New Literacies: Our World's Wishes

PLEASE DO NOT DUPLICATE, ©Maiers 2007

Presented by Angela Maiers


New ExpectationsThe globalization of the economy and its

concomitant demands on the workforce requires a different education that enhances the ability of

learners to access, assess, adopt, and apply knowledge, to think independently to exercise appropriate judgment and to collaborate with others to make sense of new situations. The objective of education is no longer simply to

convey a body of knowledge, but to teach how to learn, problem-solve and synthesize the old with

the new.


Literacy “Basics” Phonemic Awareness

Phonics

Fluency

Vocabulary

Comprehension


• Text Literacy

• Media Literacy

• Visual Literacy

• Computer Literacy

• ICT Literacy

• Cultural Literacy

21st Century Literacies


The World is Changed

The Internet is the new economy’s defining technology for generating productivity gains

(Friedman, 2005)




Technology has everything to do with literacy.

And being able to use the latest technologies has everything to

do with being literate.


New Rules of the Game

Left to Right multi-directional

Top to Bottom hyperlink

Pictures as “Support” Visuals ARE message

ABC’s www.

“.” .com, .org


NEW “Basics”

identify important questions locate information search, link, connect critically evaluate that information synthesize information; communicate the answers to others.


Page Screen


Literacy Change: Online=offline

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New World, New Expectations

1.Bring the Outside In

2.Start with Visual Literacy

3.Explicit Instruction in New Literacies


Bring the Outside In


Technology Biography• Web 2.0/3.0• MySpace• “IM”ing• Texting• Blogging• Tweeking• Weblogs• Podcasts• Web Tools• Web Production (You tube, flicker, imovie)

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/725525/2/istockphoto_725525_young_businessman_at_work.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/%3Fid%3D725525%26refnum%3D193954%26Lang%3Den&h=254&w=380&sz=25&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=uMczfkASwYALOM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dyoung%2Bchild%2Bworking%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bcomputer%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX



Merging Old and New Literacies

Write/Tell Stories Digital Storytelling

Morning Messages Class Web Message

Newsletter Website

Journal Blog

Report Powerpoint

Presentations Podcasts

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Already Do Could Do



Start With Visual Literacy

Live in a world of images

94 % of information is visual

More than “looking at the picture”


P E N G U I N

F R A N L A N T I N G





Building Blocks of Images

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

• LINE

• SHAPE

• DIRECTION

• SIZE

• TEXTURE

• COLOR

• VALUE/TONE

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

•Harmony

•Repetition

•Variation

•Contrast

•Dominance

•Gradation




Literacy “Basics” Phonemic Awareness

Phonics

Fluency

Vocabulary

Comprehension


NEW “Basics”

identify important questions locate information search, link, connect critically evaluate that information synthesize information; communicate the answers to others.


On Line Example


• Sign in Web Images Groups News Fro ogle Maps more » Advanced Search Preferences Web Results 1 - 10 of about 11,500,000 for Irish Immigration. (0.07 seconds)

• News results for Irish Immigration - View today's top stories Irish nationals smuggled into US from Canada via pub - National Post - May 19, 2006Immigration and the Security-Technology Complex - Yahoo! News - May 18, 2006

• the Irish Immigrants The third waves of Irish immigration began in the mid-19th century around the ... Another pull factor in the third wave of Irish immigration was that their ...www2.ops.org/NORTH/curriculum/ socstudies/EthnicB2/past/Irish.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

• Immigration: The Irish By 1840, the Irish constituted nearly half of all entering immigrants, ... (Library of Immigration persisted. More than 2.6 million Irish came in the ...library.thinkquest.org/20619/Irish.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

• Irish Immigration Other Irish immigrants became coalminers in Pennsylvania. Working conditions in the mines were ... Irish immigrants arriving in the United States in 1902. ...www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEireland.htm - 42k - Cached - Similar pages

• Irish Immigrants in America during the 19th Century It was estimated that 80% of all infants born to Irish immigrants in New York ... The Irish were unique among immigrants. They fiercely loved America but ...www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

• Immigration... Irish: Colonial Immigration Feature presentation for teachers on the history of Irish immigration to the US, The Learning Page, The Library of Congress.memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish.html - 81k - Cached - Similar pages

• Immigration... Irish: Irish-Catholic Immigration In later years, the majority of Irish immigrants were women. ... Colonial Immigration | Irish-Catholic Immigration to America | Adaptation and Assimilation ...memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish2.html - 82k - Cached - Similar pages

• Result Page: 1 ©2006 Google

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http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Irish+Immigration&sa=N&tab=wi

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=Irish+Immigration&sa=N&tab=wg

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Irish+Immigration&sa=N&tab=wn

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?hl=en&q=Irish+Immigration&sa=N&tab=wf

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Irish+Immigration&sa=N&tab=wl

http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=Irish+Immigration&hl=en&lr=

http://www.google.com/preferences?q=Irish+Immigration&hl=en&lr=

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&oi=dict&q=http://www.answers.com/irish%26r%3D67

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&oi=dict&q=http://www.answers.com/immigration%26r%3D67

http://news.google.com/news?q=Irish+Immigration&hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title

http://news.google.com/news?q=Irish+Immigration&hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&sa=X&oi=news&ct=promo

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html%3Fid%3D5a3107de-e1ba-4fe9-aaa1-a6ad09d55469%26k%3D78612&e=14646&sa=X&oi=news&ct=result&cd=1

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html%3Fid%3D5a3107de-e1ba-4fe9-aaa1-a6ad09d55469%26k%3D78612&e=14646&sa=X&oi=news&ct=result&cd=1

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20060518/cm_thenation/1584701&e=14646&sa=X&oi=news&ct=result&cd=2

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20060518/cm_thenation/1584701&e=14646&sa=X&oi=news&ct=result&cd=2

http://www2.ops.org/NORTH/curriculum/socstudies/EthnicB2/past/Irish.htm

http://www2.ops.org/NORTH/curriculum/socstudies/EthnicB2/past/Irish.htm

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:X-hxc3wwfZgJ:www2.ops.org/NORTH/curriculum/socstudies/EthnicB2/past/Irish.htm+Irish+Immigration&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=related:www2.ops.org/NORTH/curriculum/socstudies/EthnicB2/past/Irish.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Irish.html



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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=related:library.thinkquest.org/20619/Irish.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEireland.htm

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:MJNNPmRWNQEJ:www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEireland.htm+Irish+Immigration&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=related:www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEireland.htm

http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm

http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:P1SZnukls2EJ:www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm+Irish+Immigration&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=related:www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish.html





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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=related:memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish.html

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish2.html








Question How do you know? Why is that important?

How many websites were found using this search?

11,500,000

Which site is more likely to be helpful for history teacher rather than students?

Memory.loc.gov

I looked at the top of the search results page

It said it had teacher lesson ideas not just facts

It tells me if I need to narrow my search better

It helps me decide if the site will have the information I need


For the first time in history our job as educators is to prepare our students for a

future that we can not clearly describe.


They really CAN have the world at their fingertips!

Thank You For Your Time!

Education

New Literacies: Our World's Wishes