Presentee for graduate Foundations of Reading course at Hamline University, March 11, 2009. This presentation is a remix of Kim Cofino's "The 21st Century Learner" [http://www.slideshare.net/mscofino/the-21st-century-learner] with other bits and pieces thrown in. Thanks to Kim for such stunning source material. Also visit her accompanying resource wiki at http://the21stcenturylearner.wikispaces.com/,

1. 21st Century Learners & Literacies Scott Schwister http://higheredison.wordpress.com

2. GUIDING QUESTIONS

3. How are students changing? GUIDING QUESTIONS

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

5. What is literacy?

6. How are texts changing?

7. Web 1.0 read-only static consumer

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

9. The Machine is Us/ing Us

10. How are students changing?

11. Letter from Camp 2.0

12. inherent characteristics

13. learners

14. life outside the classroom

15. always on

16. interaction is expected

17. social

18. highly customized experiences

19. increasingly digital

20. constantly connected

21. instant access

22. producers + consumers prosumers

23. their average classroom experience

24. in your classroom? what do 21 st century learners experience

25. dangerouslyirrelevant.org Our kids have tasted the honey.

26. external influences inherent characteristics

27. A Vision of Students Today

28. external influences inherent characteristics evolving responses

29. what is 21st century literacy?

30. literacy

31. effective learners

32. lifelong learners effective learners are…

33. natural navigators effective learners are…

34. critical thinkers and evaluators effective learners are…

35. communicators & creators effective

36. able to create something new effective communicators & creators are…

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

38. effective communicators & creators are…

39. effective global collaborators

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

41. able to lead or follow effective global collaborators are…

42. no boundaries effective global collaborators have…

43. What does this mean for teaching and learning?

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

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

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

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

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

49. next steps join Classroom 2.0 Ning NCTE Ning

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

51. 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/

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