This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Slide 1
Andrea Peach, Ed. D. Associate Professor of Graduate Education
Georgetown College 21 st Century Skills for College
Slide 2
Agenda Examine 21 st Century Skills What are
technology-specific standards and skills needed for college? How
are these skills used in college courses? How can your students get
these skills prior to college and while they are in college?
Slide 3
Watch this Video
Slide 4
21 st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
Slide 5
Technology Information Literacy Media Literacy Information
Communications and Technology Literacy
Slide 6
Information Literacy Access and Evaluate Information Access
information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources) Evaluate
information critically and competently Use and Manage Information
Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem
at hand Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of
sources Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal
issues surrounding the access and use of information
Slide 7
How used in College Access and Evaluate Information Finding and
using library and reliable internet-related resources for research
and other class projects Evaluating web-based resources to see if
they are worthy and reliable Use and Manage Information Completing
class and research projects efficiently and creatively Keeping
track of lots of information from lots of sources Making sure you
dont plagiarize!
Slide 8
Improving IL Skills Learn to use online databases available
through the Commonwealth Virtual Library. Searching skills using
boolean searching (and, or, not), and advanced searching options.
Use the help features of the database! Dont rely on internet sites
found through a search engine like Google for your primary sources
of information. Find a way of managing resources that works for
you.
Slide 9
Delicious
Slide 10
Other tools for managing resources Electronic databases may
have ways of creating accounts so you can keep a copy of resources
you find. Copy the resource citation into a Word or Google Doc and
keep the full-text version in a folder on your computer. Use a
reference manager like EndNote (http://http://www.endnote.com/) or
Zotero
(http://www.zotero.org/)http://http://www.endnote.com/http://www.zotero.org/
The important thing is to come up with a method early and stick
with it!
Slide 11
Media Literacy Analyze Media Understand both how and why media
messages are constructed, and for what purposes Examine how
individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points
of view are included or excluded, and how media can influence
beliefs and behaviors Apply a fundamental understanding of the
ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of media Create
Media Products Understand and utilize the most appropriate media
creation tools, characteristics and conventions Understand and
effectively utilize the most appropriate expressions and
interpretations in diverse, multi-cultural environments
Slide 12
How used in College Analyze Media Class discussions &
presentations Class assignments and research projects Discussions
with professors and peers Create Media Products Create
presentations using PowerPoint or Google Presentation Create videos
and digital stories using Movie Maker or iMovie Creating media for
fine arts courses and personal use Making sure you are not
plagiarizing media
Slide 13
Improving ML Skills Talk with your kids about what they are
watching on TV or interacting with on the Internet. They should
know how to use both the basic and advanced features of PowerPoint.
Creating presentations with consistent design and movement Adding
media to presentations Adding custom animation and SmartArt Saving
presentations in proper formats They should know how to create
videos products using Movie Maker (Windows) or iMovie (Apple) and
audio files using a program like Audacity
(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
They should know how to take and save digital images efficiently
Review Fair Use rules with your kids
(http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=758&title=)http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=758&title
Slide 14
Information Communications and Technology Literacy Apply
Technology Effectively Use technology as a tool to research,
organize, evaluate and communicate information Use digital
technologies (computers, PDAs, media players, GPS, etc.),
communication/networking tools and social networks appropriately to
access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to
successfully function in a knowledge economy Apply a fundamental
understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access
and use of information technologies
Slide 15
How used in College Apply Technology Effectively It is simply
not possible to do well in college without being able to use word
processing, presentation software, spreadsheets, research
databases, and internet search engines and online tools. Web
2.0/Social Networking (blogs, wikis, social bookmarking) used for
class assignments and social settings. Web 2.0Social Networking
Online calendars (Google Calendar) and other time-management tools
Class management systems, like Blackboard and Moodle, are used by
most colleges. Assignments will be posted and materials will be
available. Accessing and saving electronic resources for class work
Efficiently saving files on computers, backing up/restoring
information Keeping personal information safe Using technology
ethically and legally, including such things as downloading
music/movies/games, etc.
Slide 16
Improving ICTL Skills Use computers whenever possible to
complete school assignments Take computer courses in high school if
possible Start a blog or design a website using a WIKI or other
website tool. Discuss with your kids how to maintain personal
information on social networking sites like Facebook. Use the
privacy features Appropriate content Guidelines for approving
friends
Slide 17
Watch this Video
Slide 18
Last thoughts.. Win vs. MACSoftware Laptops!
Slide 19
Contact me.. Dr. Andrea Peach Associate Professor of Education
Georgetown College 400 E. College Street Georgetown, KY 40324
[email protected][email protected] Website
http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/peachhttp://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/peach