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Title: 21st Century Digital Literacy Skills


1
21st Century Digital Literacy Skills
  • Sandra A. Lathem
  • University of Vermont
  • College of Education and Social Services
  • Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to Use Technology -
    PT3
  • Sandra.Lathem_at_uvm.edu

2
21st Century Skills
  • Exploration of Engauge web site
  • Developed by North Central Regional Educational
    Laboratory -- NCREL
  • http//www.ncrel.org/engauge
  • Collaboration with Metiri Group
  • http//www.metiri.com

3
What are 21st Century Skills?
  • Basic, Scientific, Technological Literacies
  • Skills to negotiate the complexities of life in
    todays society
  • Literacy means more than reading, writing, and
    arithmetic
  • In the 21st century, literacy means critical
    reading, persuasive writing, logical thinking and
    reasoning, complex problem solving.

4
Visual and Information Literacy
  • Visualization skills
  • Graphic user interface of World Wide Web
  • Digital cameras
  • Streaming video
  • Videoconferencing
  • Using visualization skills -
  • Decipher, interpret, detect patterns, communicate
  • Access information, evaluate critically, use
    accurately

5
Cultural Literacy and Global Awareness
  • World is wired
  • Global commerce/economy
  • All citizens must --
  • Know
  • Understand
  • Appreciate
  • cultural information

6
Inventive ThinkingIntellectual Capital
  • Adaptability/Managing Complexity
  • Plan, design, manage in new ways
  • Handle contingencies/ understand
    interdependencies of systems
  • Curiosity, Creativity, Risk-Taking
  • Research shows that there is relationship between
    experience in complex environments and structural
    changes in the brain.

7
Inventive Thinking (continued)
  • Higher Order Thinking
  • Think creatively
  • Make decisions
  • Solve problems
  • See things in the minds eye
  • Sound Reasoning
  • Plan, design, execute, evaluation solutions

8
Interactive Communication-Social Personal
Skills
  • Teaming and Collaboration
  • Specialization to accomplish complex tasks
  • Must work together as teams to solve problems
  • Technology to support collaborations
  • Email
  • Fax
  • Voice mail
  • Audio
  • Videoconferencing
  • Shared documents
  • Virtual work spaces

9
Interactive Communication-Social Personal
Skills
  • Personal Social Responsibility
  • Technology presents ethical dilemmas
  • Citizens must guide application of science
    technology
  • Students need to understand responsibility to
    contribute

10
Interactive Communication-Social Personal
Skills
  • Interactive Communication
  • Asynchronous and synchronous
  • Etiquette, scheduling, time zones, language

11
Quality, State-of-the-ArtResults
  • Prioritizing, Planning, Managing for Results
  • Flexibility, creativity, anticipate unexpected
    outcomes
  • Effective Use of Real-World Tools
  • Know-what, know-how, know-who
  • High Quality Results with Real-World Applications
  • Authentic products
  • Creative tools

12
Engauge Web Site
  • Highlights
  • Success Stories
  • Range Chart
  • Sample Resource Page
  • Success Story
  • Engaging Learning Environments
  • http//www.ncrel.org/engauge/framewk/efp/environ/e
    fpenvsu.htm

13
Range of Use Chart
14
Online Assessment
  • Tools to assess level of transformation for all
    stakeholders
  • Educator
  • District Administrator
  • Building Administrator
  • Building Technology Coordinator
  • District Technology Coordinator
  • Board Member
  • Community Member
  • Student
  • http//www.ncrel.org/engauge/assess/assess1.htm

15
Resource Database
http//engauge.ncrel.org/survey/SearchResources.as
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16
Sample Resource Page
17
For More Resources
  • Metiri -- http//metiri.com/res_professional_devel
    opment.html
  • Marco Polo -- http//marcopolo.worldcom.com/
  • PBS TeacherSource -- http//www.pbs.org/teachersou
    rce/

Sandra A. Lathem University of Vermont College of
Education and Social Services Preparing
Tomorrows Teachers to Use Technology -
PT3 http//www.uvm.edu/cess/pt3 Sandra.Lathem_at_uvm
.edu
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