October 24, 2009 presentation for LANG 7801 Foundations of Reading class at Hamline University.

1. 21st Century Learners & Literacies Scott Schwister http://higheredison.wordpress.com LANG 7801 Foundations of Reading October 24, 2009

2. GUIDING QUESTIONS

3. How are students changing? GUIDING QUESTIONS

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

5. How are texts changing? (Are they?)

6. What is literacy?

7. Web 1.0 read-only static consumer

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

9. Human Graph!

10. The Machine is Us/ ing Us

11. what is 21st century literacy?

12. How are students changing? (Are they?)

13. Bow Drill

14. inherent characteristics

15. external influences inherent characteristics

16. A Vision of Students Today

17. external influences inherent characteristics evolving responses

19. 21 st century learners

20. life outside the classroom

21. always on

22. interaction is expected

23. social

24. highly customized experiences

25. increasingly digital

26. constantly connected

27. instant access

28. producers + consumers prosumers

29. learners

30. learners literacies

31. NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies “ These [21st century] literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable.”

32. Develop proficiency with the tools of technology

33. collaboratively and cross-culturally Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems

34. Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes

35. multiple streams of simultaneous information Manage, analyze and synthesize

36. multi- media texts Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate

37. required by these complex environments Attend to the ethical responsibilities

38. Are you a 21st century reader and writer? Are you literate?

39. how can you teach your students to be? If you’re not,

40. What does it mean for teaching and learning?

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

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

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

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

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

46. next steps join Classroom 2.0 Ning NCTE Ning

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

48. Image Sources (Creative Commons License): Dangling Colors: http://flickr.com/photos/yanivg/52124840/ Honey, courtesy Scott McLeod: http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2009/02/a-taste-of-honey.html Girl with computer: : http://flickr.com/photos/kamaji/1434567124/ Lights and the City: http://flickr.com/photos/diankarl/2970686837/ Blue Sky Over Monday Morning: http://flickr.com/photos/guitrento/2564986045/ NY at Night: NY at night: http://flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/497814516/ Swing: http://flickr.com/photos/mcmorr/1294684803/ Bumper Cars: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cwalker71/2637125074/ Sunset playing: http://flickr.com/photos/nattu/895220635/ Puzzle piece: http://flickr.com/photos/blackbutterfly/3082335820/ Baby with iPhone: http://flickr.com/photos/paulm/1584418819/ Connected: http://flickr.com/photos/crash-candy/2347430057/ Touch Sensitive: http://flickr.com/photos/pranavsingh/1196494552/ Camera: http://flickr.com/photos/ssh/12638218/ Blindfold: http://flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/2657434642/ Finger point: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutter/105497713/ Question mark: http://flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318946369/ ISB21: http://isb21.wikispaces.com Steering Wheel: http://flickr.com/photos/paulvaarkamp/865876994/ Statue: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usagent/261743402/ Orienteering in Venice: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_cristina/2252226613/ Big eyes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/borghetti/43058749/ Birds on wire: http://flickr.com/photos/suckamc/5388273/ Painted girl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/867886652/ Hieroglyphics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/practicalowl/1331640797/ Think outside the box: http://flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/525695141/ NASA: http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/491430005/in/photostream/ Ants: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/1584818205/ Fish: http://flickr.com/photos/brujamavi/2824076847/ Sunset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnight-digital/2352150031/ We eat light: http://flickr.com/photos/b-tal/117037943/ Rubik's cube: http://flickr.com/photos/nataliejohnson/237529176/ Open road: http://flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2049233526/ Gadgets: http://flickr.com/photos/slipstreamjc/748716731/ Mountain Climber: http://flickr.com/photos/ilker/2493908947/ Audience: http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/174586756/ Web: http://flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/322023870/ Graffiti Body Outlines: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/3978223/

49. contact me Scott Schwister [email_address] http://higheredison.wordpress.com