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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
New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute 2010Beijing
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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
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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??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/circulating/254126209/sizes/m/
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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 [email protected]
