The document discusses the skills needed for literacy in the 21st century, including information literacy, digital media authoring, higher-order thinking, and global awareness. It argues that while traditional literacy skills are still important, students now need to be able to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively in a digital world, communicate using digital media, think critically, and understand issues from a global perspective. The document also addresses how teachers and students access and understand information differently today compared to the past.

1. 21 st Century Literacy Skills for the Net Generation Learning 2.0 and 21 st Century Skills. Yes, No, Maybe?

2. A Little Humor?

3. Is this a funny sign? I can only please one person a day. TODAY IS NOT YOUR DAY! Tomorrow doesn't look good either.

4. Or this one? I pretend to work They pretend to pay me

5. One more? The beatings will continue until employee morale improves.

6. Let’s Role Play Imagine you are the customer/client/student/ or whoever walking up to that employee's desk.

7. Let’s Role Play Do you expect to walk away a satisfied customer? Does this employee make you feel warm and fuzzy about the company/school/whatever where they work?

8. Does this sound familiar? Scene: Your classroom Time: Parent conference night Issue: Little Emma is not doing well in her math class. Problem: Mommy or daddy says to Emma... "(What do they say?")

9. “ Don’t worry honey, mommy was never any good at math, either.”

10. How about this one? Scene: A classroom Time: First week of class Issue: Teacher is laying out the guidelines for submitting homework. Problem: Teacher says ... "(What do they say?")

11. “ Don’t even think about emailing your homework to me. I don’t even know how to turn on my computer, and I’m proud of it.”

12. The Real Digital Divide There are basically two camps for educators. The pro-technology camp and the anti-technology camp. I don't get it. Is there a pro-math camp and an anti-math camp? Is there a pro-reading camp and an anti-reading camp? Pro-writing and anti-writing?

13. Clicker Time Grab your clickers. Your responses are anonymous. Answer truthfully – it’ll be much more fun – and informative! Green LCD light on top of clicker indicates that your signal is being received.

14. Warm-up Question #1 0 years 1-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 10-15 yrs Over 15 Number of years working in eduation.

15. Famous Quotes George Washington once said: “ I cannot tell a lie, I chopped down the cherry tree.” (Or did he?)

16. Famous Quotes Al Gore once said: “ I invented the Internet.” (Or did he?)

17. Famous Quotes George W. Bush once said: “ Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.” (Or did he?)

18. Warm-up Question #2 Choose the accurate quote. George Washington Al Gore George W. Bush All of the above are true All of the above are false

19. Have you seen these ads?

20. Warm-up Question #3 Positive Negative When you see those ads, what is your reaction?

21. Which grade levels do you work with? K thru 3 rd 4 th thru 6 th 7 th thru 9 th 10 th thru 12 th No specific grades Other

22. What is your role? Teacher Administrator Other

23. Age and Gender Male, Under 40 Male, 40 + Female, Under 40 Female, 40 +

24. In which of these areas are you well-versed and comfortable? Digital media: audio & video Online social networking Web accessibility (ADA) issues Web 2.0 technologies E-communications (not e-mail) None of the above

25. Which of the following do you do? File income taxes online (e-file) Use online banking services Buy books at Amazon.com Check email on 3 or more diff. acct Viewed a student’s MySpace or FB Engage in an online MMORPG None of the above

26. Choose each service where you have an account Flickr iTunes Second Life Skype Twitter YouTube None of these

27. At Which of These Social Networking Sites do You Have an Account? Dogster Facebook Friendster Linked In My Space Ning None of the above

28. Select each item that is true You maintain an active blog You read blogs with an RSS Reader You have edited a wiki You have created a podcast None of the above

29. Regarding technology, you find that your students … Have advanced computing skills Use it to cheat in new ways Need a great deal of tech help Can run circles around you Interact socially online None of the above

30. Who are these Students? What do we call these young people? There’s at least a dozen different names for this generation Everyone seems to have an opinion about them but nobody knows what to call them.

31. Net Generation

32. Next Generation

33. Nexters

34. Generation Y

35. Generation Why

36. Millennials

37. Digital Natives

38. Generation Now

39. iGeneration

40. Echo Boomers

41. Google Generation

42. Nintendo Generation

43. Screenagers

44. That’s Crazy talk. Let’s consolidate.

45. Digital Net Gennials

46. Compared to previous 2 generations, you agree that the Digital Net Gens are more: Sheltered Confident Team Oriented Conventional Pressured Achieving None of the above

47. Re: Technology Are students technologically competent, or just confident? Having no fear is not the same as having knowledge or skill.

