This document summarizes a presentation about teaching in the 21st century given at the ASB Unplugged Conference in Mumbai, India in 2010. The summary discusses how students today can access information anytime from anywhere using new media like search engines and social media. However, students may not have been taught important skills like validating information, problem solving, and collaborating. The presentation argues teachers need to incorporate new technologies and digital literacies into the classroom by having students use tools to gather and discuss data, publish work, and collaborate on projects. This will help engage students and better prepare them for the digital world.

1. NEW MEDIA, NEW LITERACIES
Language Teaching in the Digital Age
May 19, 2015
Adapted from
Teaching in the 21st Century by Sonja Delafosse
created as a summary of the ASB Unplugged Conference, Mumbai, India 2010
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=075aWDdZUlM

2. What does it mean to teach in the 21st century
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Students find INFORMATION
on ANYTHING
at ANYTIME
or ANYWHERE

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They know how to use a search engine – Bing, Google, Yahoo, Ask

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9. But has anyone taught them how to:
Validate information
Synthesize information
Leverage information
Communicate information
Collaborate with
Problem solve with
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10. Think of the skills when you ask:
Should I stay in a dorm, apartment or a boarding house?
My allowance is delayed. What will I do now?
What’s the fastest route home to avoid heavy traffic?
Who should I vote for?
Where can I get reliable news?
What is the most efficient tool for this project?
How can I get my image out there so companies
will hire me?
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11. Bloom’s Taxonomy
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12. What does CREATION mean today?
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 blogging
 podcasting
 animating
 planning
 recording
 designing
 programming
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14. What about ICT skills?
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16. Where do these fit in Bloom’s Taxonomy?
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17. Where do these fit in Bloom’s Taxonomy?
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From whom are they learning these?
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19. Where do we expect them to learn about:
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20. Where do we expect them to learn about:
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21. Where do we expect them to learn about:
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22. What does this mean for the classroom?
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 It means we need to rethink the tool we use and the types of
problems we ask our students to solve.
 How could you gather and discuss data via FB, cell phone,
crowdsourcing, online surveys, RSS, Twitter?
 How could you talk about reliable sources using search engines, MS
Office 2010 Web Applications, podcasts, Diigo, del.icio.us, blogs?
 How could students publish and evaluate work using pictures, videos,
Scratch, Kodu, Wiki, Ning?
 How could students collaborate using Skype, SkyDrive, Microsoft
Lync, cellular phone, Twitter, Facebook?
 How could struggling students benefit from Virtual Manipulatives,
Audacity, Wordle, video lessons, Bubbl.us?

23. Think of the possibilities?
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 What skills could students gain from this
process?
 What kinds of discussions could this create in
the class room?
 How could students share, collaborate,
compare, publish these ideas?

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26. How do we manage laptops, cell phones,
tablets inside the classroom?
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 The same way we manage papers, textbooks, pencils,
notecards.
 The tools provide temptation, but they are not the
source of negative behavior.
 Any lesson you create, no matter what tools are used
has to be relevant, challenging, engaging.

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These tools are no longer
about pure entertainment.
Students do NOT need to
be entertained.
They need to be engaged.
Entertainment is not the
same as engagement
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ENTERTAINMENT ENGAGEMENT
passive active
for enjoyment for learning
short-lived long-term results
doesn’t require relevance meaningful & applicable
escape from problems solving problems
using the creativity of others using the creativity of the
participant
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Entertainment can and should be fun and exciting.
Our charge is to provide meaningful and powerful
engagement.
Where does it start?

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What’s wrong
with education
cannot be fixed
with technology
-Steve Jobs
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