Warm-up

Review the 4 Cs Plus page on the class wiki.

Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum

Session 8:Towards a taxonomy of

technology in education: The 4 Cs+

Agenda Centering exercise Announcements / reminders Review of course so far 21st Century Literacy Technology in education: 4 Cs + Wikis and webquests

Reminders First wiki entry due this week. All comments on technology assessment form should be in.

Think harder about your Webquest and technology integrated lesson.

Presentations

Digital storytelling

Video-conferencing

Social networks

Review Attitudes towards technology Technology and society / technology

and education Theories of education

Review (cont.)

Taxonomy of technology in education:

in terms of education theory (teacher-centered vs. student-centered

in terms of the learning space

21st Century Literacy

What Does It Mean To Be Literate in the 21st Century?

21st Century LiteracyPaolo Freire and literacy:

Literacy as not just “reading the word”, but “reading the world”

And not just “reading the world”, but “writing the world”

Literacy as a generic term for constructing (or maybe discovering) meaning

4 Cs +

Technology as tools for creating (or maybe discovering) meaning:

CreativityCommunicationCollaborationCommunity+Research

4 Cs+ Activity With the classmates in your row, please

discuss your assigned “C”. The wiki entry can help you get started.

Prepare a short report for the class on what the “C” entails, and what technologies relate to it.

Include something about its implications for “literacy in the 21st Century.”

Technology practice

Using Wikispaces to create a webquest

• Requirements for a webquest

• Navigation within Wikispaces

• Adding pictures to a wiki page