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Shared movie trailer created by students for Othello. Students were challenged to create something to motivate future students to want to engage in Othello. Teacher became the client.

Native information experience: responsive; provokes communication; values personal experience and identity; runs on community; is fueled by questions; measures accomplishment; demands personal investment; values safely made mistakes; rewards with audience and attention.

Students value attention-getting aspect of social sites, games, etc.

In small groups discussing how native information experience might look in a classroom.

Teela Watson from Decatur ISD got a "That's amazing" from David for her story of the kids sharing with the area Lion's Club.

Wikipedia--2 million articles vs. 35k for Brittanica.

David responds by stating that, of course, newspapers, magazines, textbooks, print encyclopedias are 100% correct. (Tongue in cheek) Asks who cares more, the site that offers warnings on suspect sites, or the textbooks protecting their own authority.

IBM study: average error repair time on Wikipedia--4 minutes.

Being able to find the information is as critical as being able to read it.

David shared example of white supremacist site martinlutherking.org, and asked if teaching reading is enough. An attendee made the excellent connection that this is akin to simply filtering everything potentially scary in schools.

Literacy: skills involved in using information to accomplish goals. Can include numbers, as well. (Actually almost all information is numbers today.)

(Home stretch--computer getting low on juice.)

Is part of digital citizenship a form of health education, where we need to educate students on healthy technology use habits?

Contemporary literacy:

Any conversation about literacy today must include the ethical issues.

Less than 10 minutes of battery life--going to shut this down. I'll summarize key points tomorrow. Thanks to all who shared your thoughts/comments!