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Adapting ATC21S research to Latin American context

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which sits on the ATC21S Advisory Board, is working alongside the government of Costa Rica to adapt the ATC21S project to a Latin American context.
The IDB is motivated to bring the benefits of cutting edge research on the assessment and training of 21st century skills to Latin America.  In these [...]

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ATC21S research shared at Symposium on Technology Enhanced Assessments

Some of the ATC21S research on assessments for collaborative digital literacy was recently shared at the Symposium on Technology Enhanced Assessments (TEA), which was organized by the Center for K–12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS.
ETS (Educational Testing Service) is a non-profit organization for the research and development of assessments worldwide.  Some of the most well [...]

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What should we teach in the 21st century? Thoughts on 21st century skills and their place in the curriculum

Dr. Maria Eugenia Bujanda, the ATC21S Project Coordinator in Costa Rica, recently gave a talk titled “¿Qué enseñar en el siglo XXI? El lugar de las competencias del siglo XXI en el currículo,” or “What to teach in the 21st century? Some thoughts on the 21st century skills and their place in the curriculum.”
The talk took place at [...]

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ATC21S research to be cited in Tokyo forum

Some of the foundational research done by the ATC21S team will be cited in an upcoming forum in Tokyo.  The forum, which is being held for mayors from across Japan, will take place on May 21, 2012.  It will treat the themes of educational reform and the development of 21st century skills in Japan.
The event [...]

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ATC21S cited in PC Online article

The ATC21S project was cited in a recent article published on the Japanese tech news site PC Online.  The article was written by Dr. Yuhei Yamauchi, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo and member of the Benesse Department for Educational Advanced Technology (BEAT).  The article, which is written in [...]

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Assessing “future competencies” conference in Sweden

The topic of 21st century skills is of great interest to education policy makers and researchers in Sweden, and ATC21S is participating in the discussion.  Greg Butler, ATC21S Taskforce member and Senior Director of Worldwide Education Strategy at Microsoft, will share updates on the ATC21S project at the upcoming “How to train and assess future [...]

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Sweden and 21st Century Skills

ATC21S and the importance of 21st century skills were topics of discussion at a recent conference held in Sweden.  The conference, which took place in March 2012, was organized by the Swedish National Agency for Education (NAE). Its theme was “What matters for success? Evidence on the role of non-cognitive skills.” The keynote speech, delivered by Henry [...]

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Materials from El Día del Libro event in Costa Rica

We recently published a blog post on a celebration organized by the ATC21S team in Costa Rica in commemoration of El Día del Libro (National Book Day).  We are pleased to share with you materials and photos from the event, made available by the team.
Click here to watch the “Nuestros Poemas Favoritos” video montage on [...]

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Costa Rica’s ATC21S team celebrates El Día del Libro

El Día del Libro (National Book Day) was recently celebrated in Costa Rica, and the ATC21S team joined in.
As part of the celebration, National Project Manager Elsie Campos and Project Coordinator Maria Eugenia Bujanda organized an event showcasing “Nuestros Poemas Favoritos.”
“Nuestros Poemas Favoritos,” (which was inspired by the My Favorite Poem Project) is an online resource [...]

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ATC21S mentioned on daily edventures blog

The ATC21S project was recently mentioned in two interviews featured on Anthony Salcito‘s daily edventures blog.  Mr. Salcito is the vice president of education for Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Sector organization.  His daily edventures blog, which began in January 2012, chronicles stories about education innovation and success from around the world.
The first interview is with Andreas Schleicher [...]

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