New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute 2010 Beijing
1. Inquire, Collaborate, and Create: New
Literacies For New Times
Hiller A. Spires, Ph.D.
Professor & Senior Research Fellow
North Carolina State University
November 3, 2010
New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute
2010Beijing
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2. Why are we here?
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3. Why are you here?
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4. hy are we here together?
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5. “Implement quality
education, hone
students' sense of
responsibility, their
innovative spirit, and
capacity to solve
practical problems.”
“Transform schools to meet
the demands of a new age.”
~ President Barack Obama
China and America’s Education
Policy
Image from COSN
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• Computers can support
student-centered
learning
• Computers can enhance
student creativity
and imagination
• Students can learn
problem solving more
effectively with
computers
Benefits of Computers
• Useful sites are
often blocked
• Lack of
connectivity
• Lack of technology
support
Hindrances to
Technology
China & US Teachers’ Perceptions
Spires, Morris & Zhang 2008
15. Video created by COSN
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16. So . . . What are we
going to do this week?
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Design Studio Showcase
Let’s Begin with the End
in Mind!
Project-Based Inquiry Plan (PBI)
Right now, we have at our fingertips a suite of Web 2.0 tools that can connect us to people and information around the world. Students and adults use Web 2.0 to communicate, stay in touch and do their work in their daily lives. We’re excited about Web 2.0 because it can help us support our top educational priorities for learning.
(Add your district or schools educational priorities here).
Web 2.0 can help us be more successful in meeting the needs of all students—and getting them ready for college and careers.
Right now, we have at our fingertips a suite of Web 2.0 tools that can connect us to people and information around the world. Students and adults use Web 2.0 to communicate, stay in touch and do their work in their daily lives. We’re excited about Web 2.0 because it can help us support our top educational priorities for learning.
(Add your district or schools educational priorities here).
Web 2.0 can help us be more successful in meeting the needs of all students—and getting them ready for college and careers.