15 items | 56 visits
Resources for the 21st century literacy skills course
Updated on Dec 15, 14
Created on Dec 21, 07
Category: Schools & Education
URL:
Framework for digital skills, broken into 4 areas
* Core subjects & 21st century themes
* Learning and Innovation Skills
* Information, Media, & Technology Skills
* Life and Career Skills
A synthesis of information from several videos, including Michael Wesch's "Vision of Students Today" and Karl Fisch's "Did You Know." The style is similar to Wesch's video, where students hold up signs with text. This isn't so much new or innovative as a great example of a remix of content for a specific audience, focusing more on K-12 teachers.
Report from the Center for Social Media on fair use for user-generated video, examining the different types of videos commonly created and how they are generally protected by fair use (PDF)
Looking at skills current graduates are lacking: critical thinking, problem solving, communication. The emphasis on NCLB and standardized tests means less emphasis on these deeper and necessary skills. The solution proposed is to make the curriculum more relevant by integrating these skills throughout.
Information and technology literacy model plus curriculum for K-12 through higher ed. Can be used as a problem solving model too. Includes 6 stages: task definition, information seeking strategies, location & access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
9 principles for implementing transformational change in education, changing the culture to support 21st century learning. Principles include "People before Things (or test scores)" and "As the Individual Grows so Will the Collective Wisdom of the Community"
Kim Cofino's suggestions for steps to take to build skills and a Personal Learning Network (PLN).
Lots of educators talk about the 21st century literacy skills that students will need for the workplace, but how much input do they have from people outside of education? How do we get people to interact outside their usual circles?
Stephen Downes presentation on 10 things "you really need to learn."
"Learning how to learn is learning how to create patterns in our mind rather than merely acquiring them."
Moving from the idea of 21st century skills for learners, this post discusses 21st century skills for teachers. The proposed roles for teachers include Adaptor, Communicator, Learner, Visionary, Model, Collaborator, Risk Taker.
enGauge framework for 21st century skills--not as complete information as the enGauge site on NCREL was, but that site seems to have been taken down.
Sample rubrics for blogging, bookmarking, search, discussion, wikis, collaboration, digital publishing, and more. CC-By-SA
7-minute video by Kim Cofino introducing their 21st century literacy program at the International School Bangkok. Shows the library/learning hub setup and technology available, as well as explaining the literacy model they uese.
NCTE's literacies for the 21st century, including technology, problem-solving, information literacy, multimedia, and ethics
15 items | 56 visits
Resources for the 21st century literacy skills course
Updated on Dec 15, 14
Created on Dec 21, 07
Category: Schools & Education
URL: