that learning__

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