This document provides an overview of learning in the 21st century. It discusses trends in education including the characteristics of today's digital native students and the importance of 21st century skills like communication, collaboration, and self-directed learning. It encourages educators to establish personal learning networks using tools like blogs, wikis, Google Reader, and Twitter to stay current and help students develop new literacies.

1. Learning in the 21 st Century Session 1 – Did You Know? Deb Hanson, MLIS Veterans Park Academy School Improvement Workshop Series Session 1 of 5 January 11, 2010 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States

5. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and re-learn ." - Alvin Toffler 21 st Century Learning Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_ellis/2324517057/

8. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/index.cfm

12. They are creating a digital footprint from Day 1…

13. Karl Fisch: “I certainly don’t have all the answers here, but I would strongly suggest that if you want to support reading , then you have to be doing it in the social media space as well. “

14. Did You Know? video

15. How do we make the shift ? © Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/344832659/in/set-72157615129270288 /

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17. Build Your PLN

18. Set Up Your Google Reader

19. Add subscriptions & read posts…

20. Set up your Twitter Account www.twitter.com

21. Why Twitter?

22. Join an Educator Social Network/Ning

23. Play… Practice… Learn…

24. Your Turn….

25. Questions? Twitter: @DebH2U [email_address] http://vpaamedia.edublogs.org