1. ITC 5260 Promoting 21st Century Literacies SUMMER SEMESTER 2015 DR. PAUL WALLACE APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY 2. Online Class Meetings Synchronous Meetings in OpenQwaq The following two Thursdays at 7:30 PM: 1. May 28 2. July 30 3. Textbook 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times Bernie Trilling, Charles Fadel ISBN: 978-0-470-47538-6 Hardcover / Softcover / Kindle 240 pages $15 paperback / $13 Kindle / $1 used 4. Discussion Groups Discussion groups for readings (including the textbook) and the Information Literacy project. Create a group of your own, from 3 to 5 students Interact through the Reflection of Book Readings forum for each book part (Google Docs option) Due: Groups May-31 Part 1 Jun-7 Part 2 Jun-14 Part 3 Jun-21 5. 21st Century Literacies ITC 5260 :: Activities and Projects Multiculturalism CC BY-SA 3.0 Monisha.pushparaj 6. Project 1: Information Literacy Review resources in evaluating and using information from the internet. In your reading group, devise a set of strategies or guidelines that you can use to help your students develop their information literacy skills. Create a visual representation a model of your strategies that can be posted on the information literacy wall in our OpenQwaq forum. Due: June 14 (on wall in OpenQwaq and submit to AsULearn) 7. Information Literacy (example 1) 8. Information Literacy (example 2) Brainstorm Ideas Locate Information Arrange Notes Synthesize Thoughts Tell Others BLAST OFF TO RESEARCH! 9. Project 2: Media Literacy View video documentary Consuming Kids, linked within AsULearn. As an individual, posts a detailed reflection of your thoughts and reactions on the discussion forum in AsULearn, during the week that the discussion is due. Topic questions available: Week of June 21 to 28 10. Project 3.Visual Literacy As an individual, consider a unit/lesson that you currently teach that may be especially tricky for students. Find or create an appropriate visual to help demonstrate concepts, processes, etc. This could be a flow chart, mind map, graphic, photograph, diagram, video, etc. Submit the visual along with a description of how you think this may strengthen your students learning Due: July 12 (on wall in OpenQwaq and submit to AsULearn) 11. Visual Literacy (example 1) 12. Visual Literacy (example 2) 13. Project 4: Multicultural Literacy As an individual or in a group of your choosing, review educational resources and curriculum materials on multicultural education and global learning. Identify collaborative global projects that would meet the standards and needs of your classroom and schools.. Design curriculum and create opportunities to interact with individuals from other cultures. Describe and include example materials and resources in your presentation. Due: July 30 (post in OpenQwaq, submit to AsUlearn, and present in class that day) 14. Over the NextWeek ITC 5260 :: Getting Started 15. As an individual (by this Sunday, May-31): Complete the Four Question Exercise (from the book) on the discussion board Your Discussion Group: Form a discussion group of 3 to 5 students (post by May-31) Begin reading the book, 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in our Times Meet in groups to synthesize and reflect on Part 1 of the book Post reading reflection for Part 1 of book on discussion board (due by Jun-7) Discussion Board 16. The Four Questions Exercise ITC 5260 :: The Four Questions Activity 17. 1. What will the world be like 20 years from now, when your child has left school and is out in the world? Three of the Four Questions 18. 1. What will the world be like 20 years from now, when your child has left school and is out in the world? 2. What skills will your child need to be successful in this world you have imagined 20 years from now? Three of the Four Questions 19. 1. What will the world be like 20 years from now, when your child has left school and is out in the world? 2. What skills will your child need to be successful in this world you have imagined 20 years from now? 3. What conditions made your high-performance learning experiences so powerful? Your response to Questions 1 to 4 due in the discussion board in AsULearn by May-31 Three of the Four Questions