Education is perhaps the most critical issues facing San Mateo and the entire country today. We are doing a better job of teaching our children. But we are simply doing a better job of preparing them for the 1950s, not for the rich, vibrant, and rapidly changing future that they will inherit. These presentations will seek to describe how the very nature of information has changed in the past ten to fifteen years. Participants will also have an opportunity to explore what these shifts in the shape of information mean to our very definitions of being literate in the 21st century.
- What does it mean to be a reader when information is increasingly networked?
- What does it mean to be a processor of information when information is increasingly digital?
- What does it mean to be a writer, when we are all overwhelmed by writings, more than we can possibly read?
- What are the ethical issues of this new information landscape?
Here are the wiki handouts for the three presentations I will be delivering today:
