Where We Are Today:

Literacy in 2010

Part 1

1
 What We Know

• Literacy in 2010 is different than it was in 1990

or even in 2000
• Literacy is evolving more rapidly than ever before

2
What We Know
Kindergartner Reading Online

QuickTime™ and a
JVT/AVC Coding decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

3
What We Know
Kindergartner Reading Online

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
4
What We Know
Kindergartner Reading Online

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
5
 What We Know
Undergraduate Reading & Writing Online

QuickTime™ and a
JVT/AVC Coding decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

6
How Literacy is Changing
The tools are changing

7
How Literacy is Changing
The tools are changing

QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

8
How Literacy is Changing
The purposes & audiences are changing

9
How Literacy is Changing
The purposes & audiences are changing

QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

1
0
 How Literacy is Changing
The strategies & skills are changing

Reading Offline

Comprehension

1
1 (Hartman, Morsink & Zheng, 2010)
 How Literacy is Changing

Reading Online
Comprehension

1 (Hartman, Morsink & Zheng, 2010)

2
How Literacy is Changing
The strategies & skills are changing

Book Internet

Internet Naive

Internet Savvy

1 (Small, Moody, Siddarth & Bookheimer, 2009)

3
How Literacy is Changing
The habits & dispositions are changing

1
4 (Generation M2/Kaiser Foundation, 2010)
 How Literacy is Changing
The habits & dispositions are changing

• 64% of American teens are online creators

• 35% of girls online blog
• 20% of boys online blog
• 50% of online teens read blogs

1 (Pew/Internet Survey, December 2007)

5
 How Literacy is Changing
The pedagogies are changing
Reciprocal Teaching Internet Reciprocal Teaching
(Offline)

Questioning Questioning

Predicting Locating

Clarifying Evaluating

Summarizing Synthesizing

Communicating
(Palincsar & Brown, 1984)

1
6
 How Literacy is Changing
The pedagogies are changing
Reciprocal Teaching Internet Reciprocal Teaching
(Offline)

Questioning Questioning

Predicting Locating

Clarifying Evaluating

Summarizing Synthesizing

Communicating
(Palincsar & Brown, 1984) (Leu, Castek, Hartman, Coiro, Henry, Kulikowich & Lyver, 2005)
(McVerry, Zawilinski & O’Byrne, 2009)
1
7
 How Literacy is Changing
The pedagogies are changing

Internet Reciprocal Teaching

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/sept09/vol67/num01/Navigating_the_Cs_of_Change.aspx
1
8
 How Literacy is Changing
The definitions and standards are changing

1985 2010
Framework
Definition
• Reading as one communication
“Reading is the process of
process
constructing meaning from written
• Reading in a specific context
text.”
• Reading for a specific purpose
• Reading a specific genre

1
9
 How Literacy is Changing
The definitions and standards are changing

1985 2010
Framework
Definition • Reading as one process
•“Reading is the process of constructing • Reading of multiple, multi-modal texts
meaning from written text.” • Reading in a specific context
• Reading for a specific purpose
• Reading a specific genre

2
0
 How Literacy is Changing
The assessments are changing

2009
PISA Reading Literacy

http://erasq.acer.edu.au/
2
1
 Where We Are Today
Changing ...
• Tools
• Purposes & Audiences Reading Offline

Comprehension

• Strategies & Skills

• Habits & Dispositions
• Pedagogies Reading Online
Comprehension

• Definitions & Standards Book Internet

Internet Naive

• Assessments
Internet Savvy

2
2
Activity

2
3
 Tri-Fold Activity
Handout

•I’m excited about ...

•I’m concerned about ...

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXHDHfCSOD84ZGQ4OGJjNnpfOThjZGZnZzZnbg&hl=en
2
4
 Tri-Fold Activity
Task
• Write in Principal panel:
• - “3 things I’m excited about literacy today”
• - “3 things I’m concerned about literacy today”
• Write in Teacher panel (+ and -)
• Write in Student panel (+ and -)
• Share with neighbor

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXHDHfCSOD84ZGQ4OGJjNnpfOThjZGZnZzZnbg&hl=en
2
5
Q&A

2
6