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21st Century Skills

Essential 21st Century Skills1 • **Accountability and Adaptability**—Exercising personal responsibility and flexibility in personal, workplace, and community contexts; setting and meeting high standards and goals for one's self and others; tolerating ambiguity • **Communication Skills**—Understanding, managing, and creating effective oral, written, and multimedia communication in a variety of forms and contexts • **Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity**—Developing, implementing, and communicating new ideas to others; staying open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives • **Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking**—Exercising sound reasoning in understanding and making complex choices; understanding the interconnections among systems • **Information and Media Literacy Skills**—Analyzing, accessing, managing, integrating, evaluating, and creating information in a variety of forms and media • **Interpersonal and Collaborative Skills**—Demonstrating teamwork and leadership; adapting to varied roles and responsibilities; working productively with others; exercising empathy; respecting diverse perspectives • **Problem Identification, Formulation, and Solution**—Ability to frame, analyze, and solve problems • **Self-Direction**—Monitoring one's own understanding and learning needs; locating appropriate resources; transferring learning from one domain to another • **Social Responsibility**—Acting responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind; demonstrating ethical behavior in personal, workplace, and community contexts

Link to 21st Century words: http://download.intel.com/education/common/en/resources/eo/course_resources/Thinking/21st_Century_Skills_Words.doc Link to Blooms Taxonomy words: http://download.intel.com/education/common/en/resources/eo/course_resources/Thinking/Revised_Blooms_Taxonomy_Words.doc Intel Link: http://teachonline.intel.com/us/course/view.php?id=367&page=105537