FactCheckED.org
21st Century Skills
enGauge framework for 21st century digital literacy skills
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Framework for 21st Century Learning
Framework for digital skills, broken into 4 areas
- Core subjects & 21st century themes
- Learning and Innovation Skills
- Information, Media, & Technology Skills
- Life and Career Skills
21st-Century Workforce: T.H.E. Journal Online
Looking at skills current graduates are lacking: critical thinking, problem solving, communication. The emphasis on NCLB and standardized tests means less emphasis on these deeper and necessary skills. The solution proposed is to make the curriculum more relevant by integrating these skills throughout.
The Bamboo Project Blog: 21st Century Workplace Literacy: What Does that Mean and How Do We Engage More People in the Discussion?
Lots of educators talk about the 21st century literacy skills that students will need for the workplace, but how much input do they have from people outside of education? How do we get people to interact outside their usual circles?
The Metiri Group
enGauge framework for 21st century skills--not as complete information as the enGauge site on NCREL was, but that site seems to have been taken down.
K12 Online Conference 2008 | Getting Started “Free Tools for Universal Design for Learning in Literacy”
Presentation on tools for accessibility and universal design to help improve literacy, focusing on learning disabilities (at least in the two examples). All the tools noted are free. Even though this is geared mainly towards face-to-face teachers, many of these tools can be used for e-learning too.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education -- Publications -- Center for Social Media at American University
5 principles for media literacy education and what constitutes fair use in a number of common situations.
<b>PRINCIPLE:</b> Under fair use, educators using the concepts and techniques of media literacy can choose illustrative material from the full range of copyrighted sources and make them available to learners, in class, in workshops, in informal mentoring and teaching settings, and on school-related Web sites.
Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Orchestrating the Media Collage
Guidelines for teachers for supporting multimedia and digital literacy