Ø What are the new literacies?

Ø How can we prepare our learners for their future?

Ø What are the intersections between the new and old literacies?

� Where were you raised?

� What technologies did

you see emerge?

� What kind of music did

you like?

� What was a common experience your generation had?

� What is a technological

skill you had to learn as an adult?

� Matures – Rockets, aerospace technology � Baby Boomers – satellites, Transistor radios,

Personal devices, MTV� Gen X - the home computer, the rise of

videogames, cable television and the

� Gen Y - email, texting, and IM and new media used through websites like YouTube and social networking sites like Google+, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter,

� Gen Alpha – Only ones to be entirely born in 21st century

Study by the Society for HR Management, 2004 Matures — Loyal and Steadfast

Boomers— hard, eager workers, well-suited to be consultants or for individual projects after their retirement

Gen X — can be counted on in situations where conditions are fluid or not well defined

Gen Y (Millennials)— Efficient and focused on how time is spent

� How might you distinguish the differences between three operational approaches to learning and teaching?

� Go to our TODAY’S MEET site:

http://www.todaysmeet.com/teacher21

Antiquated Classical Teacher 21

Everything in class Classroom in school and other places

Acting and Thinking in a Network

Linear delivery in class Delivery in range of settings

Non-Linear Learning

Set formats/structure Flexibility in structure Matrix building/feedback

Strict roles for student/teacher

Interactive student and teacher roles

Fluid roles for learner/teacher

Limited communication tools

Limited communication tools

Open access communication tools

Rigid set curriculum Established curriculum with some flexibility

Responsive curriculum

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n Active and strategic selection of web 2.0 tools (and eventually web 3.0) to engage in RE-SEARCH and Development

n Re-search means ‘search again’

n Active and strategic selection of repository sites

n Technical expertise with key-boarding, voice recognition, and touch technologies.

� Products and performance in NEW forms of media

� Determining the QUALITY of new media formats

� Transitioning and upgrading to new forms in our PD

� CRITICAL analysis of ALL media forms by

� Recognizing the relationship between place and people

� Integration of active geography and the prefix: GEO

� Linking with other classroom: creating Classroom PORTALS

� World Language instruction� Upgrading to Contemporary Global

� Teacher/ Learner � COLLABORATIVE 21st Century RUBRICS

� Form

� Content

� Persuasive

� Informative

� Narrative

Vid-cast Skype

Twitter

� http://www.curriculum21.com/home

And SUBMIT sites to share with others!

� curriculum21.com

� Encourages ENGAGEMENT, curiosity, and RE-SEARCH ‘ search again’.

� Deepens examination of content

� Engenders INDEPENDENCE

� Reflects quality in student products/performance

� First Draft Podcast: Martin Luther

� NPR: Fresh Air- Interview between Terry Gross and Danne Ravitch

� iTune: Curriculum 21 Podcast Channel

� Visit the CLEARINGHOUSE for

› Classroom web 2.0 resources

› Professional development resources

› Our NING