Trends, Networks, and

Critical Thinking in the

st
21 Century
The 21st century skills:
1. Learning Skills
◦Critical Thinking
◦Creative Thinking
◦Collaboration
◦Communication
2. Literacy Skills
oInformation Literacy
oMedia Literacy
oTechnology Literacy
3. Life Skills
oFlexibility
oInitiative
oSocial Skills
oProductivity
oLeadership
What is Networks?
 A network is that group
of people with whom we
interact everyday.
Hierarchy-actors in the networks can pull their investments in social
rela-tions by establishing rela-tions witha diverse set of groups in the
community(preferably groups that are not connected to each other),
rather than establishing all of their relationships with members of
one group.
Interdependence-the ties in the network can be useful in facillitating
change and reform. Interdependence facillitates cooperation and
creates social capital necessary for the progress of the community.
Embeddedness-the networks of relations within which each person
is rooted include family, friends and acquitances.
 Our human existence and relationships
are nested in both local and global
networks that constitute meaning and
action.
In an increasingly interconnected world,
we can understand ourselves only to the
extent that we understand others.
Understanding Local Networks

 Who are we?

 Where do we come from?
 Why are we here?
 Where are we going?
 Why and how are we connected?
How do connections,
relationships,
and networks work?
Main Ideas
 Collaboration is a skill to survive in the 21st century
world.
 It is imperative to discover roles in an
interdependent connection.
 The 21st century world brings
enormous challenges in the
way people see their
connections to others.
 Collaboration - the action of working with someone
to produce or create something.
Let’s have an activity
 Group yourselves into 5.
 Read the story "The story of the river".
 Answer the three questions related to the story.
Questions:
 If you were a villager in the story, what would
you do?

 What is the root problem?

 Are you brave enough to find out? Are you

willing to take the risk for your neighbors?
 Cooperation
Conditionally sharing information and
resources while functioning together
within an independent "connective"
in typical roles with workloads
accepted as unequal to change or
improve something in a way that:
1. benefits some individuals in
the group
2. meets their personal needs
3. may result in disruptive
innovation
Collaboration
Unconditionally sharing everything and
helping each other while mutually
working together in a cohesive
"collective" in unusual roles embracing
the talents of each person to synergize
or invent something new in a way that:
1. benefits all the groups and/or
others
2. serves the whole team goals
3. may result in co-creative
innovation.
How collaboration and cooperation help you as a
student in finishing a given activity or project?

How is cooperation and collaboration seen in the local

and global network?
Performance Task
The class will be divided into four. Each group has a school/
community problem. Their task is to analyze a certain
problem using both intuitive and strategic thinking and
solve it introducing creative solutions:
Group 1: Political
Group 2: Cultural
Group 3: Economic
Group 4: Kinship Ties
Instructions:
 Use long bond paper
 Use a plastic slider and transparent folder
 1st page: Cover page
 2nd page: Photo of a community or school
problem
 Succeeding pages: Creative Solutions
 Deadline: August 14, 2018
 Category Exemplary (4) Good (3) Marginal (2) Unacceptable (1)
Quality of Information Provided relevant and Provided somewhat Provided acceptable Provided irrelevant
crucial information relevant information information information

Use of Critical and Applied critical and Applied critical and Applied critical and Did not applied
Intuitive Thinking intuitive thinking in all intuitive thinking in intuitive thinking in a critical and intuitive
aspects some aspects few aspects thinking at all

Collaboration Every member of the Only some members Only a few members No collaboration
group contributed of the group of the group
insights and ideas contributed insights contributed insights
and ideas and ideas
Professional Language Professional Professional Professional Professional
vocabulary and vocabulary and vocabulary and vocabulary and
writing style are used writing style are often writing style are writing style are not
consistently used seldom used used
Creative Solutions Solutions presented Some solutions A few solutions All solutions are not
were unique, creative presented were presented were creative
and feasible unique, creative and unique, creative and
feasible feasible
 Who are my How do I keep them?
brothers/sisters? (The (How do you relate to
people in your community) them?)
What is social Network?
What is the difference between Social
network and Social Media?
What are the most popular social
network that exist?
Advantages of Social
Network
1. Staying connected
2. Finding People with common interest
3. Invaluable Promotional Tool
4. Information spreads incredibly fast
5. Helps to catch and convicts criminal
Disadvantages of
Social Network
1. Perpetuates False and Unreliable
Information
2. Causing more relationship problems
3. Cyberbullying is a Growing Problem
4. Used to Profile and Discriminate in
the Job World
5. The Addiction is Real