Marc Prensky's (2010) thoughts on what a new curriculum should be are to "focus more on the verbs" for the 21st century classroom and its students (p. 186). I agree with Mr. Prensky that change is happening and we, as students and as educators, must keep up, evolve and most importantly, learn to adapt so that we are as prepared as possible when new ideas or technologies emerge. 21st century skills are essential in today's classroom because the world is not in stasis, rather, it is constantly evolving and growing. Students today need to have a global consciousness because interaction and communication with citizens of the world is inevitable. The classrooms of today must be ready to prepare students not just for what is current but what will come in the future. We need to teach them how to think critically and to problem solve. There will be many answers to their problems and questions just a click away, but the skills will still be essential. Marc Prenksy (2010) goes in depth into the partnered classroom and its benefits. I feel that we are at the beginning of the journey to becoming 21st century oriented learners and teachers. We have a long way to go, but with the sage words and sound advice from Marc Prensky's (2010) book, Teaching Digital Natives- Partnering For Real Learning, we can learn a great deal about how to get to where we need to be and achieve what we want to achieve.
Prensky, M. R. (Ed.). (2010). Teaching digital natives: Partnering for real learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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