July 14, 2009 presentation at Hamline University Summer Literacy Institute.

1. 21st Century Learners
& Literacies
2009 Summer Literacy Institute
Hamline University
Scott Schwister
http://higheredison.wordpress.com

2. GUIDING QUESTIONS

3. How are students changing?
GUIDING QUESTIONS

4. How are students changing?
GUIDING QUESTIONS
How are texts changing?

5. How are texts changing?
(Are they?)

6. What is literacy?

7. Web 1.0
read-only
static
consumer

8. Web 1.0
read-only
static
consumer
Web 2.0
read-write
dynamic
creator

9. Human Graph!

10. The Machine is Us/ing Us

11. what is
21st century
literacy?

12. How are students changing?
(Are they?)

13. Letter from Camp 2.0

14. inherent characteristics

15. external influences
inherent characteristics

16. A Vision of Students Today

17. external influences
evolving responses
inherent characteristics

18. Meet Kim Cofino
• 21st Century
Literacy Specialist
• International School B
• Blog:
Always Learning

19. 21st century learners

20. life
outside
the classroom

21. always on

22. interaction is expected

23. social

24. highly customized experiences

25. increasingly digital

26. constantly
connected

27. instant access

28. producers
+
consumers
prosumers

29. their average classroom
experience

30. what do 21st century learners experience
in your classroom?

31. learners

32. learners literacies

33. effective learners

34. effective learners are…
lifelong
learners

35. effective learners are…
natural navigators

36. effective learners are…
critical thinkers and evaluators

37. effective
communicators & creators

38. effective communicators & creators are…
able to create something new

39. effective communicators & creators are…
able to communicate across
culture, time & distance

40. effective communicators & creators are…

41. effective global collaborators

42. effective global collaborators are…
able to collaborate to reach
common
goals

43. effective global collaborators are…
able to lead or follow

44. effective global collaborators have…
no boundaries

45. What does this mean for
teaching and learning?

46. next steps
read
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful
Web Tools for the Classroom
Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century
A Whole New Mind

47. next steps
read more
Will Richardson, Weblogg-ed
KimCofino, always learning
Doug Belshaw, dougbelshaw.com/blog

48. next steps
read even more
Educational Leadership (March 2009)
Digital Youth Project
The 21st Century Learner wiki
Literacy Discussion wiki

49. next steps
watch
Learn to Change, Change to Learn
Information R/evolution
A Vision of K-12 Students Today

50. next steps
standards & frameworks
ISTE NETS-S
IRA/NCTE Standards
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies

51. next steps
join
Classroom 2.0 Ning
NCTE Ning

52. big big thanks
to Kim Cofino for sharing
and encouraging remixing.
Visit her excellent blog, Always
Learning, at
http://mscofino.edublogs.org/

53. Image Sources (Creative Commons License):
Dangling Colors: http://flickr.com/photos/yanivg/52124840/
Honey, courtesy Scott McLeod: http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2009/02/a-taste-of-honey.html
Girl with computer: : http://flickr.com/photos/kamaji/1434567124/
Lights and the City: http://flickr.com/photos/diankarl/2970686837/
Blue Sky Over Monday Morning: http://flickr.com/photos/guitrento/2564986045/
NY at Night: NY at night: http://flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/497814516/
Swing: http://flickr.com/photos/mcmorr/1294684803/
Bumper Cars: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cwalker71/2637125074/
Sunset playing: http://flickr.com/photos/nattu/895220635/
Puzzle piece: http://flickr.com/photos/blackbutterfly/3082335820/
Baby with iPhone: http://flickr.com/photos/paulm/1584418819/
Connected: http://flickr.com/photos/crash-candy/2347430057/
Touch Sensitive: http://flickr.com/photos/pranavsingh/1196494552/
Camera: http://flickr.com/photos/ssh/12638218/
Blindfold: http://flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/2657434642/
Finger point: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutter/105497713/
Question mark: http://flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318946369/
ISB21: http://isb21.wikispaces.com
Steering Wheel: http://flickr.com/photos/paulvaarkamp/865876994/
Statue: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usagent/261743402/
Orienteering in Venice: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_cristina/2252226613/
Big eyes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/borghetti/43058749/
Birds on wire: http://flickr.com/photos/suckamc/5388273/
Painted girl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/867886652/
Hieroglyphics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/practicalowl/1331640797/
Think outside the box: http://flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/525695141/
NASA: http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/491430005/in/photostream/
Ants: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/1584818205/
Fish: http://flickr.com/photos/brujamavi/2824076847/
Sunset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnight-digital/2352150031/
We eat light: http://flickr.com/photos/b-tal/117037943/
Rubik's cube: http://flickr.com/photos/nataliejohnson/237529176/
Open road: http://flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2049233526/
Gadgets: http://flickr.com/photos/slipstreamjc/748716731/
Mountain Climber: http://flickr.com/photos/ilker/2493908947/
Audience: http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/174586756/
Web: http://flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/322023870/
Graffiti Body Outlines: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/3978223/

54. contact me
Scott Schwister
sschwister@gmail.com
http://higheredison.wordpress.com