Contemporary Literacy Presented by David Warlick The Landmark Project http://davidwarlick.com/ Zer-Aviv, Mushon. &quot;Digital Divide.&quot; Mushon's Photostream. 15 Oct 2006. 30 May 2007 <http://flickr.com/photos/mushon/270775337/>.

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Opening facts May 11 Orders for Halo 3 hit 4.5 million. ..and it isn’t even released yet! 67 Million user (2006) 250,000 new members a day Almost 7 million residents $1/4 Million transactions a day The Information Landscape that we use is changing!

Beginning! I learned in the 1980s that what made these new technologies so special was that they were machines that you operated by communicating with them! What I learned later, was that it was actually that these machines gave us new ways to communicate with each other!

21st Century Learning? How many of you learned one? How many of you learned a wrong one? Marie Curie Sigmund Freud Albert Einstein My Grandmother? Margaret Mead How, and how well, do we learn from each other?

How many of you learned one?

How many of you learned a wrong one?

http://labs.digg.com/swarm/ Information is dynamic. It is made for conversation.

Heidigoseek, &quot;AADL - New Books.&quot; Heidigoseek's Photostream . 20 Mar 2006. 13 Nov 2006 <http://flickr.com/photos/heidigoseek/115581765/>. Althouse, Ann. &quot;September 11th News.&quot; Ann Althouse's Photostream . 11 Sep 2005. 13 Nov 2006 <http://flickr.com/photos/althouse/42300120/>. Who do? we trust? The source that warns us, or the source that seems more interested in protecting its own authority? No answer! Just a good question?

Find it – in a digital networked landscape Decode it – regardless of the format Evaluate it – to determine its value Organize it – into personal digital libraries Reading » Exposing

Find it – in a digital networked landscape

Decode it – regardless of the format

Evaluate it – to determine its value

Organize it – into personal digital libraries

Reading » Exposing When there’s too much information to search through -- then we need to learn to train the information to find us! RSS

It’s not just reading the information… It’s exposing information!

Arithmetic » Employing Arithmetic is about making numbers tell their story. When all information is made of numbers, then arithmetic becomes so much more.

Arithmetic » Employing Processing sound? Processing images?

Arithmetic » Employing Add & Subtract Process & Synthesize Manipulate Assemble & Take Apart Mix & Remix

Add & Subtract

Process & Synthesize

Manipulate

Assemble & Take Apart

Mix & Remix

It’s not just about arithmetic… It’s about employing information to accomplish goals.

Expressing compellingly with Text Images Sound Animation Video Writing » Expressing

Expressing compellingly with

Text

Images

Sound

Animation

Video

Writing » Expressing Remixing content to communicate -- to express ideas compellingly?

Writing » Expressing Anderson, Chris. &quot;The Long Tail.&quot; WIRED Magazine Oct 2004. 17 Mar 2005 <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html>. What are we depriving our children of by not teaching them from the long tail?

It’s not just about writing… It’s about expressing ideas compellingly!

Ethics Ethics Ethics Spam cost the world $50 billion dollars in 2005 (U.S. $19b). Expected to double in 2007. According to the Copenhagen Consensus We could bring HIV/AIDS under control for less than $35 billion. Jennings, Richi. “Spam and Other Email Threats: Market and Technology Update.” Ferris Research. 8 Jun 2007. Ferris Research. 9 Jun 2007 <http://www.ferris.com/>. Kerr, Roger. “Hard-Hedaded Spending Decisions not Cold-Hearted.” BusinessROUNDTABLE. 2 Jul 2004. New Zealand Business Roundtable. 9 Jun 2007 <http://www.nzbr.org.nz/documents/articles/articles-2004/040702Copenhagen.htm>

Spam cost the world $50 billion dollars in 2005 (U.S. $19b).

Expected to double in 2007.

According to the Copenhagen Consensus We could bring HIV/AIDS under control for less than $35 billion.

Ethics Ethics Ethics Seek truth and express it To minimize harm To be accountable To respect and protect the information infrastructure

Seek truth and express it

To minimize harm

To be accountable

To respect and protect the information infrastructure

Ethics Who’s Responsible I worried about making my students’ developing language skills available to a wider audience – but I needn't have. They are developing their own voice and with it a greater degree of responsibility Paul Harrington

Who’s Responsible

I worried about making my students’ developing language skills available to a wider audience – but I needn't have. They are developing their own voice and with it a greater degree of responsibility Paul Harrington

The Nature of Information is Changing Reading Arithmetic Writing Exposing Employing Expressing Ethics

Reading

Arithmetic

Writing

Exposing

Employing

Expressing

Ethics

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