Digital Literacy and 21st Century Classrooms

by Wesley Fryer
24 October 2003

A presentation for TAIR 2003 in Lubbock, Texas

Handouts / Resources from this presentation include:

Presentation Slides viewable as webpages (smaller files / faster to view)

Presentation Slides in PDF Format - (3 MB - large file)

Related Article: "Digital Literacy Now" (Wesley Fryer) - September 2003

Videos

1. "Literacy at the Crossroads: A Pedagogy of Efficiency or Efficacy?" (password required) - A PDF version of this video's theme, presented as a research paper, is also available.
2. "Cowboys and Cowgirls: Showing what we know" (password required)
3. "9-11-2003 Remembrances: Murfee Elementary, Lubbock, Texas" - not yet available online

Referenced Websites

1. "The Learning Pyramid" from the National Training Labs
2. "Education in the Information Age" (Rodney Riegle)
3. From Now On (Jamie McKenzie) - www.fno.org
4. Infomation & Automation (Alan November) - www.anovember.com
5. "A Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage" (Paulo Freire)
6. "The Third Wave" (Alvin Toffler)
7. MLK Disinformation Site: www.martinlutherking.org (For authentic sites, see www.educationplanet.com/articles/mlk.html)
8. Digital Divide Network - www.digitaldividenetwork.org
9. Partnership for 21st Century Skills - www.21stcenturyskills.org
10. Growing Up Digital (Don Tapscott) - www.growingupdigital.com
11. Digital Tools for Digital Kids - www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
12. Apple 1 to 1 Learning - www.apple.com/education/onetoone/