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New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute

Inquire. Collaborate. Create.

Hiller A. SpiresJuly 20, 2015

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What will you contribute as a new literacies teacher leader?

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become

more, you are a leader.”

John Quincy Adams

July 2009

Raleigh, NC

June 2010

Cambridge, MA

November 2011

Beijing, China

July 2011

Friday Institute

July 2012

Raleigh, NC

March 2013

Beijing, China

July 2013

Providence, RI

July 2015

Raleigh, NC

New Perspectives

3. need for innovative pedagogies to engage students

1. how the world is changing

2. need for cross cultural understandings & global competence

Globally Competent

STEM & STEAM Knowledgeable

Creative Problem Solvers & Critical Thinkers

Effective Communicators & Collaborators

Globally Competent

STEM & STEAM Knowledgeable

Creative Problem Solvers & Critical Thinkers

Effective Communicators & Collaborators

What NC Teachers Think is Most Important

Spires, Bartlett, Garry, & Quick (2012). Funded by the Strategic Research Initiative, NCSU.

Having Our Say: US & Chinese Teachers’ Perceptions

Spires, Morris & Zhang, 2012

Spires, Morris & Zhang, 2012

Having Our Say: US & Chinese Teachers’ Perceptions

2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

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New Perspectives

1. how the world is changing

2. need for cross cultural understandings & global competence

Global competence: the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance (CCSSO & Asia Society, 2011)

Partnerships with Beijing Royal School & Suzhou North America High School

Partnerships with Beijing Royal School & Suzhou North America High School

Cross-Cultural Understandings

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New Perspectives

3. need for innovative pedagogies to engage students

1. how the world is changing

2. need for cross cultural understandings & global competence

Mishra & Koehler, 2005

Any Value in Inverting Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy?

Anderson & Krathwol, (2001); Spires et al (2009)

PBI Global Continuum

Time Duration

Intellectual Complexity

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“A heart and mind for wanting to learn.”

好学心

--Dr. Jin Li

The Last Word

“This is the moment—this is the most important moment right now. We are about making a contribution. That’s what our job is. It’s about contributing something.” Benjamin Zander

How will you contribute to the world of new literacies, to your students’ digital futures?

(Thank You!)