David Warlick - Contemporary Literacy in a New Information Landscape
http://handouts.davidwarlick.com
http://labs.digg.com/swarm
Visualization of digg that represents people using digg.
Wikipedia, in the days leading up to the last election, had to block the IP addresses of every computer on capital hill.
Made a good point about wikipedia perhaps being somewhat unreliable, but at least wikipedia puts warnings about the questionability of its content - unlike textbooks or newspaper. Something to think about. We were taught to assume the authority. We need to teach kids to prove the authority, not assume the authority - this is the basic literacy.
Discussed RSS technology and aggregators. We are now training the information to find us as opposed to going out and finding the information. Used Google News RSS feeds to illustrate this point.
Students need to do more than write, they need the skills to express their arguments compellingly using all kinds of media. Illustrated with an assignment to produce a video assignment given by a teacher, who asked her students to design a video, not as an assignment, but as a video that she could use to encourage her student in the following year to become interested in a Shakespeare unit.
lulu.com –> David used this site to publish his books. Anyone can use this service to publish. Printed on demand and even provides a complimentary storefront interface.
“Stop integrating technology, and start integrating literacy.”
We try to make our children the students we want to teach rather than teaching the children that they are. Illustrated by not allowing cell phone, etc in classroom.
werenotafraid.com
“Whisper to the world”