Reading in the 21 st Century

Reading in the 21st Century Central Valley Region VII Literacy Conference Sue Z. Beers suebeers@netins.net

Digital Generation… Neural Networks: • Visual Memory • Processing • Learning skills Processing Information Intensive / Progressively challenging stimulation over extended periods of time

Retention and Visuals • 2,500 pictures • 90% accuracy after several days • 10 second exposure • 1 year = 63% Oral Information: 10 % after 72 hours Add picture content = 65% retention

Changing How Students Learn… = Different preferences for learning! Understanding the Digital Generation / 21st Century Fluency Project By Age 21: • 10,000+ hours of video games • 250,000 emails and texts • 10,000 hours on phones • 20,000+ hours of TV • 500,000+ commercials • 9,000 hours in school • 4,000 hours reading (mostly unengaged!)

Learning Preference #1 Receive information quickly from multimedia sources …at twitch speed - Marc Prensky (2006)

Learning Preference #2 Parallel Processing Multitasking

Visual Learners Learning Preference #3 STUDENTS EDUCATORS Pictures Sounds Color Video TEXT

Classroom Random Access Hyperlink Connections Learning Preference #4

Classroom Students Learning Preference #5 Facebook Twitter Social Networking Blogs Texting Digital Weapons of Mass Collaboration The Digital Generation / 21st Century Fluency Project

Classroom Students Learning Preference #6 RELEVANCE! “Just in case…” “Just in time…”

Instant Gratification Immediate and Deferred Rewards Learning Preference #7 What MOTIVATES? • Autonomy (Choice) • Challenge • Mastery

Learning Preference #8 Relevant Active Instantly Useful Fun!!!

21st Century Classroom

21st Century Classrooms…

Reading Offline vs. Online…

http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/MjA0MDg5NDY1Nw

Online Readers… Identify questions and find potential resources New York Times, July 27, 2008. Based on the work of Donald Leu and Julie Coiro.

Online Readers… CCR Standards: R.7: Integrate and evaluate content… R.9: Analyze how two or more texts address a similar theme W.7: Conduct… research…based on focused questions W.8: Gather relevant information from… digital sources… Identify questions and find potential resources New York Times, July 27, 2008. Based on the work of Donald Leu and Julie Coiro.

Evaluate and synthesize the information

CCR Standards: R.2: Determine central ideas… R.7: Integrate and evaluate content… R.9: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics… W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple… digital sources… W.9: Draw evidence… to support analysis, reflection and research. Evaluate and synthesize the information

Communicate!

Communicate! CCR Standards: W.4: Produce clear and coherent writing… W.6: Use technology… to produce and publish writing… W.9: Draw evidence from… texts to support analysis, reflection and research. S.2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats… S.5: Make strategic use of digital media… to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Digital Readers Golden Triangle F-Shaped Reading Pattern http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html

VSTF Formatting Visual-syntactic text formatting (VSTF) has been developed to improve reading comprehension of natural language presented digitally. Visual-Syntactic Text Formatting:A New Method to Enhance Online Reading, Walker, etal. http://www.readingonline.org/articles/r_walker/

VSTF Formatting… Traditional Text Format VSTF Formatted Text

VSTF Formatting…

Web Parsing Sites: • http://liveink.winternet.com/HtmlCR/HtmlClipRead80.htm

Some Tools for Online Reading… • www.diigo.com • Readability • Quick Note • Wikipedia Books

www.diigo.com

www.readability.com

Quick Note – Google Chrome Extension

Creating Wikipedia Books

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