Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion – Cebu

Daughters of Charity St. Louise de Marillac Educational System (DC-SLMES)

SY 2017-2018

PROFESSIONAL READING

Name: Princess Elaisa D. Abello Subject Taught: Filipino 9

and 10

I. Title of the Topic/Issue

21ST CENTURIES LITERACIES

II. Summary

Global economies, new technologies, and exponential growth in

information are transforming our society. Today's employees engage with a
technology-driven, diverse, and quickly changing "flat
world."1 English/language arts teachers need to prepare students for this
world with problem solving, collaboration, and analysis — as well as skills
with word processing, hypertext, LCDs, Webcams, podcasts, smartboards,
and social networking software — central to individual and community
success.

Research also shows that digital technology enhances writing and

interaction in several ways. K-12 students who write with computers produce
compositions of greater length and higher quality and are more engaged
with and motivated toward writing than their peers. College students who
keep e-portfolios have a higher rate of academic achievement and a higher
overall retention rate than their peers. They also demonstrate greater
capacity for metacognition, reflection, and audience awareness. Both typical
and atypical students who receive online response to writing revise better
than those participating in traditional collaboration.

Research shows that effective instruction in 21st-century literacies

takes an integrated approach, helping students understand how to access,
evaluate, synthesize, and contribute to information. Furthermore, as Web 2.0
demonstrates, participation is key, and effective teachers will find ways to
encourage interaction with and among students.

III. Reaction

Teachers need both intellectual and material support for effective 21st-
century literacy instruction. Accordingly, schools need to provide continuing
opportunities for professional development as well as up-to-date
technologies for use in literacy classrooms.
It is in comfort of the teachers who are trying to adapt into 21st-century
literacy instruction if there will be facilities available in the school system
By having those equipment, teachers need to have at least seminar
workshop and trainings on how to manipulate and create out from the
facilities and training in integrating technology into instruction, addressing
the population on the ratio of students and computer, high quality access to
the technology and multiple software packages. These are just few of the
things to be considered on order to help teachers to cope with the change
they need to fit in.
In general, 21st century literacies do not depend on the technology
alone but to all the aspects it needs to deal with. It do not depend only to
teacher’s capacity, it also needs the support of the administration, the
community-linkages, and to the participation of the students as well.

IV. Source

21st Century Literacies: A Policy Research Brief produced by the

National Council of Teachers of English, Copyright 2007 by The
National Council of Teachers of English.