Contemporary Literacy
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Contemporary Literacy Address
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As little as we know about the future for which we are preparing our students, it is clear that it will be a place that is governed by information. Accessing, processing, building with, and communicating that information is how we will all make our livings.
Being literate in this future will certainly involve the ability to read, write, and do basic math. However, the concept of literacy in the 21st century will be far richer and more comprehensive than the 3 Rs of the one room school house, a legacy that still strongly influences today's education environment.
This enlightening and thought-provoking address will make a case for a literacy model that extends out of reading, writing, and basic math to answer questions like:
- What do you need to know, when most of recorded knowledge is a mouse-click away?
- How do you distinguish between good knowledge and bad knowledge?
- What does it do to the value of information, when everyone is a producer?
- How do we address ethics, when we are empowering our students with such prevailing skills?1
Some Articles & Other Resources
- The New Literacy appeared in Technology & Learning magazine, Sept, 2004 and co-written with Dr. Sara Armstrong2
- The New Literacy (a different article) appeared in the March/April issue of [http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/ Scholastic Administrator].3
- Setting the Stage: A Future Fiction This is a work of future fiction. I do not call it science fiction, because I have every reason to expect that schools can change this much, and that it could happen during my career. If they do not, it will not be because the technology is not available, but because we did not have the courage or vision to make such dramatic changes in the way that we prepare our students for their future. This is an abbreviated version of chapter one ofRedefining Literacy for the 21st Century. This piece was published in the March 2004 issue of Library Media Center.4
- Textbooks of the Future That students will eventually use computers in place of traditional textbooks is almost certain. Just watch the eight-year-old children at your local elementary school pulling their backpacks (now on wheels). This makes no sense. Published in May 2004 issue of Technology & Learning Magazine.5
- Sweatshop Video is a resource that I am very frequently asked for after the keynote. It can be access from the SFETT web site and the URL is:
I also collect other articles and writings and store them as a del.icio.us feed. This Aggregated Listing of Articles related to education refore is available through these online handouts.
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You can continue to follow my daily and weekly thoughts on issues of education reform, and even contribute your insights with my readers. Visit my weblog, 2� Worth, which I publish to almost daily. You can also listen to my weekly podcast, Connect Learning, and listen to various conversations that I have with on the front lines educators from across the U.S. and around the world.
I have produced four podcast programs related directly to the issues of this keynote address. You can listen to them by simply clicking the podcast link.
Some Additional Information
Above, you will find some links to resources related to 21st century Literacy. You can examine a growing number of links to Web sites related to the changing nature of information and its affects on what we call literacy. You can also download a [http://pinetlibrary.com/page_files/redefining_literacy.pdf PDF version] of the presentation slides I use in the address as a reference.
rightPlease? do explore the New Century School House (http://landmark-project.com/ncsh), an online project for teachers where they can adopt a virtual classroom and repurpose it for 21st century teaching and learning or simply browse the rooms adopted by other educators.
This presentation is also the subject of a new book to be published by Linworth Publishing, called Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century. There will be more Web-based resources on the topic in the near future.
For a preview, you can read a recent article that was published in edtechnot. The article is called Stop Integrating Technology. Read this article to learn about a new vision for reading, writing, and arithmatic in the new century.
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1 Warlick, David. "Literacy & Learning in the 21st Century." Professional Page. The Landmark Project. 16 Mar 2008 <http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=61>. ⇑
2 Warlick, David, and Sara Armstrong. "The New Literacy." TechLEARNING. 15 Sep 2004. Technology & Learning Magazine. 16 Mar 2008 <http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=47102021>. ⇑
3 Warlick, David. "The New Literacy." Scholastic Administrators. Mar/Apr 2005. Scholastic. 16 Mar 2008 <http://tinyurl.com/2acxda>. ⇑
4 Warlick, David. "A Future Fiction." Technology Connection. Mar 2004. Linworth Publishing. 16 Mar 2008 <http://davidwarlick.com/ff_article/>. ⇑
5 Warlick, David. "Textbooks of the Future." TechLEARNING. 15 May 2004. Technology & Learning Magazine. 16 Mar 2008 <http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20300250>. ⇑
6 Molina, Consuelo. "Sweatshops." SFETT. SFETT. 16 Mar 2008 <http://www.sfett.com/html_movie/Ican2/sweatshop.html>. ⇑