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Who said this?“The medium, or process, of our time—electric
technology—is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and reevaluate practically every thought, every action, and every institution formerly taken for granted. Everything is changing—you, your family, your neighborhood, your education, your job, your government, your relationship to “the others.” And they’re changing dramatically.”
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“21st Century Literacy”What does it look like in the
classroom?
• Wordle
NCTE 21st Century Literacy Skills • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving• Creativity and Innovation• Communication• Collaboration• Information Literacy• Media Literacy• Flexibility and Adaptability• Initiative and Self Direction• Social and Cross Cultural Skills• Productivity and Accountability• Leadership and Responsibility
10 tips for 21st century skills from Metropolis.
1.Pull, don’t push.
2.Create from relevance.
3.Stop calling them “soft” skills.
4.Allow variation.
5.No more sage onstage.
6.Teachers are designers
7.Build a learning community
8.Be an anthropologist, not an archaeologist.
9. Incubate the future.
10.Change the discourse
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Literacy
• Virtual Field Trip• Text – atypical, graphic novel, etc.
– Skype author– Blog author– Voice thread– Podcast from author or to author– Sticky notes book report
• Text Blog– Letter to author
• Debates
Literacy
• Critical Thinking
Literacy
• Collaborative Projects
–Letters to president
–Creative Writing
• Showcasing our BLOGS–http://www.smazmm.edublogs.org/
–http://hharvey.edublogs.org
What was the most powerful professional development you
have ever taken?Please complete the survey
Who said that?• Marshall McLuhan
• 1967
Links we used
• http://www.polleverywhere.com• http://www.voicethread.com
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com• http://www.metropolismag.com• http://www.ricksteves.com• www.wordle.net• http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/
graphicnovels/persepolis.html
