David Warlick- Landmark Project
(I have seen this guy at the NECC conference in San Diego adn have resources from that) EXCELLENT
david@landmark-project.com
"The iliterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn adn relearn."
Online handouts- http://handouts.davidwarlick.com
Blog with: redefine,literacy, warlick
We spend too much time teaching kids to use paper when we need to teach them how to use light.
Our job as educators is to prepare students for a future we cannot describe.
We should STOP integrating technology and start integrating literacy. INFORMATION LITERATE. We need to teach our kids how to teach themselves.
Wikipedia vs Encyclopedia (this is not a competition) each have different strengths. The encyclopedia is published by experts but is not as updated. The wikipedia is published by anyone, but is VERY current. Each has a different strength and use.
Reading as a literacy needs to expand to a range of skills including exposing truth. (find it, decode it, critically evaluate it, organize it into personal digital libraries) Kids start with informaiton that is billions of "pages" big. Being a digital detective. uncover the truth behind the information.
Math as a literacy. You ned to understand the language of numbers. Two things have dramatically changed the world of numbers. There are a lot more of them out there. There are thousands and they are digital. EXAMPLE- earthquake search thing. APPLICATION is the second thing. Applications have become more important as technology has become more commonplace.
Languages of technical areas become less important. Music tools for example. You can compose without formal training in music based on sound, technology and music programs.
Anatomy of the long tail. Books, music, movies that don't sell enough to be sold in a store. But the long tail provides a market online for us to produce things and make them available to others. Huge amounts of content made available this way.
Classroom Blogging- published two hours after done writing. Lulu.com self published and will upload the book in Word, saved as a pdf, library of congress stuff, made covers in photoshop, uploaded them, asks how much you want to make $3.00. they said OK we can sell it for $20.00. They make a webpage for it. They then accept credit cards and print and ship on demand. Interesting... look at this... Very cool.
Teach kids to be effective and responsive producers of materials. Everyone has something to say and do. The long tail doesn't make a living, but it is a nice supplement.
Writing expands into expressing ideas compellingly.
Expand our notions of literacy
1. Exposing truth
2. Employing logic
3. Express ideas compellingly
4. ETHICS (love and protect the truth)
Ethics
-seeks to express the truth
-do no harm
-be accountable
-respect and protect the information and its infrastructure
Stop integrating technology, redefine literacy and integrate that.
We see technology, kids see information. Information is at the center of their focus NOT technology. We need to concentrate more on the new information landscape and less on the machines.
How we go about convincing people that we need to retool education in this country.
Funny Internet cartoon-
You have reached the end of the internet. You will have to turn around, Use your back button to do so.
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