EDUC.

103- BUILDING
AND ENHANCING
NEW LITERACIES
ACROSS THE
CURRICULUM
MODULE 1: 21 Century st

Education
Learning Outcomes:
1. Define 21st Century education
2. Describe the 21st Century teacher and the needed
innovative tools for learning
3. Examine the critical attributes of 21st Century
education
4. Explain how 21st Century education concepts can be
integrated in the classroom
5. Draw relevant life lessons and significant values from
the experience in practicing 21st Century education
6. Analyze research abstract on 21st Century education
and its implications on teaching-learning process.
7. Prepare an evaluation instrument intended for 21 st
century teaching-learning
A. What is your understanding of 21st Century
learning?
B. What digital tool do you know? And how is
it operated?
C. What can you say about 21st Century
learners?
D. How do you describe technology?
E. Are you in favor of this technological
world?
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
A. What questions were the most
difficult and easy for you to
answer?
B. What answer from a classmate
impressed and amazed you? Why?
According to Dr. Douglas
Kellner…
“this technological revolution
bears a greater impact on
society than the transition
from an oral to print culture”
21st Century Education Contexts
a. 21st CENTURY SCHOOLS
Schools in the 21st century focus on a
project-based curriculum for life that would
engage students in addressing real-world
problems and humanity concerns and issues.
 Schools will go from ‘buildings’ to ‘nerve

centers’, with open walls and are roofless.

 Teachers will transform their role from being

dispensers of information to becoming

facilitators of learning
 Schools will need to create a ‘culture of
inquiry’
CHANGES IMPLICATIONS FOR
TEACHERS:
1. Teachers must discover student interest by
helping them see what and how they are
learning to prepare them for life in the real
world.
2. They must instill curiosity, which is
fundamental to lifelong learning
3. They must be flexible in how they teach
4. They must excite learners to become more
resourceful so that they will continue to
learn outside formal school
b. THE 21st CENTURY CURRICULUM
 The twenty-first century curriculum has critical
attributes that are interdisciplinary, project-
based and research-driven.
 It is connected to local, national and global

communities, in which students may collaborate

with people around the world in various
projects.
 The curriculum also integrates higher-order

thinking skills, multiple intelligences, technology

and multimedia literacies and authentic
assessments, including service-learning.
c. THE 21st CENTURY LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
 A 21st Century classroom is not confined to a
literal classroom building but a learning
environment where students collaborate with
their peers, exchange insights, coach and
mentor one another and share talents and
skills with other students.
 Cooperative learning is also apparent…

 Considers the kind of spaces needed by

students and teachers in conducting

investigations and projects by diverse groups
of independent work
d. TECHNOLOGY IN THE 21st
CENTURY PEDAGOGY
 Technologies are not ends in themselves but
these are tools students use to create
knowledge to personal and social change.
 21st Century learning recognizes full access

to technology.
 Various laboratories and learning centers are

set up in a way that they allow a space

needed for students’ simulation and
manipulative works.
UNDERSTANDING 21st CENTURY
LEARNERS
 Today’s students are referred to as “digital
natives”, while educators as “digital
immigrants”
Digital natives:
 usually react, are random, holistic and non-

linear
 their predominant senses are motion and

touch
 They learn through experience and learn

differently
Digital immigrants:
 Often reflect, are sequential and

linear.
 Their predominant senses are hearing

and seeing
 They tend to intellectualize and

believe that learning is constant

(Hawkins and Graham,1994)
 A survey by the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation found that young people
(ages 8-18) spend on electronic media
an average of 6 hours a day.

