being literate today
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A presentation given to the staff of 3 schools in an EHSAS (Extending Higher Standards Across Schools) cluster in the Manawatu, New Zealand. Given to prompt thought and discussion regarding some of the trends and issues in educating students today based loosely on what it could mean to be 'literate'.TRANSCRIPT
Literacy and the 21st Century LearnerAshurst, Roslyn & North Street SchoolEHSAS Conference, January, 2009
Nick Rate [email protected] http://nickrate.com
Being Literate Today...
1972
1980
1990
2009
1972
2009
Fewer children
Extended life span
Crowded planet
Moving populations
Environmental challenges
Digital revolutionWeb 2.0
Diverse families
Less social interaction
Women in work
Educational attainment
Evolving values
Rising inequalities
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) Trends Shaping Education 2008
OECD Trends Shaping Education 2008
OECD Trends Shaping Education 2008
What does it mean for education that:• we live longer?• fewer children are being born?• family structures are more diverse?• more women work?
OECD Trends Shaping Education 2008
OECD Trends Shaping Education 2008
Does your school have a responsibility to:• shape knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards environmental issues?• provide explicit environmental programmes?• be carbon neutral?
OECD Trends Shaping Education 2008
OECD Trends Shaping Education 2008
What does it mean for your students when:• creating and uploading their own content is more important than downloading?• the library is no longer the first source for information?• technology is increasingly smaller, cheaper and more capable
“...to look to the future by exploring such significant future-focused issues as
sustainability, citizenship, enterprise and globalisation.”
The New Zealand Curriculum
http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/
http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/
How mobile phones help learning in secondary schools. BECTA
91% 12 year olds with a mobile phone
92% Schools that ban all use of mobile phones and portable devices
In the UK, 2008...
How mobile phones help learning in secondary schools. BECTA
91% 12 year olds with a mobile phone
92% Schools that ban all use of mobile phones and portable devices
In the UK, 2008...
How mobile phones help learning in secondary schools. BECTA
91% 12 year olds with a mobile phone
92% Schools that ban all use of mobile phones and portable devices
In the UK, 2008...
How mobile phones help learning in secondary schools. BECTA
91% 12 year olds with a mobile phone
92% Schools that ban all use of mobile phones and portable devices
In the UK, 2008...
6.5 billion text messages sent
46.5 million pxt or video messages sent
16 million people accessing mobile internet
UK, September 2008...
Mobile Data Association (MDA)
6.5 billion text messages sent
46.5 million pxt or video messages sent
16 million people accessing mobile internet
UK, September 2008...
Mobile Data Association (MDA)
Jan Chipchase, TED Talks, 2007
What are the three most important things you take with you when you leave home?
keys
moneyphone
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4598095a28.html
“...seize the opportunities offered by new knowledge and technologies to secure a sustainable social, cultural, economic, and environmental future for our country”
The New Zealand Curriculum
“To identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on
teaching and learning...
...the way we work, collaborate, and communicate is evolving as boundaries become more fluid and
globalization increases.”http://www.nmc.org/publications/
1. Grassroots Video
Virtually anyone can capture, edit, and share short video clips, using inexpensive equipment (such as a cell phone) and free or nearly free software.
Mainstream adoption: 1 year or less
2. Collaboration Webs
...small, flexible, and free, and require no installation.
...simply open their web browsers and they are able to edit group documents, hold online meetings, swap information and data.
Mainstream adoption: 1 year or less
3. Mobile Broadband
In this market, innovation is unfolding at an unprecedented pace.
...mobiles are quickly becoming the most affordable portable platform for staying networked...
Mainstream adoption: 2-3 years
http://www.earthalbum.com/
4. Data Mash Ups
...combinations of data from different sources are “mashed up” into a single tool.
...opening the doors to hundreds of data mashups that will transform the way we understand and represent information.
Mainstream adoption: 3-4 yearshttp://www.earthalbum.com/
http://twittervision.com/
5. Collective Intelligence
Emerging from the collaboration of many individuals...
...to expand our understanding of ourselves and the technologically-mediated world we inhabit.
Mainstream adoption: 4-5 years
6. Social Operating Systems
...they will base the organization of the network around people, rather than around content.
...use them to organize our work and our thinking around the people we know.
Mainstream adoption: 4-5 years
In the past you were what you owned… now you are what you share.
Charles Leadbeater
http://www.charlesleadbeater.net
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/
A society that creates, shares, and uses knowledge for the prosperity and well-being
of its people.
Definition of Knowledge Society, http://www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz/
Knowledge...
a process, not a thing
does things
happens in teams
develops on an as and when needed basis
developed to be replaced not stored
Jane Gilbert, NZCER
Learning...
generating knowledge
primarily a group activity
real world problem based contexts
just in time not just in case
developed to be replaced not stored
á la carte (individulaised) not en bloc (one for all)
Jane Gilbert, NZCER
Minds...
are RESOURCES
that can be CONNECTED
to other resources
in order to GENERATE
NEWKNOWLEDGE
Jane Gilbert, NZCER
NZ Curriculum: Achievement Objectives by Area
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
Andrew Churches http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Horizons Report
OECD Trends
Knowledge Society
Curriculum & Learning Models
21st Century Literacy
&Skills
21st Century Learner
If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.
John Dewey
Reading 10% of what we read
Hearing 20% of what we hear
Looking 30% of what we see
Watching a movie
50% of what we see & hear
Looking at a display 50% of what we see & hearWatching a demo
50% of what we see & hear
Seeing it done on location
50% of what we see & hear
Participating in a discussion 70% of what we sayGiving a talk
70% of what we say
Making a presentation 90% of what we
say and do
Simulating the real experience
90% of what we
say and doTeaching others
90% of what we
say and do
Passive
Active
After 2 weeks we tend to remember...
Adapted from: Edgar Dale, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching
Reading 10% of what we read
Hearing 20% of what we hear
Looking 30% of what we see
Watching a movie
50% of what we see & hear
Looking at a display 50% of what we see & hearWatching a demo
50% of what we see & hear
Seeing it done on location
50% of what we see & hear
Participating in a discussion 70% of what we sayGiving a presentation
70% of what we say
Making a movie 90% of what we
say and do
Simulating the real experience
90% of what we
say and doTeaching others
90% of what we
say and do
Passive
Active
After 2 weeks we tend to remember...
Adapted from: Edgar Dale, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching
Participating in a discussion
whole class small groupbuddy class
Participating in a discussion
online forum
blogging
wiki
skype
video conferencesocial networks
chat
txt
whole class small groupbuddy class
Participating in a discussion
Participating in a discussion
Participating in a discussion
World 1
The world inside my body
Julia Atkin www.learning-by-design.com/
World 2
The world I know directly
Participating in a discussion
World 1
The world inside my body
Julia Atkin www.learning-by-design.com/
World 3
The world I have heard about
World 2
The world I know directly
Participating in a discussion
World 1
The world inside my body
Julia Atkin www.learning-by-design.com/
World 4
The world of possibilities, the world I haven’t heard about
World 3
The world I have heard about
World 2
The world I know directly
Participating in a discussion
World 1
The world inside my body
Julia Atkin www.learning-by-design.com/
...a key component is the integration of technologies that can fuel new forms of
teaching and learning, nurture 21st century skills, and prepare learners for participation in
the global economy of this century.
CISCO: Equipping Every Learner for the 21st Century
Born: 2006Starts school: 2011Leaves school: 2024Graduates: 2028
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