We need to redefine what it means to be digitally literate in the 21st century. Knowledge and proficiency with software productivity applications like Microsoft Office cannot suffice to define computer literacy. “Powerful Ingredients” is a framework for thinking about and using blended learning tools and methodologies. Levels of use are defined as awareness, personal use, adoption, and invention. Educators are encouraged to progress, at their own pace, through each ingredient at each level of use. “Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning” is a forthcoming book from Wesley Fryer and Karen Montgomery. A draft of that book is available on our Google Sites wiki, with individual chapters written using Google Docs. This presentation was shared as part of a workshop on "Powerful Ingredients" at the 2009 ACTEM Conference in Augusta, Maine, on October 15, 2009.
6. “a new context
to read, write
and
communicate”
David Jakes @ NECC ‘09
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7. “We now have communications
tools that are flexible enough to
match our social capabilities...
we are living in the middle of a
remarkable increase in our
ability to share, to cooperate
with one another, and to take
collective action, all outside the
framework of traditional
institutions and organizations.”
- Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody. pp. 20-21.
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8. “Revolution doesn’t
happen when society
adopts new
technology, it happens
when society adapts
new behaviors.”
- Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody.
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