New Media Literacies for the 21st Century A Conversation between teacher/student mother/daughter

for the 21st Century

Sharon Peters - teacher, ped. consultant, mother of 3 teenagers Meg Peters - Gr. 10 student, Lower Canada College, daughter, sister, 308 friends on FB

Some Questions to Examine in Our Conversation How do we include multiple literacies in our learning processes? What are the learning activities and situations that will reflect the development of competencies of multiple literacies? Why do we need to understand the importance of multiple literacies? How do we go about best evaluating these competencies?

Why do we need to understand the importance of multiple literacies?

“Understand the word, understand the world” understand the world”

I conjecture that by 2018, a student will routinely be judged not only by her ability to write a 5-paragraph essay but her ability to represent her ideas via a 5 minute podcast, 2 minute movie, and level in an educational game.

How do we include multiple literacies in our learning processes?

Rationale - need for reflection Taken from Québec Education Program

Taken from Québec Education Program

Rationale : LITERACY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Literacy, simply put, is about meaning-making Quote taken from the Québec Education Program

To be literate, we must make meaning from all the information that is available to us - multi-modal information audio graphical visual tactile symbolic/representational

The need to include “visual grammar” into our frameworks of literacy

These tools offer affordances for students to making meaning

What are the learning activities and situations that will reflect the development of competencies of multiple literacies?

Meg’s Journey as a digital learner

Meg Meg Meg Meg Fictionpress - Simply Meg ICT in Education - Music on the Internet A Real Teen Talks about Blogging and Social Spaces Facebook

Fictionpress - Simply Meg

ICT in Education - Music on the Internet

A Real Teen Talks about Blogging and Social Spaces

Facebook

Grace iLike.... ... on the topic of backchanne ling Matthew

iLike....

Nat Runescape YouTube for music videos

Runescape

YouTube for music videos

(Tapscott) Whereas previous generations value loyalty, seniority, security and authority, t he NetGen’s norms reflect a desire for creativity, social connectivity, fun, freedom, speed, and diversity in their workplaces.

Shared online learning spaces provide opportunities for students to "be human together" (Siemens)

Têtes à Claques

It’s all about AUDIENCE Moist Continental LCC Blogs

"From all of the work that we have done with other students, I have learned how to look over other people's work and let them edit my own.”

Outcomes: Skills Built Multiliteracies Self-Regulation/Metacognition Communication Styles Critical Thinking / Reflection Synthesis and Summary Info Literacy, Validation, Filtering Negotiation and Collaboration

Multiliteracies

Self-Regulation/Metacognition

Communication Styles

Critical Thinking / Reflection

Synthesis and Summary

Info Literacy, Validation, Filtering

Negotiation and Collaboration

How do we go about best evaluating these competencies?

Research Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition (Ley & Young, 2001, Hadwin & Winne, 1996, Boekaerts, 2000) Collaborative knowledge construction environments (Jonassen 1995, Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994) - computers no longer support ONLY individualized instruction Improvement in motivation, learning and problem-solving behaviour (Hoyles, Healy and Pozzi, 1994)

Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition (Ley & Young, 2001, Hadwin & Winne, 1996, Boekaerts, 2000)

Collaborative knowledge construction environments (Jonassen 1995, Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994) - computers no longer support ONLY individualized instruction

Improvement in motivation, learning and problem-solving behaviour (Hoyles, Healy and Pozzi, 1994)