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Universal Authorship
Classroom Implications of Living Online
Jessie Daniels
daniels.jessie@gmail.com
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Literacy and Authorship: Questions to think about...
Does one automatically lead to the other?
Should we refocus our strategy from "Reading/Writing" to "Authoring"?
What implications exist within that shift?
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Definition of Literacy
Literacy is culturally defined, but overall is acknowledged as individuals over a certain age who are able to read and write to some extent.
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Global Literacy
World Leaders in Literacy
(According to
UNESCO
)
Cuba 99.8
Estonia 99.7
Also Greenland and other Nordic Countries and known for their progress in literacy
Literacy in the USA is also 99%
(According to
CIA World Factbook
)
Lowest Literacy Rates in the World
Burkina Faso Apx 24%
Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest on average in the world
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Changes in Literacy
In 1870, 20% of the entire adult population was illiterate, and 80% of the black population was illiterate. [...] For the later part of this century the illiteracy rates have been relatively low, registering only about 4% as early as 1930. [...] The gap in illiteracy between white and black adults continued to narrow through the 20th century, and in 1979 the rates were about the same.
-- Excerpt from Chapter 1 of
120 Years of American Education: A Statisical Portrait
(Edited my Tom Snyder, National Center for Educational Statistics, 1993).
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Universal Authorship
"Everyone Publishing"
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Rates of Authorship
(
--Dennis G. Pelli and Charles Bigelow "
A Writing Revolution
" SEED Magazine October 20, 2009.
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Authorship Stats
The number of published authors per year increased nearly tenfold every century for six centuries (since 1400)
By 2000, there were 1 million book authors per year (that is only 0.01% of the earth population of nearly 7 billion)
Currently, authorship (including books and new media) is growing tenfold each
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Universal Authorship
Classroom Implications of Living Online
Jessie Daniels
daniels.jessie@gmail.com
Slide2Literacy and Authorship: Questions to think about...
Does one automatically lead to the other?
Should we refocus our strategy from "Reading/Writing" to "Authoring"?
What implications exist within that shift?
Slide3Definition of Literacy
Literacy is culturally defined, but overall is acknowledged as individuals over a certain age who are able to read and write to some extent.
Slide4Global Literacy
World Leaders in Literacy
(According to
UNESCO
)
Cuba 99.8
Estonia 99.7
Also Greenland and other Nordic Countries and known for their progress in literacy
Literacy in the USA is also 99%
(According to
CIA World Factbook
)
Lowest Literacy Rates in the World
Burkina Faso Apx 24%
Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest on average in the world
Slide5Changes in Literacy
In 1870, 20% of the entire adult population was illiterate, and 80% of the black population was illiterate. [...] For the later part of this century the illiteracy rates have been relatively low, registering only about 4% as early as 1930. [...] The gap in illiteracy between white and black adults continued to narrow through the 20th century, and in 1979 the rates were about the same.
-- Excerpt from Chapter 1 of
120 Years of American Education: A Statisical Portrait
(Edited my Tom Snyder, National Center for Educational Statistics, 1993).
Slide6Universal Authorship
"Everyone Publishing"
Slide7Rates of Authorship
(
--Dennis G. Pelli and Charles Bigelow "
A Writing Revolution
" SEED Magazine October 20, 2009.
Slide8Authorship Stats
The number of published authors per year increased nearly tenfold every century for six centuries (since 1400)
By 2000, there were 1 million book authors per year (that is only 0.01% of the earth population of nearly 7 billion)
Currently, authorship (including books and new media) is growing tenfold each
year
Slide9Importance
Trading Privacy for Influence
Increasing Power of the Individual
Dissipation of Authority
Validity and Legitimacy in Question
"Going Viral"
Consumer Culture to a Creating Culture
Slide10Positive Classroom Applications
Emphasis on Creation
Ease of Collaboration
Availability of Audience
Relevance of Voice
Slide11Issues for the Classroom
Slide12Resources and Ideas
Web 2.0 Tools
Blogs
Wikis
Social Media
Awareness and Participation
Technology Connections
Cultural Shift in Students
Discourse as Authorship
Slide13Resources
Bigelow,Charles and Dennis Pelli.
"A Writing Evolution."
SEED
Magazine. October 20, 2009. March 26, 2010. Web.
Daniels, Jessie.
"Issues with Authorship.
" Wordle.net. March 26,
2010. Web.
"Literacy Poster."
Management Advantage. March 26, 2010.
Web.
"Literacy from 1870 to 1979."
National Assessment of Adult Literacy.
March 26, 2010. Web.
Literacy. "The World Factbook."
CIA Home. March 26, 2010.
Web.
"Literacy." UNESCO. March 26, 2009. Web.
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