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Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

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The first was defining,” he says, with experts generating a laundry list of skills and competencies considered essential for students’ future success. ISTE Standards for Students highlight digital citizenship and computational thinking as key skills that will enable students to thrive as empowered learners.

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Why Education Is a ‘Wicked Problem’ for Learning Engineers to Solve

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You don't go to school to learn how to tie a shoelace. But in some sense, tying my shoelaces and brushing my teeth are perhaps two of the most important skills that I've learned. What kind of mental models do humans build of AI agents? And the mental model is not going to be the one that you, as a designer, has.