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Literacy for 21st Century Learners

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What is Web 2.0?
 * The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content and social networking. ~ en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Web_2.0

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21st Century Fluencies []

Reading and Literacy Tools Create and read digital pop-up books with Zoo Burst ||= Create and read non-fiction books with Wikijunior || Look a word up in the dictionary using Lexipedia ||= Create and read Comics with Bitstrips for Schools || Create and read blogs with KidBlog ||=
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Create and read other wikis for book clubs using Wikispaces || // "networked intelligence" ~ "participatory culture" // * Good use of YouTube
 * ** More Collaborative Tools: **
 * Ideas and planning with sticky notes using Wallwisher
 * Mind mapping with MindMeister
 * Collaborative storyboarding with Drawing Together ||
 * ** Communication has changed: **
 * Google Lit Trips
 * VoiceThread and some great Classroom examples of its use
 * Share favourites/bookmarks through Delicious
 * Use mine
 * Critical literacy is a necessity in the 21st Century
 * Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus ||
 * ** Let the students decide how they're going to present their information: **
 * Prezi
 * Glogster
 * Student Glog example
 * Wordle
 * Examples in my Blog
 * Animoto
 * Remembrance Day Global Collaboration Project
 * Podcasting examples (Audacity) ||
 * ** Other Reading Ideas: **
 * skype with authors
 * reading strategies - Into the Book
 * Interactive Reading Websites
 * Video Book Talks ||

Thought provoking story from Don Tapscott "Grown Up Digital" **Note: This is the keynote speech at The Quest Conference 2010, but go to about 49:26 in the video for the Book Reading Story. []