Slide 1

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.


Slide 2

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.


Slide 3

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.


Slide 4

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.


Slide 5

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.


Slide 6

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.


Slide 7

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.


Slide 8

21st Century Skills
Ashlee Quilling
EDT 652
Module 4 Assignment

The Fluencies
 Critical thinking skills that are essential to live
in a multimedia world
 Fluent = demonstrate mastery + do things
unconsciously/ smoothly
 6 key skills:
 Solution fluency
 Information fluency
 Collaboration fluency
 Creativity fluency
 Media fluency
 Digital citizen

Solution Fluency …
 Whole-Brain Thinking
 Creativity and problem solving in real time

 6 Essential Steps - Six D’s







DEFINE the problem
DISCOVER history of problem
DREAM or Envision the future with problem solved
DESIGN solution in stages
DELIVER the goods (complete/publish solution)
DEBRIEF and foster ownership (evaluate problemsolving process)

Information Fluency …
 Ability to
 access digital information sources to retrieve
desired information
 effectively assess the information

 The 5 A’s
 ASK good questions
 ACCESS & ACQUIRE material from appropriate
digital source
 ANALYZE/authenticate/arrange materials
 APPLY knowledge of real world
problem/simulation
 ACCESS both product and process

Collaboration Fluency …
 “Team working proficiency that has reached
the unconscious ability to work cooperatively
with virtual & real partners through an online
environment to create original digital
products.”
 Virtual Interaction = Death of Distance
 Tremendous potential in education
 Foreign language learners could work with native
speakers
 Virtual partnerships on projects with kids from across
town or across the world.

Creativity Fluency …
 Artistic proficiency adds meaning through
design, art and storytelling.
 Regards form in addition to function
 Principles of innovative design + quality
functioning products.
 Extends beyond visual creative skills to using
imagination to create stories
 Widely regarded by successful industries
 Creative Minds = Creative Solutions

Media Fluency …
 First, ability to look analytically at any
communication media
 Second, ability to create and publish original
digital products
 Challenge learners to create digital products
that:
 Reflect their understanding of content
 Develop technical skills
 Provide them with empowering principles of
graphic design

The Digital Citizen …
 Guiding Principles
 Leadership, Ethics, Accountability, Fiscal responsibility,
Environmental awareness, Global citizenship, Personal
responsibility.

 One main aspect
 Need for consistency in personality
 Personality one communicates online is consistent with
who they are in person

 Vital to understand
 People you encounter online may not be who they
portray themselves to be.