wlma 2014 fostering 21st century learning with today's nonfiction
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Authors Laurie Ann Thompson and Mary Cronk Farrell share their thoughts about 21st century skills and how some of their favorite nonfiction books for children and young adults can be used to teach them. Presented at the Washington Library Media Association conference in Yakima, WA, on October 4, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Fostering 21st Century Learning with Today’s Nonfiction
Authors Laurie Ann Thompson
& Mary Cronk Farrell
Tony Wagner’s 7 Survival Skills1. Critical thinking and problem solving2. Collaboration across networks and leading
by influence3. Agility and adaptability4. Initiative and entrepreneurship5. Effective oral and written communication6. Accessing and analyzing information7. Curiosity and imagination
21st Century Skills
Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D.
Framework for 21st Century Learning(from p21.org)
Today’s nonfiction can help!● “Just the facts” available elsewhere:
Modern nonfiction books must have MORE (story, context, innovative format, cross-discipline, etc.)!
● So much competing for kids’ attention:Modern nonfiction CANNOT be boring!
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
21st Century Themes include:
● Global awareness ● Financial, economic, business and
entrepreneurship literacy● Civic literacy● Health literacy● Environmental literacy
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
Economic and business literacy
Arts, History,Science, Geography
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
Global awareness, Civic literacy, Financial literacy, economic literacy
Geography, Government/Civics
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
History, Geography,Art, Language arts
Global awareness
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
History, Government/Civics, Geography, Language arts
Civic Literacy
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
History, Geography, Civics/Government
Global awarenessCivic literacyEconomic literacyHealth literacy
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
Your turn!
● What titles can you recommend that present 21st century themes in addition to core subject knowledge?
Learning and innovation skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication
and
Collaboration
Learning and innovation skills
A ___________ can be.
My Country ‘Tis of Thee Write a new verse for a cause you believe in.
Information, media and technology
● Information literacy
● Media literacy
● Communications and technology skills
Information, media and technology
Information literacy
Information, media and technology
Information literacy
Media literacy
Information, media and technology
Information literacy,Media literacy,Technology
Information, media and technology
Information, media and technology
Information literacy
Information, media and technology
Media literacy
Information, media and technology
Technology skills
Information, media and technology
Can use any book, but especially nonfiction:
● Ask students to think about how books are sold by looking critically at the cover design, flap copy, publisher web pages, etc. Who is the target audience? How are they being reached?
Information, media and technology
Can use any book, but especially nonfiction:
● Have students write their own flap copy, create an advertisement, design a poster, make a book trailer, write to the author, etc.
Information, media and technology
Can use any book, but especially nonfiction:
● Help students search for author’s bio, guest posts, and interviews. Then, discuss author’s motivation and point of view.
Information, media and technology
Can use any book, but especially nonfiction:
● Allow students to share their work and/or discuss with others via Skype, SlideShare, VoiceThread, Tagxedo, Prezi, Piktochart, blogs, wikis, etc.
Information, media and technology skills
Your turn!
● Share ways you could (or already have) incorporated these skills into your library time or in classrooms.
Life and career skills● Flexibility and adaptability
● Initiative and self-direction
● Social and cross-cultural skills
● Productivity and accountability
● Leadership and responsibility
Maturity
Flexibility and adaptability
Initiative and self-direction
Productivity and accountability
Leadership and Responsibility
Life and career skills
Share a time in your life when circumstances taught you one of these important life or career skills?
Life and career skills
Share some strategies for helping kids be open to learning when facing challenging circumstances.
Nonfiction is more than its topic!
● Nonfiction books can always be used for english/reading/language arts, mentor texts, and critical analysis.
Nonfiction is more than its topic!
● Think cross-discipline: how can link it to other subject areas or offer to lovers of other genres.
Nonfiction is more than its topic!
● Encourage critical thinking, including questions authors’ motivations and points of view.
Nonfiction is more than its topic!
● Help young readers put what they’re reading into a larger context.
Nonfiction is more than its topic!
● Pair with related fiction texts to extend learning, comprehension, and interest.