 Dr. Michael Wesch points out,

although today’s students understand
how to access and utilize these tools,
they use them only for entertainment
purposes.
21st CENTURY SKILLS OUTCOME AND THE DEMANDS
IN THE JOB MARKET

 The 21st Century skills are a set of abilities that

students need to develop to succeed in the
information age.
3 TYPES OF 21st CENTURY SKILLS:
a. Learning Skills- which comprise critical thinking,
creative thinking, collaborating, and
communicating
b. Literacy Skills- which is composed of information
literacy, media literacy, and technology literacy
c. Life Skills- include flexibility, initiative, social
skills, productivity and leadership.
THE 21st CENTURY LEARNING
IMPLICATIONS
 21st Century skills are viewed relevant to all
academic areas and the skills may be taught in a
wide variety of both in-campus and community
settings.
 Teachers should practice cross-disciplinary skills

in related courses, such as integrating research

methods in various disciplines; articulating
technical scientific concepts in verbal, written, and
graphic forms
 Schools need to adapt and develop new ways of

teaching and learning that reflect a changing

world.
 Accrediting organizations and regulatory bodies
may require 21st century skills in the curriculum

 Schools and teachers should use a variety of

applied skills, multiple technologies, and new
ways of analyzing and processing information,
while also taking initiative, thinking creatively,
planning out the process and working
collaboratively in teams with other students.

 Schools may allow students to pursue

alternatives in which students can earn academic
merits and satisfy graduation requirements by
completing an internship, apprenticeship or
volunteer experience.
A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR 21st CENTURY EDUCATION
Before 21st Century Education 21st Century Education
Time-based Outcome-based
Focus: memorization of discrete Focus: what students Know, Can
facts Do and Are like After all the details
are forgotten
Lower order thinking skills in Higher order thinking skills
Bloom’s Taxonomy , such as (metacognition), such as
knowledge and comprehension application, analysis, synthesis and
evaluation
Textbook-driven Research-driven
Passive Learning Active Learning
Learners work in isolation and Learners work collaboratively with
confined in the classroom (walled classmates and others around the
classroom world (global classroom)
Before 21st Century Education 21st Century Education

Little to no student freedom Great deal of student freedom

“Discipline problems”- No trust No “discipline problems”-
between educators and Students and teachers have
students. Little student mutual respect and relationship
motivation as co-learners. High student
motivation.
Fragmented curriculum Integrated and Interdisciplinary
curriculum
Grades taken from formal Grades are based on students’
assessment measures entered in performance as evidence of
the class record for reporting learning outcome
purposes
Assessment is for marking Assessment is important aspect
purposes and placed as part of of instruction to gauge learning
Before 21st Century Education 21st Century Education

Teacher is judge. No one else sees Self, peer and others serve as
student work evaluators of student learning
using wide range of metrics
Curriculum is irrelevant and Curriculum is connected to
meaningless to the students students interests, experiences,
talents and the real world
Print is the primary vehicle of learning Performances, projects and
and assessment multiple forms of media are used
for learning and assessment
Student diversity is ignored Curriculum and instruction address
student diversity
Students just follow orders and Students are empowered to lead
instructions while listening to teacher’s and initiate while creating
lecture solutions and solving problems
Literacy is the 3 R’s (reading, writing Multiple literacies of the 21st
THE CRITICAL ATTRIBUTES OF 21st
CENTURY EDUCATION
1. Integrated and interdisciplinary
- Education in the 21st Century is characterized

by interfacing various disciplines in an

integrated manner rather than
compartmentalizing its subsequent parts.

2. Technologies and Multimedia

- Education in the 21st Century makes optimum
use of available Information and
Communication Technology
3. Global Classrooms- Education in the 21st
Century aims to produce global citizens by
exposing students to the issues and concerns
in the local, national and global societies.

4. Creating/Adapting to Constant Personal and

Social Change and Lifelong Learning-
Education in the 21st Century subscribes to the
belief that learning does not end within the
four walls of the classroom.

5. Student-Centered- In the 21st Century is

focused on students as learners while
addressing their needs.
6. 21st Century Skills- Education in the 21st
Century demonstrates the skills needed in
becoming productive members of society.

7. Project-Based and Research-Driven -21st

Century education emphasizes data,
information and evidence based decision
making through student activities that
encourage active learning.

