Category Archives: Events

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Recently the ATC21S Singapore team presented a spotlight session for the 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (iCTLT).
The iCTLT provides a forum for participants to discuss educational technology, including cutting-edge innovations, research, and teaching implications.
Key members of the ATC21S team assembled for the spotlight session, which focused on the implications of teaching and [...]

The ATC21S project was recently represented at the SIRikt conference in Slovenia.
SIRikt is an annual international conference for education and technology practitioners and other professionals.  This is its sixth year running.
Greg Butler, ATC21S Taskforce member and Senior Director of Worldwide Education Strategy at Microsoft, gave a plenary lecture titled “Transforming learning for future prosperity.”  Mr. Butler’s lecture [...]

The 8th conference of the International Test Commission (ITC) will be held in Amsterdam from July 3-5, 2012, and the ATC21S team will be participating.
The ITC conference is a venue for researchers, education specialists, policy makers, and other experts to discuss trends and innovations in tests and other assessments. The ATC21S team is pleased to be [...]