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2011-2012 Grant Schedule

• AM & PM - 9/12 - Sessions 1 & 2 – Introduction to the Partnership for the 21st Century Skills and the FL Skills Map

• AM - 10/10 Session 3 – LIS – Creativity and Innovation

• PM - 10/10 Session 4 – LIS – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• AM - 10/31 Session 5 – LIS – Communication and Collaboration

• PM - 10/31 Session 6 -- IMT – Information Literacy

• AM – 12/5 Session 7 – IMT -- Media Literacy

• PM – 12/5 Session 8 – IMT -- Technology

• AM - 1/30 Session 9 – share/evaluation/report on fall Skills Map activities by participants

• PM - 1/30 Session 10 – LCS – Flexibility and Adaptability

• AM - 2/27 Session 11 – LCS – initiative and Self–Direction

• PM - 2/27 Session 12 – LCS – Social and Cross-Cultural Skills

• AM – 4/2 Session 13 – LCS – Productivity and Accountability

• PM – 4/2 Session 14 – LCS – Leadership and Responsibility

• AM & PM - 4/26 - Sessions 15 & 16 – share/evaluation/report on spring Skills Map activities by participants 2

Today’s Schedule

8:30-9:15 – Breakfast, Conversation, and Housekeeping

9:15-9:30 – Samples of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving & Creativity and Innovation

9:30-11:45 – Communication, Collaboration

11:45-12:45 – Working lunch

12:45-2:30 – Information Literacy

2:30-3:00 – Summary: OH, AHA!, OMG!

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Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Review of What You Should Know About: Creativity &

Innovation, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

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What We’re “Learning”Interdisciplinary Themes

Global Awareness

Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy

Civic Literacy

Health Literacy

Environmental Literacy5

Communication

Dr. Mary Anne Garnett

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Communication

Students as effective communicators use languages to engage in meaningful conversation, to understand and interpret spoken language and written text, and to present information, concepts, and ideas.

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Hallmarks of this Criteria

• Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts.

• Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade).

• Communicate effectively in diverse multi-lingual environments

Pros and Cons of the

P-21 FL Map

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Pros & Cons

• NOVICE Example:

Students browse the website of a

current popular magazine in the TL

country. They identify the emotions of

the people in the photo based on

their interpretation of the visual and

linguistic cues and then discuss

their findings with their classmates.

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Pros & Cons

INTERMEDIATE example:

Students prepare an electronic

infobrief in the TL that provides

information about daily life in the

United States to prepare for a visit

from an e-pal from the TL country.

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Communication

“Communication is about being

effective, not always about being

proper.” Bo Bennett

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Is this effective communication?

An American at a McDonalds Drive-thru in France

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Collaboration

Dr. Susanne M. Wagner

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Collaboration Criteria

Students as collaborators use their native and acquired languages to learn from and work cooperatively across cultures with global team members, sharing responsibility and making necessary compromises while working toward a common goal.

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Hallmarks of this Criteria

• Articulating thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively through speaking and writing

• Demonstrating the ability to work effectively with diverse teams

• Exercising flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal

• Assuming shared responsibility for collaborative work

Pros and Cons of the

P-21 FL Map

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Definition

collaboration (kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən) —n (often followed by on, with, etc)

1. the act of working with another or others on a joint project 

2. something created by working jointly with another or others

3. the act of cooperating as a traitor, especially with an enemy 

occupying one's own country

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition

Do we need collaboration & communication? Why?

Collaboration A Life-Saver?

Collaborative Language Learning

• Collaborative Language Learning tends to be more student centered – the teacher as the facilitator

• Cooperative Learning implies a classroom that focuses on students working together to reach a common goal rather than engaging in a competition

• Benefits of collaboration:– a) stretches limited resources

– b) requires leadership – builds social skills

– c) ??

Collaborative

Language Learning• Objective: foster students’ critical thinking skills in a

non-competitive collaborative classroom environment

• Tools: Social Networking, blogging, discussion, projects problem sets, and ?

• Tasks: Group projects, group work, mini-dialogs, skits, student teaching, and ?

• Success depends on organization of activity: warm-up, accountability, instructions, social skills, structure, follow-up

• Mutual support within the group – positive interdependence not codependence

• Similar to improv theater/drama pedagogy: a) Make your partner look goodb) anything goes: no criticism

Example – Game

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It’s Time for You to be…

Communicative

and

Collaborative

Information Literacy

Dr. Tracy Bishop25

Information Literacy Criteria

Students as informed global citizens access, manage, and effectively use culturally authentic sources in ethical and legal ways.

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Hallmarks of this Criteria

• Accessing information efficiently and effectively evaluating information critically and competently and using information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand

• Possessing a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information

Pros and Cons of the

P-21 FL Map

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What is Information Literacy?• Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find,

retrieve, analyze, and use information. Information literacy equips [students] with the critical skills necessary to become independent lifelong learners. –Association of College and Research Libraries

• Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand. Simply put, information literacy is the key competency needed to enhance K-16 academic performance, engage patient personal responsibility, improve workplace performance and productivity, and compete effectively in a dynamically evolving world marketplace. --National Forum on Information Literacy

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What is Information Literacy?• It empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate,

use, and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational, and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion of all nations. --The Alexandria Proclamation, 2005

• Information Literacy is the ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information. It is the knowledge of commonly used research techniques.

• --www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/

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Why is Information Literacy important?

--Information literacy is critically important because we are surrounded by a growing ocean of information in all formats. Not all information is created equal: some is authoritative, current, reliable, but some is biased, out of date, misleading, false. --www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/

--People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-suffused environment […] To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media and technology. --http://www.p21.org/component/content/article/61

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--President Barack H. Obama – National Information Literacy Awareness Month, October

• “Every day, we are inundated with vast amounts of information.  A 24-hour news cycle and thousands of global television and radio networks, coupled with an immense array of online resources, have challenged our long-held perceptions of information management. Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communication technologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decision making. National Information Literacy Awareness Month highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age.” --2009

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Project Information Literacy

http://www.youtube.com/user/ ProjInfoLit#p/u/1/C58U8iUFK5Y

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How are Information Literacy skills used on a

daily basis?• Academic purposes• On the job• Consumer decisions• Etc.???

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It’s Time for You to be…

Information Literate

OH

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