4. 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
2002
P21 was founded in 2002 as a
coalition bringing together the
business community, education
leaders, and policymakers to position
21st century readiness at the center
of US K-12 education and to kick-
start a national conversation on the
importance of 21st century skills for
all students.
1999 ACTFL 5C’s
5. Benefits of ICT
• Provides numerous opportunities for expressing
understanding through images, sounds and texts. (Barley
et al., 2002)
๏When we truly understand, we
1. can explain
2. can interpret
3. can apply
4. have perspective
5. display empathy
6. have self-knowledge
(Wiggins and McTighe 1998, 2005)