What should a 21st Century classroom learning

environment look like?

What is a Digital Literacy?

ByStacey Lazarus

Simple Answer

Having equipment and the training to prepare students for a digital

world.

Complex Problems

Budgetary constraints

Training of Staff

“Hooking” the student

How are museums and librariespromoting 21st century learning

PBL1:1

eBooksBook rental via Kindle

iPadsOpen Source software

iTunesUDigital cameras, projectors, and headphones

Use of projector

Lecture notes are already ready

Notes/problems during class-saved-posted online

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Moving towards using less paper:

Written work available anytime and anywhere

Submit their assignments to digital drop-boxes

Collaborate online

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Use of digital resources and digital tools

Variety of purposes - research, texts, and multimedia

Library databases are utilized

Digital versions of text books replace the paper version

Able to annotate and insert comments on them

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Development of digital ethics and honor online, and respect for fair use for education

Striving towards honor online

Properly citing all sources

Copyright protects creativity and not to stifle it

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Teacher-collected or teacher-created resources:

Create customized materials for classes

Individualization and personalization of course content

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Inquiry, Project, & Problem-Based Learning

More student-centered approach to curriculum

Challenges students to find answers to problems

Create meaningful digital products

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Student work is published for a wider audience

Putting their writing on blogs or posting online

Can access the student's work to review and comment on it

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Outside experts

Communicate with experts in the field

Require collaboration and/or cooperation

Work together to create, revise, and publish their work

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Authentic On-going Assessment

Ability to look at examples of work over time

Store and access information about students over time

Online homework and test assessmentsadapt to students' level

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Digital Literacies and Multimedia

Gain fluency searching, evaluating, manipulating,creating, and publishing information

in a variety of media forms and formats

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General informationEvents & announcementsAssignmentsAssignment submissionInstructional materialsWebsite links

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Class web sites

Communication tools Collaboration tools Embedded contentStudent WorkFAQ

http://www.p21.org/tools-and-resources/p21bloghttp://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-elements-of-a-digital-classroom/http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3755881http://twt.wikispaces.com/Profile+of+a+Digital+Classroomhttp://www.digitallearningday.org/splashhttp://micdl.org/

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