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Who Could Have Imagined?
Writing in a Digital Classroom
The illiterate of The 21st century will notbe those who cannot readand write, but those who cannotlearn, unlearn, and relearn.
-- Alvin TofflerLearningLiteraciesfor the 21st
Century How can weredefine literacyfor the newinformation landscape?
Literacy refers only to reading.
Students learn everything about reading and writing in elementary school.
Literacy instruction is the responsibility of English teachers alone.
Academics are all that matter in literacy learning.
Students who struggle with one literacy will have difficulty with all literacies.
School writing essentially an assessment tool that enables students to show what they have learned.
Dimensions of Literacy
• Shifting literacy demands• Multiple and social literacies• Importance of motivation• Value of multicultural perspectives
21st Century Learners
& Literacies
GUIDING QUESTIONS
How are students changing?
GUIDING QUESTIONS
How are students changing?
How are texts changing?
GUIDING QUESTIONS
What is literacy?
How are texts changing?
Web 1.0read-onlystaticconsumer
Web 1.0read-onlystaticconsumer
Web 2.0read-writedynamiccreator
learners
lifeoutside
the classroom
always on
interaction is expected
social
highly customized experiences
increasingly digital
constantlyconnected
instant access
producers+
consumers
prosumers
their average classroomexperience
in your classroom?what do 21st century learners experience
dangerouslyirrelevant.org
Our kids have tasted the honey.
external influences
inherent characteristics
external influences
inherent characteristics
evolving responses
what is 21st centuryliteracy?
literacy
effective learners
lifelonglearners
effective learners are…
natural navigators
effective learners are…
critical thinkers and evaluatorseffective learners are…
communicators & creatorseffective
able to create something new
effective communicators & creators are…
able to communicate acrossculture, time & distance
effective communicators & creators are…
effective communicators & creators are…
effective global collaborators
able to collaborate to reachcommon
goals
effective global collaborators are…
able to lead or follow
effective global collaborators are…
no boundaries
effective global collaborators have…
What does this mean forteaching and learning?
Planning
Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publishing
Writing Process
