Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, and Critical Thinking are identified as necessary Learning and Innovation Skills through the Partnership for 21st Century Learning. Students who have strengths in these areas will be better positioned to succeed in work and life in the 21st Century.
This site contains ideas and resources for shifting traditional assignments to innovative assignments that will allow students to build their creation, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking muscles.
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Each tool mentioned on this site has either been approved for KCS use through LearnPlatform or is in the approval process.
These assignments can be given to entire classes, or they can be set up in learning stations.
Many of the ideas from Communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity can be constructed to facilitate collaboration.