Clear Picture of what education should look like.

Defining the Need for Change takes up Secretary of Education Rod Paige's challenge: "Dream how technology can not only improve education but also transform what we think of as education." It reflects on what kind of education connects to students' real lives as well as how people best learn.

The Six Key Elements of 21st Century Learning acknowledges the importance of traditional core subjects but expands them with missing elements that make the core subjects relevant to the world in which students live and eventually may work. These six elements form the "Bridge to 21st Century Learning." In this section "Media literacy" is clearly named as one of the higher-order skills that are fundamental to success in the 21st century.