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**David Warlick - Redefining Literacy for the 21st Centiury and the //Education Podcast Network// **

Lead Instructor: Terrie RIchardson (terrie_richardson@dpsk12.org)

Runs April 14th - April 27th

**Meet David Warlick**
 * INTRODUCTION:**

Today, we are not just about Literacy, But, “Learning Literacy,” //**

But, “Literacy Habits,” //**
 * // Not just about Literacy Skills,

But, it is a “Learning Lifestyle.” //** ||=
 * // Not just about Lifelong Learning,

Click on the picture or the link below to visit David Warlick's professional webpage __@http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=2__ || I grew up during the 1950s and ’60s, in a three stoplight mill town in western North Carolina. Education was hard for me – but learning was not. I enjoyed being in class, listening to teachers talk about our world, and participating in discussions (in our continuing efforts to get the teacher off the subject). I had some outstanding teachers, who loved their work, and who were magnificent lenses to the world that we lived in. I decided early on, that this was what I wanted to do.

Today, the world is a different place. Our sense of the future has changed, our students learn differently, and the very nature of information has changed. Technology has advanced at a rate that would have baffled us when I was growing up. This time of change forces us to as two fundamental question. What do children need to be learning today? ..and How do they need to be learning it?

It is important to note that I do not consider myself to be a techie. I know techies, and I am not one of them. Techies have created wondrous machines that provide us with opportunities that could not have been imagined only a few years ago. They are highly creative and knowledgeable, and they live the technology.

..a new and exciting vision for the classroom that is changing our definitions of teaching, learning, and being educated in the 21st century. ||
 * They are excited by the “light”.** **I, on the other hand, get excited by what we can shine that “light” on…**

David Warlick is yet another well known both nationally and internationally recognized education technology leader, author, and presenter whose primary focus is "Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century". If you've ever had the pleasure to listen to one of Warlick's presentations, you know that in addition to being a published author, he is a masterful storyteller that promotes his message and ideas with real life practical examples. He utilizes current technology tools and resources to communicate and network globally with other professionals and educators. His website hosts a wealth of resources for teachers that facilitate 21st Century Literacy and higher level thinking skills. In addition, educators find thought provoking information for 21st Century Literacy that increases their understanding of what is needed to help students experience success in the 21st Century. Examples or suggestions of relevant ways for teachers to implement what he talks about in his presentations and the information he presents can also be found within his websites, blogs, online projects and podcasts. You will have an opportunity to explore these and several other resources to both increase your knowledge of 21st Century learning and redefine your own understanding of 21 Century Literacy.

David Warlick believes in connecting globally with other professionals and students. His Education Podcast Network is just one example of a project he developed where educators can share podcast resources that support learning and the profession. The link to the **Education Podcast Network** (**EPN**) can be found below in the Examples section. Here is one group from this EPN that created podcasts for teachers. Click the link provided here to listen to several podcasts from The Teachers' Podcast: The New Generation of Ed Tech Professional Development:. The podcast, The Teacher's Podcast EP 55, Virtual Presentations: **__ Presentations:Jupiter and Beyond, Part 2 email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com __** talks about how professional development is changing often due to funding shifts and tools that are available to provide an array of dynamic virtual learning spaces and online PD. They also talk about the content areas talking the technology and seeing how if fits to support the learning in the content areas. It sounds as if a future pdocast will deal with how these same tools they discuss in this podcast, such as Voicethread, are also valuable for students as well.

You will develop your own vision, "My Dream Classroom", based on all that you have been learning through your DEA experience, reflections on your learning and implementation in your classroom. You will also include your thoughts from some key questions that David asks you to explore and answer, in one of his blog posts that you will be asked to read in one of the assignments below, about what you know and believe about 21st Century Literacy.

We are nearing the end of our our PDU online experience with only one more Module to go after this. So, it is critical that you take time in this Module to create your vision for a 21st Century Literacy and the learning environment you hope to create. You will acknowledge or define what is important for you to consider as you continue your professional development in this area once this course is completed.

EXAMPLES:**
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1. **David Warlick's** main webpage: @http://landmark-project.com/ 2. **Education Podcast Network** (Created by David Warlick for podcast resources for educators): @http://epnweb.org/ 3. **David Warlick's Blog - 2 cents worth:** @http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ 4. **Net Evaluation Tool:** @http://landmark-project.com/evaluation/dic1.php

ASSIGNMENT: **
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 * 1) Create a new page ** for David Warlick on your wiki. (You should actually have a page for each module we have covered so far.) Then explore the variety of resources David Warlick has posted for teachers to easily access. Click on the Main page for David Warlick link found above in the Examples. See the image to the right to see where the links are located on his main webpage.

​**Add 4 resources to your wiki page**. Once you have found a resource you want to use later, click and drag to highlight the URL and right click and select copy. Then add this link and 3 more to your wiki page for David Warlick. //(To add a link you click on the spot on the page you want to add your link. Then click on the **Link** button on the Editor tool bar that pops up when editing your wiki page. Next click on the " External Link" tab on the pop up window and proceed by doing a right click and paste into both the "Address" and the "Linked Text" boxes. Make sure to click on the box that says "New Window". This allows your link to open in a new browser window so that you won't have to always hit the back button to get back to your wiki page.)//

Post ** these reviews on your own wiki page for "David Warlick" where your resources are already located. You can use one of the podcasts you listened to when reading the introduction.
 * 2) Listen ** to a few of the Podcast resources found on David Warlick's Education Podcast Network//**.**// **Locate** a minimum of two valuable resources and **write** a short review on each describing how it would be valuable to other teachers or how you plan to use it in yout classroom. **


 * 3)** **This assignment includes several components;**
 * ** Read ** several of David Warlick's blog posts from @http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ to get a sense of some of his thinking about Literacy in the 21st Century.
 * Make sure you read his post on April 8, 2010 [|It Was Good Enough for Me] and think about the answers to his questions. This will lead you into the creation part of this assignment.
 * ** Create another wiki page ** for "My Dream Classroom". Answering the questions posed by David Warlick in this blog entry, **create your vision for your dream classroom.** This can help you to share your vision with others and begin to advocate within your environment, to the extent possible, for what you know your students need to succeed in the 21st Century. You can include any images or digital media that may help tell your story.


 * 4) Please** ** add the links for your Podcast Reviews and your "My Dream Classroom" ** to the appropriate column of table located on the "Dream Classroom" page. (The link to this page can be found under the Module 6 & 7 link on the left in the blue navigation bar.)

REMINDERS: ** - Respond to the Module 6 & 7 (This is one tab since we combined Module 6 & 7) on the **Discussion Tab** - You should have a seperate wiki page for each Module in this course that contains assignment, reflection of learning and reflections of any implementation of learning. - Email the Lead Instructor once you have completed a module/topic, so we can review your work. - Use the Discussion Tab above if you get stuck or have questions that an instructor or fellow student in this class can help you answer - we are all part of your Personal Learning Community (PLC).
 * 5)** **Post your reflections** to the Module 6 & 7 Discussion tab for the Module topic starters below:
 * The most important thing I can do to begin or continue to facilitate developing 21st Cenury Literacy for me and my students would be...
 * I have learned about ___?___ so now I feel comfortable with __?___ so that I can ...
 * In order to keep moving forward with my own professional development, I still need to learn more about __ in order to shilft my instructional practice to better incorporate 21st Century Literacy, so I plan to...
 * 