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Easily Integrate 21st Century Literacy into the Language Arts Classroom
Larry BedenbaughUCF Literacy Symposium
April, 2007
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All classroom teachers should be prepared to meet the following standards:
II. Teachers plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology.
III. Teachers implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning.
IRA Position Statement on Integrating Literacy and Technology in the Curriculum
The Internet and other forms of information and communication technology (ICT) are redefining the nature of literacy. To become fully literate in today’s world, students must become proficient in the new literacies of ICT. Therefore, literacy educators have a responsibility to integrate these technologies into their literacy curricula.
Adopted by the IRA Board of Directors September 2001
NCTE 2005 Guideline
Multi-Modal Literacies The techniques of acquiring,
organizing, evaluating, and creatively using multimodal information should become an increasingly important component of the English/Language Arts classroom.
NCTE 2003 Position Statement
Resolution on Composing with Nonprint Media Encourage integrating
multimedia composition in English Language Arts curriculum
Florida Legislative Rule 6A-5.065
The Educator Accomplished Practices ofthe Florida State Board of Education12) Accomplished Practice Twelve -
Technology. (a) Accomplished level. The
accomplished teacher uses appropriate technology in teaching and learning processes.
Consider These Quotes
“We need to prepare our children for a future that we can’t even describe.”
David WarlickTechnology Consultant & Author
“Whatever made you successful in the past, will not in the future.”
Lew PlattFormer CEO, HP
Consider These Quotes
“We need to prepare students for their future, not our past.”
Consider These Quotes
“We need to prepare students for their future, not their present.”
Consider These Quotes
Definitions of 21st Century Literacy
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
NCREL 21st Century Skills ETS ICT Literacy Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for
21st Century Literacies NMC 21st Century Literacy
21st Century Literacy
Bottom Line 21st Century Literacy is about
more than having good technology skills.
It is learning core subjects and applying these learning skills by using ICT tools while maintaining a multicultural awareness.
Consider These Quotes
Integrating 21st century skills into K–12 education empowers students to learn and achieve at the level necessary to succeed in this century. Education will become both more invigorating and relevant when it reflects the realities and challenges of contemporary life.
John Wilson, Executive Director National Education Association
Digital Students
Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation Don Tapscott, 1997
This is the first generation to be bathed in bits since birth.
Because of their access to the digital media, today’s students learn, work, think, shop, and create differently than their parents.
Digital Native LearnersDigital Immigrant
Teachers
Prefer receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources.
Prefer slow and controlled release of information from limited sources.
Prefer parallel processing and multitasking.
Prefer singular processing and single or limited tasking.
Prefer processing pictures, sounds, and video before text.
Prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds, and video.
Prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia information.
Prefer to provide information linearly, logically, and sequentially.
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
DSL (Digital as a Second Language)
Digital Native LearnersDigital Immigrant
Teachers
Prefer to interact/network simultaneously with many others.
Prefer students to work independently rather than network and interact.
Prefer to learn “just-in-time.”Prefer to teach “just-in-case” (it’s on the exam).
Prefer instant gratification and instant rewards.
Prefer deferred gratification and deferred rewards.
Prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful, and fun.
Prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized tests.
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
DSL (Digital as a Second Language)
Digital Students
By providing digital students with opportunities to learn in ways that satisfy their needs, they will be more engaged in the learning process and in realizing their potential.
“Same story, same tool”“Same story, different tool”“Different story, different tool”
Bernajean PorterTechnology Planner & Author
Consider These Quotes
Best Practices
Digital Presentations Project-based Learning Online Book Clubs Online Chat Rooms Blogs
Digital Presentations
Multimedia Authors Video Book Trailers Digital Storytelling
Personal Narratives Digital Documentaries Public Service Announcements
Digital Presentations
Multimedia Authors Interpret a narrative by using
graphics and music Create a presentation of student
original work that includes some combination of music, student artwork, graphical interpretation, and/or student voice
NamPetey & the Giraffe
September 11To An Athlete Dying Young
The Canterbury digiTales Project
They Were Children of the World
Digital Presentations
Video Book Trailers “Movie-trailer” style videos
about a favorite book Created with some combination
of stills, text, video, music, sound effects, and/or student voice
Tell Tale Heart
Monster When My Name Was Keoko
Catcher in the Rye
Digital Storytelling There are many different
definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all embody the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including still images, voice, video, music, sound, text, animation, artifacts, and other materials.
