BLOG QUESTION ADV: 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

What are the four 21st-century skills? As an advanced student, how do these 21st-century skills apply to the work that you are doing in the advance class? How do you think you can apply each of these to your work in this class going forward into the year? Be specific and give an example of how each of the four key 21st-century skills apply of your filmmaking career going forward.

The four 21st century skills are ways of thinking, tools for working, ways of working, and skills for living in the world. All of these skills are applicable in the advanced. Every day we have to make decisions, problem solve on the spot, communicate, and collaborate. Some of these skills are up to the person themselves, such as responsibility and information literacy. I think problem-solving, responsibility, and collaboration are some of the more important skills that I'll need to focus on this year and forward, especially as an advanced student who will be graduating soon.  For example, we will probably encounter a lot of problems on set that will require critical thinking and decision-making, so we have to be adaptable and think of ways to problem solve outside of class without Mr. Furtados help. We also need to understand the information we're learning as we dive deeper into topics like storytelling, cinematography, and more. Collaborating, communication, and responsibility are all things we practiced last year, but we really need to apply these skills in order for productions to move forward.