Transcript 21st Century Skills & Digital Literacy:What Do Teachers

21st Century Skills & Digital Literacy:
What Do Teachers & Learners Need
to Know?
Marian Thacher, OTAN
COABE/CCAE Conference, San Francisco
April 19, 2011
What do adult learners need to
know in order to survive and
thrive in employment and
further education?
WHO ARE
YOUR
PARTNERS?
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How is Tech Changing the Way We
Live?
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AMANPOUR: The
State Department
just had an Arabic
Twitter account, a
Farsi Twitter
account. This week,
what do you expect
to do with that?
CLINTON: …mostly we
want to be in the mix
with this incredible,
young, energetic
population that is
seeking the same rights
to express themselves
as young people in the
United States seek.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-hillary-clinton/story?id=12959396&page=4
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What’s Happening to Reading?
What do we read?
Where do we
read?
 When do we read?
 How do we read?
 Is auding different
than reading?
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http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&year=2011&base_name=draft_inevitable_
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What’s Happening to Reading?
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Borrowing eBooks from Library
66% of libraries report offering free
eBooks
 HarperCollins to allow only 26 borrows
per eBook
 Can a borrower put it on two devices?
 Can a borrower lend it to someone
else?
 How many copies does the library have
to buy?
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Digital Textbooks
By 2017, digital
textbook sales will
match traditional
 Kindergarteners in
Maine to receive
iPad2s
 Amazon already
sells more eBooks
than paperbacks
 California Digital
Textbook Initiative
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80%
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68%
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78%
81%
53%
66%
65%
72%
77%
62%
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55%
52%
40%
36%
2010-11 Range: 19%
28%
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43%
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90%
83%
Home Internet Access for ESL
Students
2009-10 Range: 52%
20%
10%
0%
ESL Beginning
Literacy
ESL Beginning
ESL Intermediate
Low
2006-07
2007-08
ESL Intermediate
High
2008-09
2009-10
ESL Advanced Low
2010-11
ESL Advanced High
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Broadband Access – DSL & Cable
Broadbandmap.gov/technology
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Mobile Wireless Access
Broadbandmap.gov/technology
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Broadband for Schools
Maps.ed.gov/broadband
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Mobile vs. Desktop
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What’s Happening to Education?
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What do adult learners need to
know in order to survive and
thrive in employment and
further education?
Three Sources
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National Education Technology Plan
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
ISTE National Education Technology
Standards for students
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How Should We Define 21st
Century Skills?
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National Education Technology Plan
Published Nov. 2010
Addresses many aspects of education
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Learning
Teaching
Assessment
Infrastructure
Productivity
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National Education Technology Plan
 Learning
◦ Critical thinking, complex problem solving
◦ Information tools – Web sites, online libraries,
online books, original resources
◦ Collaboration tools - social networking, wikis,
blogs
◦ Mobile learning – not confined to the
classroom, even the digital classroom
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C-/E-/M-Learning
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C-Learning
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Face to face
Shared
physical
context
Easier to build
relationships
Well-balanced
meal
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E-Learning
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Online
Any time,
any place,
any pace
Collaboration tools
Assessment
Delicious
buffet
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M-Learning
Small chunks
◦ Contextspecific
◦ Locationspecific
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Immediate
application
Power snack
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National Education Technology Plan
 Teaching
◦ Technology-based professional
development
◦ Leverage social networking to create
communities of practice
◦ Develop a teaching force skilled in
online instruction
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National Education Technology Plan
 Assessment
◦ Technology-based to give timely
feedback to shape instruction
◦ Make use of simulations, collaborative
environments, games
◦ Revise policies to support these changes
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National Education Technology Plan
 Productivity
◦ Competency, not seat time!
◦ Emerge prepared for college and
careers
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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To all the usual curriculum, they add…
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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To all the usual curriculum, they add…
Learning and Innovation Skills
◦ Creativity & Innovation
◦ Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
◦ Communication and Collaboration
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Info, Media & Technology Skills
◦ Information Literacy
◦ Media Literacy
◦ ICT Literacy
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Information Literacy
 Access and Evaluate Information
◦ Access information efficiently (time) and
effectively (sources)
◦ Evaluate information critically and competently
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Use and Manage Information
◦ Use information accurately and creatively
◦ Manage the flow of information from a wide
variety of sources
◦ Apply a fundamental understanding of the
ethical/legal issues re use of information
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ISTE: NETS for Students
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ISTE: NETS for Students
 Creativity
and Innovation
 Communication
 Research
and Collaboration
and Information Fluency
 Critical Thinking, Problem
Solving and
Decision Making
 Digital
Citizenship
 Technology
Operations and Concepts
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So What’s New? The Context!
 Creativity
& Innovation
◦ Apply existing knowledge to new ideas
◦ Create original works
◦ Identify trends and forecast possibilities
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So What’s New? The Context!
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How do you teach
this stuff??
◦ Sir Ken Robinson:
It’s all about passion
◦ 6 myths of
creativity debunked
 Everyone is creative
 Collaboration, not
competition
 Time to play
A time when you
were playing – when
time disappeared
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Imagination is everything. It is the
preview of life's coming attractions.
