What is literacy?
Session3: 21 st Century Literacy
Centering exercise Announcements / reminders Recap: Technology and the self, technology and society Laws of media 21 st century literacy and NETS-S Break Hands-on: Technology tools, more webquests
Every medium: Extends (Enhances) Overloads (Reverses) Retrieves Obsolesces McLuhan's Laws of Media McLuhan's Laws of Media
1. Your group will be assigned an educational technology. 2. On the white board, make a square and divide it into four quadrants. 3. For your technology, fill in each quadrant using McLuhan’s “4 Laws” model. EnhancesReverses RetrievesObsolesces
What Does It Mean To Be Literate in the 21st Century?
Paolo Freire and literacy: Literacy as not just “reading the word”, but “reading the world” And not just “reading the world”, but “writing the world” Literacy as a generic term for constructing (or maybe discovering) meaning
1. Creativity and innovation 2. Communication and collaboration 3. Research and information fluency 4. Critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making 5. Digital citizenship 6. Technology operations and concepts
How are the 2007 NETS-S standards similar to the description of technology literacy in Tech Tonic similar? How are they different? Which do you prefer?
Ten minutes please…
Tech Tac Toe Assignment Mailmerge Google forms Presentation programs
Explore webquests With the other people at your table, check out some webquests to get a feel for what they look like. Find one that you would like to share with the class.