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=Ready for the 21 st  Century with English 20-1! =

**What is ADLC?**
===The Alberta Distance Learning Center serves more than 40 000 students in over 700 schools across the province and around the world. We have offices in Barrhead, Westlock, Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge. ===

====**Contracted Services:** Schools can register students with us and we teach and assess their students.There is a fee for this service. ==== **Team Teaching:** ** At no cost to their schools **, teachers can team teach and access all the course content and modify it to suit their specific needs. Schools receive their own online course that they can personalize with their school information, facilitate online instruction any time, any where their students might be. Students can access content (instructional content, assignments, exemplars and tutorials) and submit assignments in print or online. In addition to course content, Team Teachers receive assignment keys, rubrics, exams, and exam keys to support their teaching of the course.

New English 20-1 Course
====A team of English teachers from across the province collaborated and built a new English 20-1 course that would include a variety of new and engaging texts, encourage students to collaborate and communicate while thinking critically and creatively. This new blended course provides students total flexibility in switching between print and online course content to help them meet their individual needs. Even traditional print students are encouraged to use their mobile devices to access content any time and from any where. ====

=Supporting 21st Century Learning = ===Tony Wagner's "Seven Survival Skills 1 " (2010, p. 66) influenced our approach in the new English 20-1 course: ===


 * Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by Influence
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Agility and Adaptability
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Effective Oral and Written Communication
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Accessing and analyzing Information
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Curiosity and Imagination

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wagner's 3 Rs of Reinvention <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%; vertical-align: super;">2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">: "The rigor that matters most for the twenty-first century is demonstrated mastery of the core competencies for work, citizenship, and life-long learning... In today's world, it's no longer how much you know that matters; it's what you can do with what you know" (Wagner, 2010, p. 111). In his 2002 [|article], Wagner identifies that the definition of rigor has changed in the 21 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> century, pairing it with relevance. All this learning must occur within safe relationships provided by schools. ====

===<span style="color: #177710; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Partnership for 21st Century Skills <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> cites 4 C's that are super skills of the 21 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Century. We have grouped these together to frame the information presented here with regards to the new English 20-1 course: ===

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creativity and Critical Thinking

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student Choice = Student Voice
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Text Variety
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Choice in Assignments
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assessment for Learning and Assessment of Learning
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Formative, Summative and Performance Assessments

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Communication and Collaboration

 * ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Peer to Peer ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student and Teacher ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Development Team ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; vertical-align: super;">1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Wagner, T. (2010). //The Global Achievement Gap//. New York: Perseus Book Group. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; vertical-align: super;">2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Wagner, T. (2002, November 27). Secondary School Change: Meeting challenge with the three R's of reinvention. Education Week. Retrieved from http://www.tonywagner.com/resources/secondary-school-change.