21st Century Collaborative

Great thread over on David Warlick’s blog. He asks some tough questions about how we teach preservice teachers about contemporary literacy and other tech integration issues in ways so that they will actually use the information they gain with their future students. Some of these same questions I have struggled with in development of my [...]

RML After the Show — Sheryl and Bud, Wow! Darren posted this on his blog…http://adifference.blogspot.com/ I just got home from my inservice. My part, Rip, Mix, Learn was in the morning only, from 9 to 11:30 am. I went to another session on project based learning in applied math in the afternoon. But my head [...]

Owning Contemporary Literacy…The Next Big Conversation John Pederson on his blog posted this…"Rank this among the “Top 10 of 2005″ that make me think a bit deeper about everything that’s going on."  In reference to  my "Can’t give away what you dont own" comment. One strategy for helping teachers  "own it"  was covered in an [...]

David Warlick recently wrote about an upcoming Keynote (really a series of three) he is giving entitled Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century in his blog. This address will make a case for an expanded view of what it means to be literate in a time when information is networked, digital, and overwhelming.      [...]

After usability testing, 21st Century Skills: Teaching & Learning is open to the public. The website, 21st Century Skills: Teaching & Learning, went live yesterday. Lainie McGann posted in her blog     21st Century Skills: Teaching & Learning    With the increase of accountability tied to standardized testing and No Child Left Behind’s emphasis on [...]

Andy Rush posts about a video series he watched at at Human Dog Laboratory. I am moved by the apathy I hear in the high school math teacher’s voice and impressed up on how incredible this medium would be to give teachers voice. So many teachers have a story to tell. A story that once [...]

David Warlick’s post, "Contemporary Literacy: Who and When" rang so true with me. In it he discusses Jon Pederson’s post’s Challenge to the New Information Environment. Jon asks the following question: What percentage of adults have the required skills to a) navigate this environment and b) be critical consumers of information? Can we expect our [...]

What’s your working definition of visual literacy? Keith Lightbody defines visual literacy as: the ability to understand and produce visual messages. Some Implications:(1) visual skills can be learned(2) visual skills are not usually isolated from other sensory skills(3) teachers can provide appropriate learning environments and materials(4) teachers can allow students to create their own visual [...]

Boyle states, “This is the video game generation”. (2005). Students want hands on learning and seek entertainment. Imagine students who turn to technology with its entertaining appeal to assist in school work and problem solving activities in a routine manner. Successful technology implementation changes the way teachers teach and the way students learn. Boyle, A. [...]

Link: 2 Cents Worth David Warlick on his blog 2 Cents Worth recently said the following, Might we come to a time when there is no more digital divide between the techno-young and tech less old? I think so. When we, as adults, working in an industry (and world) that is changing rapidly, master the [...]