Don's Presentation 12-7-2010

Preparing Students for the 21st Century with New Literacies
The Massachusetts Curriculum Summit
Donald J. Leu, Connie Louie, Mary Ellen Caesar, Kevin Hodgson, Polly Parker, Beth Dichter, Josh Faber
December 7, 2010

Viewing the Classrooms of Tomorrow By Visiting the Classrooms of Today

Grade 2: Morning Message of the Day

Grade 7, Language Arts: Online International Projects
Yeah! I got some great ideas. Let me send them to Tomas and Ben in the U.S.
Jose, Costa Rica
We’re on it! Making a web page now.
Hey! Let’s do Gary Paulson???
Ben and Tomas, Willimantic, CT
Monique, South Africa

Why Are These Classroom Models So Important?

The World Is Flat: Changes In A Global Economy Require Changes In Education
The “General Motors” Model of Economic Management
Command and control
Lower levels of education required.
Wasted intellectual capital
Highly inefficient
Lower productivity
Little innovation
Little need for higher level and creative thinking.
Wasted intellectual capital

In a Flattened World: Opportunities Expand butCompetition Increases
How do economic units increase productivity?
Flatten The Organization into Problem Solving Teams
Greater Intellectual Capital Use = Greater Productivity
Define problems
Locate information
Critically evaluate information
Synthesize and solve problems
Communicate solutions
These teams take full advantage of their intellectual capital to the extent their education system has prepared them for this.

Which Tool Has Been Used By Economic Units To Increase Productivity And Compete?
The Internet
Recent productivity gains are due to using the Internet to share information, communicate, and solve problems (van Ark, Inklaar, & McGuckin, 2003; Friedman, 2005; Matteucci, O’Mahony, Robinson, & Zwick, 2005).
Define problems
Locate information
Critically evaluate information
Synthesize and solve problems
Communicate solutions

Implications For Education?
Online problem based reading and learning essential
Effective online information and communication skills required.
New online literacieshave become central.
In short: fundamental change.

An Example of Online Reading ComprehensionReading About Martin Luther King
The new literacies of online reading comprehension

Online and Offline Reading Comprehension May Not Be Isomorphic
(r=0.19, n = 89, N.S.)
Online Reading
Comprehension =
ORCA Blog
Offline Reading =
Connecticut
Mastery Test (CMT)
of Reading
Comprehension
Leu, D. Castek, J., Hartman, D., Coiro, J.,
Henry, L., Kulikowich, J., Lyver, S. (2005).

The New Literacies Of Online Reading Comprehension: Problem based reading and learning
Read to identify important questions;
Read to locate information;
Read to critically evaluate the usefulness of that information;
Read to synthesize information to answer those questions; and
Read to communicate the answers to others.
(Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, & Cammack, 2004, p. 1570)
The new literacies of online reading comprehension

Massachusetts New Literacies Summer InstituteMicrosoft Training Center, Cambridge

Organizers: The New Literacies Institute Team Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Donald J. Leu, Ian O’Byrne, J. Gregory McVerry, Heidi Everett-Cacopardo University of Connecticut
Connie Louie and Mary Ellen Caesar, Mass. DESE
Hiller Spires, John Lee, Carl Young, North Carolina State University
Jill Castek, University of California, Berkeley
Julie Coiro, University of Rhode Island
Kim Turner, Vanderbilt University

Teacher Leaders
Kathleen Buckley, Brockton Public Schools
Donna Gath Criswell, Sudbury Public Schools
Beth Dichter, Northampton Public Schools
Abbey Dick, Millis High School
Ann Marie Dlott, Hopkinton Public Schools
Kevin Hodgson, Southampton Public Schools
Diane Porter, Melican Middle School, Northboro
Anne Rutledge, Herberg Middle School, Pittsfield
Denise Salemi, Keverian School, Everett
Jessica Vezina, Leominster High School

Microsoft Training Center, CambridgeJune 20-25, 2010

Major Goals
Prepare 100 Massachusetts educators in new literacies curriculum and instruction.
Prepare 10 teacher leaders to continue this institute model for professional development in new literacies next summer.
Develop a sustainable model in Massachusetts.

Plenary Sessions
Commissioner Mitchell D. Chester
Dr. Bridget Dalton, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Yong Zhao, Michigan State University
Dr. Sara Kajder, Virginia Tech University
Dr. Donald J. Leu, University of Connecticut

Digging Deeper Sessions
New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension
New Literacies of Social Networking for Learning
New Literacies of Video/Multimedia

New Tools for Learning
Google Lit Trips
WordSift
Glogster
VoiceThread
Twitter
Zotero
Jing
and many others….

Design Studio

Continuation Sessions During the Year
Organized and Led by the Teacher Leader Team

The Challenges Of Change

As Challenging As Change Appears, We Know This…The Leadership That Massachusetts Provides…

Determines The Future Our Students Achieve!
Thank you!

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