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21st Century Literacies, ZAKIRAH TESL 2 (3.11.2020) - Coggle Diagram
21st Century Literacies
Common Myths about
21st-Century Literacies
Automatic Essay Scoring (AES) systems will soon replace human readers of student writing.
Teachers need to be experts in technology in order to use it effectively in instruction.
Teachers who use technology in their
personal lives will use it in their classes.
The digital divide is closed because
schools provide computer and Internet access.
21st-century literacy is about
technology only.
Recommendations for Effective Instruction in 21st-Century Literacies (For Teachers)
Give students explicit instruction about how to avoid plagiarism in a digital environment.
Ask students to create a podcast to share with an authentic audience.
Include a broad variety of media and genres in class texts.
Use a wiki to develop a multimodal reader's guide to a class text.
Explore technologies students are using outside of class and find ways to incorporate them into your teaching.
Be open about your own strengths and limitations with technology and invite students to help you.
Give students strategies for evaluating the quality of information they find on the internet.
Create a website and invite students to use it to continue class discussions and bring in outside voices.
Encourage students to reflect regularly about the role of technology in their learning.
Recommendations for Effective Instruction in 21st-Century Literacies (For Schools and Policymakers)
Adopt and regularly review standards for instruction in technology.
Affirm the importance of literacy teachers in helping students develop technological proficiency.
Protect online learners and ensure their privacy.
Require teacher preparation programs to include training in integrating technology into instruction.
Provide regular literacy-specific professional development in technology for teachers and administrators at all levels, including higher education.
Ensure that students in literacy classes have regular access to technology.
Address the digital divide by lowering the number of students per computer and by providing high quality access (broadband speed and multiple locations) to technology and multiple software packages.
ZAKIRAH TESL 2 (3.11.2020)