--Albert Einstein
Creativity in the Classroom
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Frame the collaborative pair or team task
Make the learning outcomes clear
Set the ground rules
ALLOW TIME
BE QUIET
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Communication and Collaboration
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No geographical boundaries
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DIY Education
What is a MOOC?
Tools for C & C
Publish!
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Writing
Photos
Audio
Video
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Reading & Writing
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Write/read student stories published on
blog or Web site
Create a Twitter channel – short
communications
◦ About a topic from reading
◦ As an historical or current public figure
Create a slide show and post on blog, Web
site, Scribd, VoiceThread, Google Docs
 Create a class photo account, students post
and write about favorite item from their
closet
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Blog Example - VESL
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Blog Example - VESL
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Blog Example - VESL
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Speaking & Listening
Class Skype call with an author, expert, or
other guest
 Leave audio or video
comments on VoiceThread
slides
 Have an online meeting
with another class or
group
 Post a podcast at Podomatic or Gabcast, to
which students reply with audio comments
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http://realestateresuscitation.blogspot.com/2010/08/indiana-state-fair-is-in-town.html
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Speaking & Listening - Examples
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ESL class in San Francisco
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ePortfolios
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Why?
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Selectively available anywhere
Easily shared
Can include media
Demonstrates tech skill, and other skills
Who?
◦ Students assemble work samples, creative
projects, Web sites, photos, test scores
◦ Teachers collect evidence of professional
development
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ePortfolios
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Where?
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Google Docs
Google Sites
Wiki
WordPress
Mahara.org
Features to look for
◦ Framework – Experience, goals, current work
◦ Selective views – one for group, teacher,
prospective employers
◦ Easy to add photos, video, audio, links
◦ Easy to share
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ePortfolios - Examples
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ePortfolios - Examples
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ePortfolios - Examples
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Research & Information Fluency
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Search strategies
Critical eval of Web sites
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Read the URL
Examine the content
Ask about author
Look at the links
Strategies for managing
information, organizing bookmarks
◦ Delicious.com
◦ Diigo.com
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Prioritizing, time management, & bunny
trails
http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=6657
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Teaching Information Fluency
What are your strategies for locating,
sifting and managing information?
 How do you model these strategies for
your students, or staff?
 Do you provide direct instruction for
these strategies?
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Teaching Information Fluency
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Do you teach a little about search strategies
every day?
Have you provided critical thinking activities
about Web sites?
Are you modeling information management?
Do you discuss information management directly?
Do you monitor how your students manage
information?
Do you suggest or assign management tools?
Do you model selecting the appropriate tool for
the task?
Do you ask how students need to manage
information at work or at home?
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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
Identify authentic problems for
investigation
 Plan and manage activities to develop a
solution
 Collect and analyze data
 Identify solutions
 Incorporate diverse
perspectives
 Choose and test a
solution
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http://www.techlearning.com/article/8670
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Authentic Problem
(Wileytoons 20 January 2000, http://www.wileytoons.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?2000+01+20)
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Classroom Examples
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What are some examples of an authentic
problem related to
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Keeping campus green
Getting a job
Going to college
Managing money
Writing an essay
Convincing someone
Changing a law
http://www.34news.com/minor-makes-major-change-in-curfew-ordinance.html51
Digital Citizenship
Safe, legal and
responsible use of
information and tech
 Positive attitude
towards technology
 Personal
responsibility for
lifelong learning
 Leadership for digital
citizenship
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US Dept. of Labor, public domain
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Safe, Legal, Responsible
Copyright – who
owns what? What is
OK to copy and use?
If not, why not?
 Personal information
online
 Email etiquette,
discussion board
etiquette, facebook
etiquette,…
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http://academic.cuesta.edu/bused/parallinks.htm
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Online Privacy – There isn’t any!
75% of U.S. recruiters and HR
professionals do online searches on
candidates
 70% have rejected candidates based on
what they found
 Young woman fired for posting on FB “I’m
so totally bored!” at work
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Security
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Basic understanding of security is
important!
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Passwords
Attachments
Phishing emails
Malware/Spyware
Identity Theft
http://lifehacker.com/#!5714296/how-to-stay-secure-online
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Responsibility for Lifelong Learning
What strategies do you use to learn a
new skill or find new information?
 What is the future of schools?
 What is the role of teachers?
 The only thing you can count on is
change
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturepurrfect685/5066451090/sizes/m/in/photostream/
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Technology Operations and
Concepts
Understand and
use technology
 Select and use
applications
effectively
 Troubleshoot
systems and
applications
 Transfer skills to
new technologies
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http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693160/student_view0/ergonomic_guidelines.html
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Classroom Examples
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Do you need to teach
keyboarding?
Do you have computer
classes for basic skills
students?
Is there support for students
teaching each other?
Is there support for teachers
teaching each other?
What if your students know
more than you?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donshall/4153352036/sizes/m/in/photostream/
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THE ILLITERATE OF THE 21ST
CENTURY WILL NOT BE THOSE
WHO CANNOT READ AND
WRITE, BUT THOSE WHO
CANNOT LEARN, UNLEARN, AND
RELEARN.
-- Alvin Toffler
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WebTwoPointOhinAdultEd.
wikispaces.com/COABE-
CCAE2011
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