8. Relevant, Rigorous and Real World-

Education in the 21st Century is meaningful as
it connects to real-life experiences of learners.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A 21st CENTURY
TEACHER
1. Multi-literate- Teachers know how to use
various technologies in teaching.
2. Multi-specialist- Teachers are not only
knowledgeable in the course subject they
teach but also in other areas
3. Multi-skilled- Teachers cope with the demand
for widening learning opportunities by being
skillful
4. Self-directed- Teachers are responsible for
various aspects of school life
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A 21st CENTURY
TEACHER
5. Lifelong learner- Teachers embrace the ideal
that learning never ends.
6. Flexible- Teachers are able to adapt to various
learning styles and needs of the learners.
7. Creative problem solver- Teachers create
innovative ideas and effective solutions to the
arising problem
8. Critical thinker- Teachers encourage students
to reflect on what they have learned to establish
their own knowledge and belief.
9. Has a passion excellent teaching- Teachers
possess passion in the teaching profession to
ensure that students are motivated to learn under
their guidance and care.
10. High Emotional Quotient (EQ)- Teachers do
not just have the head but also the heart to teach.
COMMON 21st CENTURY TECHNOLOGY ROOLS FOR
LEARNING
1. Affinity Groups- These are groups or
communities that unite individuals with
common interests.
2. Blogs- Web logs or blogs are interactive
websites, often open to the public that can
include Web links, photographs and audio and
video elements.
3. E- portfolio- Refers to students works that
are generated, selected, organized, stored and
revised digitally.
COMMON 21st CENTURY TECHNOLOGY ROOLS FOR
LEARNING
1. Affinity Groups- These are groups or
communities that unite individuals with
common interests.
2. Blogs- Web logs or blogs are interactive
websites, often open to the public that can
include Web links, photographs and audio and
video elements.
3. E- portfolio- Refers to students works that
are generated, selected, organized, stored and
revised digitally.
COMMON 21st CENTURY TECHNOLOGY ROOLS FOR
LEARNING
4. Hypertext- Electronic texts that provide
multiple links and allow users to trace ideas in
immediate and idiosyncratic directions.

5. Podcasts- These are digitalized audio files that

are stored on the Internet and downloaded to
listeners computers or most likely to MP3
players.
Podcast- comes from iPod, the popular MP3
player.
6. Web 2.0- this refers to a second generation
of Web-based communities that demonstrate
the participatory literacies that students need
for the 21st century.

7. Myspace- A social network website that

offers an interactive user-submitted network of
friends, personal profiles, blogs, photos, music
and videos internationally.

8. Second Life- It is an Internet-based 3-D

virtual world that uses avatars to explore,
socialize, participate in individual or group
activities, create and trade items and services
9. Semantic Web- It is an extension of the
current Web that puts data into a common
format so that instead of humans working with
individual search engines (such as Google) to
locate information.
Sometimes called Web 3.0, this technology
enables integration of virtually all kinds of
information for more efficient and
comprehensive retrieval.

10. Webkins- It is an Internet simulation

wherein children learn pet care and other skills.
11. Wiki- It refers to software that fosters
collaboration and communication online.

12. Youtube- It is a popular website for video

sharing where users can upload, view and
share video footage, including movie clips and
music videos.

13. Google Docs- It allows students to

collaborate with other people and the
document materials need to be complied,
processed, transacted and analyzed.
14. Prezi- It allows individuals to use pre-
made, creative presentation templates.

15. Easybib- It allows individuals to generate

citations in any given format.

16. Social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter,

Instagram)- These are means to communicate
and share ideas among users.

17. Smartboards and audience response

systems- These are replacement for traditional
chalkboards or whiteboards in classrooms
18. ReadWriteThink.org. – It is a repository of
standards-based literacy lessons that offer
teachers instructional ideas for internet
integration.

19. WebQuest Page-It provides Webquests an

array of topics across content areas with a
template for creating one’s own.

20. Literacy Web- It is an online portal that

includes a large number of new literacy’s
resources for new literacies for teachers.