20th century + 21st century =

This time last week I was stressed anticipating my promotion from a committee member to a Commission member. Here’s an update.

The cold and windy mid-western city is still cold and very windy ... Lord ... how do people live in that weather – asked the spoiled Floridian?

There is no difference between committee work and Commission work other than the latter sounds grander. What always happens with a committee? You are correct, dear Reader. Not much gets done and you walk away with more work. Same with a Commission.

That’s exactly what happened in the cold and windy mid-western city as we gathered to talk about 21st century learning skills. Everyone had a different opinion. Getting people to agree on a common set was difficult. When there is a lack of unanimity, send everyone away to do more research for the next meeting.

I have my reading assignments.

One of these weeks I’ll get down in writing what many other educators have already identified – there is a core set of new skills that we (oldies and young ones) need to master.

By the way, we are one-tenth of the way though the new century already.