Digital Presentations
Digital Storytelling Personal Narratives Digital Documentaries Public Service Announcements
Digital Presentations
Tragedy in a Bronx School YardGrass Born To Be Stepped On
A Sacrifice For You The Power Of OneMoving Again
Consider This
"A story should be remembered for its soul, not the bells and whistles."
Bernajean Porter
Project-based learning asks students to work in groups to solve a challenging problem.
Project-based learning asks students to investigate issues and topics addressing real-world problems while integrating subjects across the curriculum.
Project-based Learning Description
Project-based Learning Description
Students decide how to approach the problem and what activities to pursue.
Students gather information from a variety of sources and synthesize, analyze, and derive knowledge from it.
Project-based Learning Description
At the end, students demonstrate their newly acquired knowledge and are judged by how much they have learned and how well they communicate it.
Throughout the process, the teacher’s role is to guide and advise, rather than direct and manage, student work.
Project-based Learning Characteristics
Curricular content Multimedia Student direction Collaboration Real world connection Extended time frame Alternative assessment
WebQuests Bernie Dodge & Tom March
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web.
WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
WebQuests - Levels
Short Term WebQuest Is designed to be completed in one to
three class periods. Has an instructional goal of knowledge
acquisition and integration. At the end of a short term WebQuest,
a learner will have grappled with a significant amount of new information and made sense of it.
WebQuests - Critical Attributes
Short Term WebQuest An introduction that sets the stage
and provides some background information.
A task that is doable and interesting. A set of information sources needed
to complete the task.
WebQuests - Levels
Longer Term WebQuest Typically take between one week
and a month to complete. Has an instructional goal of
extending and refining knowledge.
WebQuests - Levels
Longer Term WebQuest After completing a longer term
WebQuest, a learner would have analyzed a body of knowledge deeply, transformed it in some way, and demonstrated an understanding of the material by creating something that others can respond to, on-line or off-.
WebQuests - Critical Attributes
Longer Term WebQuest A description of the process the learners
should go through in accomplishing the task.
Some guidance on how to organize the information acquired.
A conclusion that brings closure to the quest, reminds the learners about what they've learned, and perhaps encourages them to extend the experience into other domains.
WebQuests http://
webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html http://questgarden.com
WebQuests Bernie Dodge & Tom March
Online Book Clubs
Discussion Board Format Informal Motivating Choice
what they read when they read where they read how they read with whom they read
Security
Online Book Clubs
Literary Book Club http://teach.fcps.net/lbc/default.asp
Online Book Clubs
Book Nuts Reading Club http://www.booknutsreadingclub.com/
Online Book Clubs
ePals Book Club http://www.epals.com/projects/book_club/
Online Book Clubs
Book Clubs Resources http://www.book-clubs-resource.com/
QuickTopic http://www.quicktopic.com/
Online Chat Rooms
Real-time conversation can be used facilitate class discussions
Pros Provides an alternate voice for students Conversations can be archived
Cons Risk of banal chatter
Security/Privacy issues Moderated/monitored Password protected BlackBoard/WebCT
Online Chat Rooms
A Tale of Two Cities Two chat rooms (“England” and
“France”) Students Internet screen names
based on the characters in the story Students responded to posed
discussion questions about theme and plot lines
Students received points for good contributions, but lost points for “stupid talk”
Online Chat Rooms
Great Gatsby Similar approach In the interest of encouraging participation
was more lenient in allowing improper grammar and lower case letters
Collaborative High/Elementary Project HS students became “experts” on various
historical figures and assumed identity in chat room
Elementary students posed questions to the historical figure
Alternative to email projects Real time exchange with epals, experts
Blogs
Short for Weblog — a journal that is available on the web.
Originally blogs started as online diaries (commentaries, personal thoughts, and essays) and were link driven.
Blogs
Identified with: instant publishing of text or graphics
to the Web without sophisticated technical knowledge
ways for people to provide comments or feedback to each blog post
the opportunity to archive past blog posts by date, and
hyperlinks to other bloggers
Blogs
Fred Roemer’s 5th Grade Site – Tampa, FL http://www.pb5th.com/
Blogs
Hunterdon Central Regional High School - Fleming, NJ http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/beesbook/
Blogs
Blogging Book Club - NJ http://bloggingbookclub.blogspot.com/
Blogs
Blogmeister http://classblogmeister.com/
Freebie of the Day
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/ Search Within The Book
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Contact Info
Larry BedenbaughFLaRE CenterUCF - Teaching Academy – Suite 4034000 Central Florida BlvdOrlando, FL [email protected] http://flare.ucf.edu
