6. Critical Components of
Effective 21st Century Schools
1.
UNDERSTAND THE SHIFT
IN LITERACY DEMANDS
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11. 21st Century Literacies Definition
In order to thrive in an increasingly
interdependent, global society, students
need to acquire the full range of 21st
century literacies. As defined by NCTE,
21st century literacies are essential to
student achievement; they include the
ability to…
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12. Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
Build relationships with others to pose and solve
problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
Design and share information for global
communities to meet a variety of purposes
Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams
of simultaneous information
Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media
texts
Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by
these complex environments
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13. “In the future, how we educate
our children may prove to be
more important than how much
we educate them.”
The World is Flat
Thomas Friedman
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14. Critical Components of
Effective 21st Century Schools
1.
UNDERSTAND THE SHIFT IN LITERACY
DEMANDS
2.
Highly engaged school community
(faculty, students, parents)
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15. “When the
profit motive
becomes
unmoored from
the purpose
motive, bad
things happen.”
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16. Critical Components of
Effective 21st Century Schools
1.
UNDERSTAND THE SHIFT IN LITERACY
DEMANDS
2.
HIGHLY ENGAGED SCHOOL COMMUNITY
(FACULTY, STUDENTS, PARENTS)
3.
Highly skilled readers and writers for
Content Areas
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17. Reading Volume of
Fifth-Grade Students of Different Levels of Achievement
(Based on In and Out of School Reading Logs)
Achievement Minutes of Words per
Percentile Reading Year
per Day
90th 40.4 2,357,000
50th 12.9 601,000
10th 1.6 51,000
Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding, 1988
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18. Move from Best Practices to
Next Practices
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19. Critical Components of
Effective 21st Century Schools
1.
UNDERSTAND THE SHIFT IN LITERACY
DEMANDS
2.
HIGHLY ENGAGED SCHOOL COMMUNITY (FACULTY, STUDENTS,
PARENTS)
3.
HIGHLY SKILLED READERS AND WRITERS FOR CONTENT AREAS
4.
Fluid use of multiple tech tools
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20. To
understand
how the
“how” is
changing,
let’s look
back to the
literacy
demands of
an earlier
time…
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27. Are you a stranger, visitor, or resident?
Wordle Flickr You Tube
Del.icio.us IM Popplets
Digg Twitter Second Life
Skype MMORPG Polleverywhere
Evernote Ning GoogleLitTrips
Podcasts Diigo Facebook
Blogs Email Tagging
Wiki Text Jottit
Naturally Speaking Google Docs Typewith.me
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28. Critical Components of
Effective 21st Century Schools
1.
UNDERSTAND THE SHIFT IN
LITERACY DEMANDS
2.
HIGHLY ENGAGED SCHOOL COMMUNITY
(FACULTY, STUDENTS, PARENTS)
3.
HIGHLY SKILLED READERS AND WRITERS FOR
CONTENT AREAS
4.
FLUID USE OF MULTIPLE TECH TOOLS
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30. “When you change the way you
look at things, the things you
look at change.”
--Wayne Otto
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31. Learn More
Twitter/KyleneBeers
or Twitter/BobProbst Summer Reading Institute
in San Antonio, Texas,
KyleneBeers.com (Kylene’s
June 19-22, 2011
blog)
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in Boothbay Harbor,
Maine, June 26-30, 2011
Article from us on why
reading lit is important:
Info for both at
Bit.ly/f79ziP
www.heinemann.com
(click on workshops)
Slides at Slideshare.com
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