ITC 5260

Promoting 21st Century Literacies

SUMMER SEMESTER 2015

DR. PAUL WALLACE

APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Online Class Meetings

Synchronous Meetings in OpenQwaq

The following two Thursdays at 7:30 PM:

1. May 28

2. July 30

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

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

21st Century LiteraciesITC 5260 :: Activities and Projects

Multiculturalism CC BY-SA 3.0 Monisha.pushparaj

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)

Information Literacy (example 1)

Information Literacy (example 2)

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

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)

Visual Literacy (example 1)

Visual Literacy (example 2)

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)

Over the Next WeekITC 5260 :: Getting Started

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

The Four Questions ExerciseITC 5260 :: The Four Questions Activity

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…

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…

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…