5. Illustrate the Six Fluencies

As effective communicators and teachers, we need to learn as much as we can about 

the  learners  of  today. To  maximize the effectiveness, millennial teaching and 

communication to each other.

In the new generation we must welcome the new world of technology to be able to more complex and also use the Higher Order Thinking Skills that may apply in the new world of technology.
This are the Fluencies that may help to assess the students these are the:

Solution Fluency

Our education system has taught problem-solving in a show-and-tell manner (we show students the problem, and tell them how we got the answer) that has fostered a culture of dependency, rather than discovery. But if you look at today’s economy, you’ll discover that most left-brain tasks are already automated or outsourced via Internet in a global economy, leaving jobs that require whole-brain thinking. This means creativity and problem-solving applied in real time. 

Information Fluency

data is increasing dramatically, facts are becoming obsolete faster, and knowledge built on these facts is less durable. Information fluency is the ability to unconsciously interpret this avalanche of data in all formats, in order to extract the essential and perceive its significance

Creativity Fluency

 Creativity fluency how artistic proficiency adds meaning through design, art, and storytelling. We are all creative people. This means that creativity can be taught and learned like any other skill. It’s a whole brain process that involves both hemispheres working together. 

Media Fluency

In our multimedia world, communication has moved far beyond the realm of text. Our visual learning capacity needs stimulation with rich media from a variety of different sources. But it’s more than just operating a digital camera, creating a podcast, or writing a document. 

Collaboration Fluency

It is the spirit of collaboration that will stimulate progress in our global marketplace, in our social networks, and in our ability to create products of value and substance. Collaboration fluency is the ability to successfully work and interact with virtual and real partners.

Digital Ethics

Digital ethics is so important b/c how we present/construct ourselves online effects the way in which our communication & intentions will be received.