21st Century Literacies

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Comment by Fawn Wan on November 11, 2009 at 6:12pm

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Comment by Greg McVerry on September 11, 2009 at 10:35am

Hey everyone, Ning just redid their APPs offerings. A ton of new choices. Go to your page and you can add different apps. Its a great way to share twits and rss feeds with your peers.

Comment by Carl Young on August 30, 2009 at 8:18pm

Some of you might be interested in joining the New Literacies Collaborative (NLC) -- a multi-disciplinary team of scholars and educators who promote teaching, learning, research, professional development, and global connections around new literacies. While housed at NC State University, the collaborative features participants from around the globe. This summer we hosted what we plan to be an annual New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute. Hiller Spires, John Lee, and I here at NC State, along with Don Leu (UConn), Julie Coiro (Rhode Island), and Jill Castek (UC-Berkeley), helped facilitate this past summer's institute. Plans are underway for summer 2010. Will share details when they become available.

Comment by Greg McVerry on August 25, 2009 at 6:43am

Great article in WIRED about Angela Lunsford's work studying rhetoric and New Literacies: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-09/st_thompson

Comment by Carolyn Stanley on August 21, 2009 at 11:52am

Hi, Mila,
I am anxious to join this discussion. I have been participating in live webcasts like Seedlings, TeachersTeachingTeachers, and EdTechBrainstorm on Edtechtalk.com since last February. I have learned so much about collaboration and building personal learning networks. Schools must adopt these collaborative tools for use with students in guiding them to develop useful 21st century skills.

Comment by Tammy Board on August 18, 2009 at 3:00pm

Hi Monica & Carol, Nings are great! I have used them with both undergrad and graduate college students very successfully. I had intended to try one for 6th graders this fall. The District I worked in has a blanket Internet use permission slip which would allow students to use any board approved mode of technology. The great thing about a ning is you can restrict it as open to only those you invite by email, so outsiders couldn't contact the students you invite to participate. I think it is a great collaboration tool as well as a blog/wikki set-up where students can interact around text or assignments as well as socially. It also serves as a common place to post student work and discussion forums.

Comment by Anna J. Small Roseboro on August 18, 2009 at 11:49am

Thanks for your recommendation, Greg. I hope others try the site and report experiences they have with their classes.

Comment by Greg McVerry on August 18, 2009 at 10:38am

Hey Anna,

I have had wonderful experience with epals.com. We have used their email service in our research and I have worked with teachers who have completed their projects with other classrooms across the globe. They have partnerships with many content providers and the projects are awesome. I say give it a try.

Carol-A wiki is a website that anyone can edit and revise. Great for collaborative writing projects. A Ning is a social network. It allows students to create an online persona and have many tools to build community.

Comment by Anna J. Small Roseboro on August 11, 2009 at 9:00am

Carol A. Smith asked about on-line opportunities for her students to participate in global learning communities. This summer a couple of my grad school students told me about the success they've had with e-pals.com. While I've only explored the site, I've not used it. If you take a look and see if it will meet your needs, will you report back to this group, too. Your opinion is important.

Comment by Carol A. Smith on August 11, 2009 at 6:26am

I'm hoping Monica -- or any other group member -- can concisely explain the difference between a wiki and a ning. I see she wants to create a ning for use both in and out of the classroom. Will people other than her class members be able to participate in the discourse? I want to learn about ways that students can participate in global learning communities, communicating with learners in remote places. Thanks so much for any guidance or advice.

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