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=**21st Century Literacy**=

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Use the resources below to expand and build your level of understanding for 21st Century Instruction and Literacy. Instructional strategies can be enhanced with simple online tools that engage 21st Century learners.

Communication and Collaboration skills are critical to the success of our students in a world driven by the speed of creativity and technology. Some of the tools listed below may help you and them learn in new ways. Give some a try, you might just enjoy them.


 * Reading** - all classes need to assist students in the skill of reading literacy. Reading across curriculum assists children with learning and achievement.
 * Visuwords and Eyeplorer - develop new vocabulary
 * Project Gutenberg - 30, 000 free ebooks
 * Book Glutton - read those downloaded epub files online with friends, annotate and take notes


 * Writing**
 * Mixbook - create online ebooks for free, collaborate and share
 * Wordle - create great word visuals for all content
 * Zoho Notebook
 * Blogs and Discussion Forums - Blogger and Wikispaces discussion Tab
 * Penzu take notes collaborate and share


 * Speaking**
 * Gabcast and Podbean create podcasts in class or for summarizing
 * One True Media - create great looking videos online


 * Listening**
 * Scivee.tv - Science videos and podcasts by scientists
 * Story Online - Screen Actors Guild reading kids books online
 * [|Lit2Go]- audio book files for download.
 * LoudlLit - get audio files for many classics at this website.


 * Collaboration Activities**


 * Scriblink - instant white board collaboration
 * Google Docs create and share documents and more
 * Wikispaces - create a website together

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[|How are kids learning today?]
=[|What are 21st Century Skills?]=

> Are you a **preliterate, technorat, technotraditionalist, or a technoconstructivist**? [|Read here] to find out what level you are on and where you can be.
 * [|21st Century Connections eBook]
 * Review [|Milestones for Improving Learning and Education (MILE) Guide] for 21st Century Skills to assist you in measuring the progress of your schools in defining, teaching and assessing 21st century skills.
 * Take the [|Mileguide Assessment] to identify your schools' effectiveness in integrating 21st century skills into the learning process.
 * http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/
 * [|What is a 21st Century Learning Environment?]
 * How do you rate your technological literacy?
 * 3 Steps to 21st Century Learning

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Is your school implementing [|ISTE's] NETS? [|Take the Survey].

New Standards for Students
 * [|Creativity and Innovation]
 * [|Communication and Collaboration]
 * [|Research and Information Fluency]
 * [|Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making]
 * [|Digital Citizenship]
 * [|Technology Operations and Concepts]

You will demonstrate your understanding of 21st Century Learning and Teaching by creating visual representations. Share what you have learned about 21st Century Literacy and the NETS by clicking on your groups page to build your content collaboratively. On your groups page you can add content and also add a [|Wordle] visual representation of your learning. Save your visual and link or embed it to your group's page.
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