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I think that teachers
have recognized

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that content is important,
but the way that students learn

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and the way that students
need today to be engaged.

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They want to be a
part of their own learning,

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they want to have choice and
voice in their learning,

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and the way that the teacher
helps them learn the content

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has got to change.

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Learning has changed
in the 21st century

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because our world has changed.

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Work has changed completely.

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The kinds of skills and
knowledge that our businesses

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need is completely different
than it was in the 20th century.

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I think our students
are different.

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Their expectations for being
involved in their learning

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are much higher.

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They really want to know,
"Why do I have to learn this?"

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Our framework that
we've developed

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over the last several years
really describes how learning

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in the 21st century
ought to be arranged.

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So, we believe that there ought
to be a strong focus, of course,

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on the CORE content, and on
interdisciplinary themes,

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such as global awareness,
financial literacy,

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civic literacy, health literacy,
global literacy.

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But also students have to
have the skills in order

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to be able to use the knowledge
that they're gaining in school.

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So the four Cs are
the heart of the framework.

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They are critical thinking,
collaboration, communication,

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and creativity and innovation.

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We've learned from talking a lot
with our business partners

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and our government partners,
and even community leaders,

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that students must have these
skills in order to succeed.

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One example of
the four Cs in action:

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when you walk in each classroom,
what you will see is--

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you probably won't be able
to see the teacher

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when you first walk in

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because he or she will be in
a small group

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or talking to one student,
and is busy.

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You will also see
small groups of students,

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you might see some up at the
white board, and in every case,

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you will see students who,
if you walk up to the student

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and you say,
"What are you doing?"

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they will be able to tell you
what they're doing

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and they will show you
on their iPad

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what their personalized
learning plan is.

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And what their goal
for the day is,

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what lesson they're working on,
and what skills

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they are working on.

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And so that is a very different
picture than the picture

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of you walk into the class

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and the teacher's at the front
of the room,

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and you have rows and desks

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and some of the students are
engaged and some are not.

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Or even other technology
models where maybe every student

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is sitting behind...
sort of behind a computer,

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kind of isolated
behind their computers.

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In one of the exemplar
schools where we visited,

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the students were working
collaboratively in groups

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in order to build a model of...
one of their large projects was

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to build a model of
a nearby river in the town

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in which they lived.

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And so the students would--
there were five or six

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collaborative groups
in the classroom,

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and some of them were in charge
of researching the geography

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and the geology around
the river itself.

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Another group was researching
the history of the model,

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and other groups were
preparing their presentation

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to the school board about
how they were going to design

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and build and research
and build these... the river.

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It's a great example of
students being able to apply

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all of the four Cs and utilize
their creativity with...

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and technology for how they were
going to be able to do this,

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how they were going
to communicate it,

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how they were going to evaluate
it and be able to analyze

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what needed to be done
and actually take action

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in a real world setting that had
real world consequences.

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Technology is a real enabler,
an accelerator for the four Cs.

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You know, through the resources
and the networks

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that are available through
technology, students can really

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engage in real-life experiences
through their learning,

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they can contact authors and
scientists throughout the world.

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They can engage in games
and other things

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that build critical thinking,
and they can collaborate

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with people across the world.

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Some of the characteristics
of the teachers

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who were really able to do this,
to implement the four Cs,

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were... are that they are
open to innovation,

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they are risk takers,
not afraid to fail.

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And so it's really... many of
those life and career skills,

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that responsibility,
that flexibility,

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the teachers that are really
implementing the four Cs

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are those that are exhibiting
these skills

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and are passing those skills on
and through to their students.

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The advice that I would give a
teacher getting new technology

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in their classroom and wanting
to really implement the four Cs,

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would be to probably
start small.

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Start with baby steps.

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Connect with other colleagues
who are trying to do it

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across your school,
or across the country,

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or across the world.

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And build support so that you
can be open to innovation

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and be willing
to try new things.