Literacy Today November/December 2018

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Colleen Patrice Clark

Managing Editor

cclark@reading.org

EDITOR’S

NOTE

his issue focuses on the central question:

What does it mean to be a learner in the

21st century?

Although the digital world has

drastically altered the way students and

teachers alike take in information, we

know that 21st-century learning is about

more than learning through technology.

It’s about creating new opportunities to

collaborate and problem solve, making

more meaningful connections in the

classroom community and the world,

and exercising the critical literacy and

responsible citizenship needed to thrive in

both digital and analog environments.

Fortunately, literacy educators are

uniquely positioned to create the 21st-

century classrooms and learners that

today’s world demands.

Through weaving new literacies

into all aspects of the curriculum and

focusing on the 21st-century skills

we know our students need, we will

empower students to become critical

thinkers and lifelong learners. But it’s

also important to acknowledge the fluid

nature of learning.

Our classroom environments, school

communities, and the world around us

continuously evolve, and so must our

teaching and learning. Welcome that

change, embrace risk taking, and model

the lifelong learning habits you aim to

instill in your students.

The complex problems of tomorrow

will be solved by the creativity of the 21st-

century students before us today.

Warmly,

21ST -CENTURY

LEARNING

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