Integrating IT with Literacy Strategies

The PARADIGM Shift The current climate in public education

makes it easy to ignore the systemic and structural issues that play a role in

determining whether a child will graduate with the knowledge,

competencies and skills to compete for the jobs of today and the future.

Let’s look at this in more detail using a Teaching Strategy (TS) and a Literacy Strategy (LS)

TPS & RAT strategiesThink, Pair, Share – TPS - Think - quietly write down

thoughts/ideas. Pair – discuss ideas with partner when directed. Share –whole class discussion as directed.

Right Angle Thinking – RAT - RAT compares thoughts /

feelings with facts and is great for eliciting passionate discussion.

Pair up and choose number 1 or 2, then follow the directions below.

1 – You will complete the RAT page considering systemic issues around the introduction of new curriculum.

2 – You will complete the RAT page considering structural issues around the

introduction of new curriculum.

Out with the OLD and in with the NEW!

If you always do what you’ve always done. You will always get

what you always got!

Well

maybe not

that far!

The New Catch Phrase

21st Century Teaching and Learning

What does it look like?

A 21st Century Learner must have;

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Collaboration across Networks and

Leading by Influence Agility and Adaptability Initiative and Entrepreneurialism Effective Oral and Written

Communication Accessing and Analysing Information Curiosity and Imagination

KEY: ORANGE – Literacy Strategies BLUE – Using IT

Becoming a 21st Century Teacher

HOW?Using Technologies (IT) with Literacy

Strategies that target BLOOM’S taxonomy

Technologies

• Technologies are tools students use to locate, build on or create knowledge.

• They are not HOWstudents learn! Unless you want them learning the WRONG thing.

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IT in the classroom – Linking with Bloom’s

Using IT as a tool supports learning by allowing students to;

• make choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information.

Literacy strategies allow students to;

• actively think about information, identifying, justifying and constructing answers.

Combining them makes sense.

Bloom’s Taxonomy - Verbs

Literacy skills are as just as important as IT skills

Avoid this

Today’s Literacy - Hitting the right target!

IT & Literacy

Strategies

Some useful Literacy strategies

Compare and Contrast

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