21st Century Learners & Literacies Scott Schwister http://higheredison.wordpress.com

GUIDING QUESTIONS

How are students changing? GUIDING QUESTIONS

How are students changing? How are texts changing? GUIDING QUESTIONS

What is literacy?

How are texts changing?

Web 1.0 read-only static consumer

Web 1.0 read-only static consumer Web 2.0 read-write dynamic creator

The Machine is Us/ing Us

How are students changing?

Letter from Camp 2.0

inherent characteristics

learners

life outside the classroom

always on

interaction is expected

social

highly customized experiences

increasingly digital

constantly connected

instant access

producers + consumers prosumers

their average classroom experience

in your classroom? what do 21 st century learners experience

dangerouslyirrelevant.org Our kids have tasted the honey.

external influences inherent characteristics

A Vision of Students Today

external influences inherent characteristics evolving responses

what is 21st century literacy?

literacy

effective learners

lifelong learners effective learners are…

natural navigators effective learners are…

critical thinkers and evaluators effective learners are…

communicators & creators effective

able to create something new effective communicators & creators are…

able to communicate across culture, time & distance effective communicators & creators are…

effective communicators & creators are…

effective global collaborators

able to collaborate to reach common goals effective global collaborators are…

able to lead or follow effective global collaborators are…

no boundaries effective global collaborators have…

What does this mean for teaching and learning?

next steps read Blogs, Wikis , Podcasts , and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century A Whole New Mind

next steps read more Will Richardson, Weblogg-ed KimCofino, always learning Doug Belshaw, dougbelshaw .com/blog

next steps read even more Educational Leadership (March 2009) Digital Youth Project The 21st Century Learner wiki Literacy Discussion wiki

next steps watch Learn to Change, Change to Learn Information R/evolution A Vision of K-12 Students Today

next steps standards & frameworks ISTE NETS-S IRA/NCTE Standards Partnership for 21st Century Skills NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies

next steps join Classroom 2.0 Ning NCTE Ning

big big thanks to Kim Cofino for sharing and encouraging remixing. Visit her excellent blog at http://mscofino.edublogs.org/

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