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NCTE Definition--21st Century Literacies

Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to:

• 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

Important Web SITES for OUR CLASS: Add Useful Links to the Sidebar with the (first) edit and then link tool: the little blue ball with the chain link to the right on the toolbar above. 

• gonedigital (Our NING site)   

• NCTE Position Statement on Multimodal Literacies 

• NCTE Position Statement: Belief About Technology and the Preparation of English Teachers 

• NCTE Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment

• ISTE Technology Standards (explore for students and teachers)

• 21st Century Skills Map (w/NCTE)

• Sample High School Teachers' Wikis 

• How to Use a Wiki

• PBwiki Educator Forum 

• Technorati

(search Technology/Web 2.0 Blogs) 

• Twitterati

(where the blogsphere and twittersphere meet) 

• EdTechTalk

(collaborative open webcasting community)

• Mobile Learning Institute

  (the film series A 21st Century Education offers videos of leading innovators talking about school reform) 

• Project NewMedia Literacies

 (Research initiative out of M.I.T.)

• Digital Natives Project

• Educause(non-profit that promotes the intelligent use of IT)

Googlebooks (Courtney M.)

• Googledocs (document sharing)

Getting to know GoogleDocs (Ash A)

• English Companion NING site/Technology Group

 (join tech. group)

•English Companion NING site/Blogs/Wiki group

•English Companion NING site/21st Century Literacies group

 (join group)

• TeacherTube

(our very own YouTube)

• David Warlick's Blog2CWorth (Explore Warlick'sLandmark Project

• George Lucas Educational Foundation (what works in public education) 

• (Edutopia journal)

• 100  Essential Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers

• Digital Directions: Trends and Advice for K-12 Technology Leaders

• http://www.iwebfolio.com

• PaperSwap (Jess C)

• Grammar Girl:http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

     (Also found on iTunes, under the podcasts section)

• Cortland Technology Training Videos on YouTube

• Technology Training Center Tutorial for Using Space Allocated to Students on the Cortland Server

• Teachnology (Courtney M.)

http://supportblogging.com/ (This was in Richardson. I checked it out and it's an awesome, clear resource about blogging. --Erika E.)

Digital Storytelling Help Site --Jess

National Educational Association--Erika 

NEA classroom monthly e-newsletter   --Erika

Safety and Ethics 2.0-- Monte

Educational Technology: News, Techniques, and Theories of Effective Use of Technology in the Classroom --Ash

http://storycenter.org/index1.html- (I found this link off of Kadjer's site on Digital Story Telling)--Jay-Nel 

How to use comic books:

http://pixton.com/- Kristen

wingclips.com---This is a site that could be useful for teachers if youtube is blocked in their districts. They are all movie clips that illustrate and inspire, and the clips are thematically organized.--Jess

Google Wave: The future of emailing? It's a more efficient way of emailing, apparently. Let this quick youtube clip explain it for you better than I can.