The website is found to be very interesting and remarkable. Although my state –New Jersey– is a P21 Leadership State, but I have never heard about this organization before. The website provides educators with many resources and online interactive tools which can help them to incorporate teaching the 21st century skills into their classroom.
Just knowing that “to become a P21 Leadership State, a state demonstrates commitment from the governor and chief state school officer” is surprising me because the government is involved as well as business partners.
One of their standards is to engage students with the real world data, tools, and experts they will encounter in college, on the job, and in life. I think this standard meets the federal No Child Left Behind law which includes enhancing education through technology.
I couldn’t find any piece on their website to disagree with, but we need to be reached by them in our schools, not just to hear about a good idea or an amazing website only. Also the success stories are not available online, so I am assuming that there is not yet.
We need as 21st century educators to enhance our teaching practice using the new technologies we have around us. Our students do not need to see big gap between their life in school and at home. The state and the administration are not going to do everything we expect or hope about, but it is our responsibility to use technologies in the classroom to be able to prepare our students for the 21st Century world.
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I also wondered why I have never heard of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills before this assignment. They have recruited several states and have quite an extensive mission outlined on their website, but I think they need to be able to reach a broader audience in order to make the impact they are hoping to on the educational system.
ReplyDeleteYou mention that your state is a P21 Leadership state, yet you had not heard about it. What do you think is the reason for the 'disconnect' between the state's decision to participate and the dissemination of that information to educators?
ReplyDeleteSusanna, I do not know what would be the reason. I am thinking that maybe someone at the central office of each school district in the state knows about this organization, and then it is their decission to pass the information to their educators or not. I truly do not know!
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