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Perspectives on 21st Century Education

• The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• NETS-T, NETS-A, and NETS-S from the International Society of Technology in Education
  
• KnowledgeWorks Foundation’s 2020 Forecast on Learning
• School 2.0
• Apple Classroom of Tomorrow - Today
• The Horizon Report
• MIT New Media Literacies
• Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
• The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age

Discipline Specific Organizations

Here are the position statements released by some content areas (adapted from Ryan Bretag)

National Council of Teachers of English

• 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Framework (08/09)
• 21st Century Literacies: A Policy Research Brief
• Definition of 21st Century Literacies (2008)
• Writing in the 21st Century (pdf) (2009)
• Writing Between the Lines
• Position Statement on Multimodal Literacies (2005)

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

• The Role of Technology in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics (2008)
• Computation, Calculators, and Common Sense (2005)

National Science Teachers Association

• The Role of e-Learning in Science Education (2008)

National Science Foundation (2008)

• Fostering Learning in the Networked World:  The Cyberworld Opportunity and Challenge

National Association of Biology Teachers (2009)

21st Century Skills (from their blog, interesting take)

National Council of Social Studies

• Technology Position Statement (2009)

National Association for Sport and Physical Education

• Initial Guide for Online Physical Education (2007) (pdf)

Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation

• 21 Steps to 21st Century Learning
  

Specific Groups, Papers and Documents that support 21st Century Education

PEW Internet and American Life Project

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century | Henry Jenkins et. al

Learning: Peering Backward and Looking Forward in the Digital Era

Digital Youth Research: Kids Informal Learning with Digital Media

A Collection of Essays on Participatory Culture

Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning

Digital Literacy and Citizenship in the 21st Century | CommonSense

Journals

Educause| Educase Quarterly (be sure to see the Learning Spaces issue)

International Journal of Learning and Media

First Monday

eLearn Magazine