New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute 2010 Beijing

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

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Why are we here?

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Why are you here?

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Why are we here together?

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“Implement quality education, hone students' sense of responsibility, their innovative spirit, and capacity to solve practical problems.”

~ President Hu Jintao

“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

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What are New Literacies?

New literacies emerge from the theoretical and practical intersection of literacy, evolving technologies, and media.

New literacies include how we locate, create, and share information.

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• PISA data

Encyclopedia as Innovation

Accessing information at

home

Innovation Scale up

Took over 50 years for the electrification of America

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What are New Literacies?

INQUIRE

COLLABORATE

CREATE

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Global Internet Usage

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How workplace demands have changedEconomy-wide measures of routine and non-routine

task input (US)

Educational Challenges??

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Video created by COSN

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So . . . What are we going to do this week?

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Design Studio Showcase

Let’s Begin with the Endin Mind!

Project-Based Inquiry Plan (PBI)

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Inquire

Collaborate

Create

Teachers’ Content Knowledge –expertise in English, Physics, Calculus, etc.

Project Based Inquiry (PBI) –process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge

Technology Tools –AudacityAnimotoFlipPreziWikispacesWeeblyVoki

How are we going to get there?

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By the end of the week,we know you will be:

TIRED

ENERGIZED & EMPOWEREDTO BE INNOVATIVE !

But we hope you will be:

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Thank you!!!

Contact me at hiller_spires@ncsu.edu