21st Century Learners& Literacies

Scott Schwisterhttp://higheredison.wordpress.com

LANG 7801 Foundations of ReadingOctober 24, 2009

GUIDING QUESTIONS

How are students changing?

GUIDING QUESTIONS

How are students changing?

How are texts changing?

GUIDING QUESTIONS

How are texts changing?

(Are they?)

What is literacy?

Web 1.0read-onlystaticconsumer

Web 1.0read-onlystaticconsumer

Web 2.0read-writedynamiccreator

Human Graph!

The Machine is Us/ing Us

what is 21st centuryliteracy?

How are students changing?

(Are they?)

Bow Drill

inherent characteristics

external influences

inherent characteristics

A Vision of Students Today

external influences

inherent characteristics

evolving responses

Meet Kim Cofino

• 21st Century Literacy Specialist

• International School Bangkok

• Blog: Always Learning

21st century learners

lifeoutside

the classroom

always on

interaction is expected

social

highly customized experiences

increasingly digital

constantlyconnected

instant access

producers+

consumers

prosumers

learners

learners literacies

NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies

“These [21st century] literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable.”

Develop proficiency

with the tools

of

technology

collaboratively and cross-culturally

Build relationships with othersto pose and solve problems

Design and share information

for global communities

to meet a variety of purposes

multiple streams of

simultaneous information

Manage, analyze and synthesize

multi-media texts

Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate

required by these complex environments

Attend to the

ethical responsibilities

Are you a 21st century

reader and writer?

Are you literate?

how can you teach your students to be?

If you’re not,

What does it mean forteaching and learning?

next stepsstandards & frameworksISTE NETS-SIRA/NCTE Standards Partnership for 21st Century SkillsNCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies

next stepsreadBlogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other PowerfulWeb Tools for the ClassroomRedefining Literacy for the 21st CenturyA Whole New Mind

next stepsread moreWill Richardson, Weblogg-edKimCofino, always learningDoug Belshaw, dougbelshaw.com/blog

next stepsread even moreEducational Leadership (March 2009)Digital Youth ProjectThe 21st Century Learner wikiLiteracy Discussion wiki

next stepswatchLearn to Change, Change to LearnInformation R/evolutionA Vision of K-12 Students Today

next stepsjoinClassroom 2.0 NingNCTE Ning

big big thanksto Kim Cofino for sharingand encouraging remixing.Visit her excellent blog, AlwaysLearning, athttp://mscofino.edublogs.org/

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