As I scrolled through the website topic named, "Partnership for 21st Century Skills", its main focus is discussing how to intergrate technology within the classrooms in this 21st century era. Twenty first century standards, assessments, curriculum, instruction, professional development and learning environments need to be arranged in order to create a support structure that generates 21st Century effects for today's students.
The information that surprised me on this website was the topic of "Competition beats Collaboration". There is an extensive acceptance specifically in the business and high tech manufactories that inside controversy fosters change. In the survey conducted, creativity takes a clash when people in a work group battle instead of collaborate. The best creative teams are those that have the confidence to portion and discuss ideas. However, when people compete for identification, they halt sharing data. This method becomes devastating because nobody in an assembly has all of the information needed to put all the pieces of the puzzle together.
Again, I disagree with the fact that competition beats collaboration. Collaborating has been around for a long length of time. It has helped to bring various ideas from others when making a decision as to solving a matter. The more input, the better the outcome is what I believe.
The implication for my students based on this website would be to help each student implement technology within their learning environment in a way that prepares them for them for the 21st Century!
Reference:
Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (n.d.). A report and mile guide for 21st century skills. Washington DC: Author. Retrieved fromhttp://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Report.pdf
I also disagree that competition beats collaboration. I see this with teachers I have worked with who feel that they are in competition with each other for the best lesson plans/teaching strategies/centers,websites, etc. Instead of helping all the students in the school by collaborating and sharing with other teachers,I feel these teachers are somewhat acting unprofessional in keeping things to themselves. By collaborating with other teachers, we as teachers would be great role models in showing the students how to collaborate as adults in the work place!!One of the 21st Century Skills!!!
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