Tag: 21st Century Skills

• “X” Marks the Spot

  

  I began writing this series a year and a half ago to explore the many considerations we need to contemplate regarding the changes that will occur in the next decade and what our students will need to be successful in that time-frame and beyond. Access, happiness, mental well-being, reflection, patience, social-emotional learning, and mindset are…

  Lynn Thomas

  July 7, 2020

  21st Century Learning, Accessibility, Class of 2030, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Education, Empathy, Mental Health, Remote Learning, Social-Emotional Learning, Teaching

  21st Century Skills, Access, Assessment, Class of 2030, Collaboration, ConnectEd, COVID19, Critical Thinking, Digital Divide, Empathy, Equity, Future of education, Happiness, Marc Brackett, Mental Health, mental health and wellness, Mental well-being, Remote Learning, resilience, social-emotional learning, Social-Emotional Skills

• The Class of 2030, What Skills Will They Need?

  

  The biggest challenges students in kindergarten right now will face when they graduate is a rapidly changing work environment so being flexible is essential, and flexibility requires confidence. Confidence is the by-product of strong emotional intelligence and it will be necessary to successfully navigate the work-world of the future. Social-emotional intelligence ensures students are self…

  Lynn Thomas

  March 21, 2019

  21st Century Learning, Education, Empathy, Mental Health, Teaching

  21st Century Skills, blogging, Empathy, Flipgrid, Learning Tools, Mental Health

• Best of 2018

  

  It’s December: a time to reflect upon the year that is swiftly coming to a close, and a time to look forward to what the new year will bring. This past year has held a lot of new experiences for me. I presented at a conference for the first time, I hosted a #MSFTEduChat Tweetmeet,…

  Lynn Thomas

  December 10, 2018

  21st Century Learning, Collaboration, EdTech, Global, SDGs, Teaching

  #MSFTEduChat Tweetmeet, 21st Century Skills, Collaboration, Microsoft Teams, OneNote, PowerPoint, Project Kakuma, Skype

• Mighty Morph Masters

  

  As teachers, I think we are all Mighty Morph Masters. We make decisions on the fly, adjust a lesson to differentiate and better suit learner needs, tweak to ensure better engagement and impact, all while maintaining a positive, supportive energy in our classrooms. These are all things we do on a constant basis and essentially…

  Lynn Thomas

  November 23, 2018

  Blended Learning, EdTech, Education, Teaching

  21st Century Skills, Be the Change Take the Challenge, Blended Learning, Climate Action Project, D2L, Immersive Reader, Innovation Project, Learning Tools, OneNote, Skype in the Classroom, Visme