EML436 - The Multimodal Writing Process | 21st Century Literacies | Lewis Dennis 1489881

Bost, Danielle

IL

Dennis, L. [Lewis Dennis]. (2017, April 16). EML436 - The Multimodal Writing Process | 21st Century Literacies | Lewis Dennis 1489881 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOf85O0b0zU.

Discusses 21st Century Skills and Learners and how teachers can adapt to teach students 21st century skills, based in Australia.

As a beginner to the concept of 21st Century Skills, this helped me grasp the concept a lot better and understand how to incorporate ideas into my future curriculum.

Fake News

Katy Golden

IL

Coughlan, S. (2017). Schools should teach pupils how to spot 'fake news'. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39272841

In an article that I thought was especially relevant given the current political climate, this author discusses how the educational leadership in England plans to alter their standardized test, the Pisa, to assess students' abilities to think critically and distinguish fake news from real news. They talk exstensively about the idea of critical judgment, and how students need to have the 21st century skill of being able to parse out truth from fiction.

Now that you can't necessarily trust everything you read, especially on the Internet, it's particularly important that kids can think critically and decide for themselves what is and isn't true. They warn of other dangers inherent in the current social media culture as well, such as the development of a mono-culture and the belief in one right way to do things, that they suggest teachers address as well.

As school librarians, it's a big part of our job to help kids become information literate and a very big part of that is developing the skill of parsing fake news from real news.

Spector, J. M., Ifenthaler, D., Sampson, D., Yang, L. (., Mukama, E., Warusavitarana, A., & ... Gibson, D. C. (2016). Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment for 21st Century Learning. Journal Of Educational Technology & Society, 19(3), 58-71.

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This article details the importance of providing formative assessments.  It discusses how formative assessments have changed over time and how now they are more important than ever. Since, these types of assessments have grown in importance they have changed a great deal in structure. This article discusses how formative assessments how grown to include 21st century learning topics or technology.  It discusses how educators have changed their assessements to reflect these new 21st century skills.

21st Century Skills - 2 short videos

 Two short videos about the Four C's.

Above & Beyond is a cute story about what is possible when communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity transform learning opportunities for all kids.

What Is 21st Century Education
This short video is a wake up call for the importance of teaching the Four C's.

The development of science process skills in authentic contexts

Easbey, Margaret

IL-Process skills

Roth, W. & Roychoudhury, A. (1993). The development of science process skills in authentic contexts. The Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 30(2), pp 127-152.

This article discusses research conducted in 8th, 11th, and 12th grade science classes concerning the development of science process skills in an open collaborative classroom environment. In these settings, the researchers (one of whom was also a teacher in the classroom) found that for the most part students preferred this arrangement to a traditional teacher-led class and that students would develop process skills spontaneously as they pursued their own inquiries through tinkering and guided exploration.

The article is clear and very interesting. What I find most interesting about it is that it was written in 1993 and it references many other works reaching back to the 1960s all of which reach similar conclusions to what we have been discussing in class. The notion of 21st century skills has deep roots it seems!

The critical 21st century skills every student needs and why

DiZazzo, Cynthia

IL

Watanabe-Crockett, L. (2016, August 2). The critical 21st century skills every student needs and why. Retrieved from https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/21st-century-skills-every-student-needs

Summary:

With input from educators, administrators, and researchers from various countries and communities, the Global Digital Citizen Foundation (GDCF) has compiled a list of skills necessary for students to be productive, lifelong learners. The skills deemed by GDCF to be most essential to student success in the 21st century include: problem solving, creativity, analytical thinking, collaboration, communication, and ethics, action and accountability. Each of this skills is first defined and then described in relationship to student success.

Evaluation:

Unpretentious and understandable, Watanabe-Crocket’s definitions and descriptions of the essential student skill set create a foundation for educators to build upon and promote in their teaching practices. Further tools and questions for further developing a 21st century learning environment are included at the article’s conclusion.