48. Cell phone owners. Please take out your cell phone if you have text messaging service. Poll Everywhere

50. Things I Don’t Believe: #1 That cell phones are evil. That cell phones don’t belong in classrooms. That we can’t find productive things to do with devices that provide cheap and easy connections to the global community. That fining students for having a cell phone during the school day is a good way to handle a TEACHABLE MOMENT!

51. Things I Don’t Believe: #2 That I’m a digital immigrant. That a 10-yr old kid can speak digital better than I can. That Mark Prensky can sell so many books about a totally unproven and illogical theory. That it is productive to split all technology users into two camps pitted against one another, when learning about technology together should be a TEACHABLE MOMENT.

52. Name this Device

53. Things I Don’t Believe: #3 That all young people are criminals. That sharing music is the same thing as stealing. That we as a country have allowed the RIAA and MPAA to dictate how we will respond to the TEACHABLE MOMENT related to copyright infringement.

54. Things I Don’t Believe: #4 That all young people are cheaters. That copy and paste should ruin a young person’s academic career. That Turnitin.com is a reasonable response to the TEACHABLE MOMENT related to plagiarism in writing.

55. Things I Don’t Believe: #5 That students having laptops in class is a bad thing. That turning off the wifi is a good way to get students to pay attention to a lecture. That making students power down when they come to school is a good response to the TEACHABLE MOMENT related to responsible uses of technology.

56. Things I Don’t Believe: #6 That aggressive Internet content filtering is helpful to the learning process. That students need to be completely sheltered in school from things that they will encounter every day outside of the school building. That denying students access to 95% of the content on many (non-porn-related) websites is a good response to the TEACHABLE MOMENT related to responsible uses of the other 5%.

57. Things I Don’t Believe: #7 That Wikipedia is bad. The errors in Wikipedia are more serious than the errors in every one of the textbooks that are used in classrooms. That teaching students to totally disregard a resource such as Wikipedia is a good response to the TEACHABLE MOMENT related to determining accuracy of info on the Internet.

58. Things I Don’t Believe: #8 That my children are more at risk from online predators than they are from predators who live in our area. That scaring the heck out of our children is a good response to the TEACHABLE MOMENT related to remaining safe while using the Internet.

59. Things I Don’t Believe: #9 That technology alone will get students to engage in learning. That every teacher needs to be able to use technology better than the students. That NCLB isn’t leaving many children behind. That schools are the problem. That teachers aren’t trying or don’t care. That all hope is lost.

60. 21 st Century Literacy Skills Things that have defined literacy for the past century are still part of the way we define literacy. However, in the information age, we need to add to the old list: Information Literacy Digital Media Authoring Higher-order Thinking & Creativity Global Awareness

62. Why Information Literacy? The focus is often on developing technology skills – but the focus should be on developing information literacy. Information literacy is the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use that information effectively. Source: Diana Oblinger, EDUCAUSE, The Myths about Student Competency

63. Why Digital Media Authoring? Literacy has always meant being able to communicate using the available media of the day. The ability to read and write. Today, digital media is rapidly becoming the dominant way that communications are shared. Being able to read and write and otherwise express yourself digitally is an essential skill for the 21 st century.

64. Why Higher-Order Thinking? Traditional ideas of literacy tend to focus on the lower-order thinking skills. Ability to read and write does not necessarily involve critical thinking, creativity, and the ability to analyze and evaluate. Basic literacy skills are no longer enough.

65. Why Global Awareness? Use 21st century skills to understand and address global issues Learn from and work collaboratively with people from diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles to develop mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work, and community situations Understand other nations and cultures, including the use of non-English languages

66. How do Teachers Read? Where do you go to learn something new? How do you read it? Digital or print only? How often have you used an index, table of contents, or the Dewey Decimal system in the past month? How often do you use Google? How often do you use Wikipedia? How often have you asked questions about the answers that you found? Who did you ask?

67. How are Students Different Today? For recent high school grads: Films have never been X rated, only NC-17. The Tonight Show has always been hosted by Jay Leno and started at 11:35 EST. Caller ID has always been available on phones. There have always been charter schools. GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available. Radio stations have never been required to present both sides of public issues. Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court. Source: Beloit College Mindset List: College Class of 2012

68. Not Yet The End We need some fancy technology tools to end the session with.