Why ’21st century skills’ are important educational goals

Downes, S. (2009) An operating system for the mind, Stephen’s Blog, September 19

In case you missed it when it first came out (I did – thanks Burkhard Lehmann, for pointing me to it): a typical Downes rant: brilliant, well-argued, passionate, and this time right. Move over, Rick Mercer. (Must be the Atlantic water off the east coast of Canada)

For a somewhat different case (more west coast) for teaching 21st century skills, see an earlier blog of mine, e-Learning and 21st century skills and competencies