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Jackie Gerstein

YouTube - Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age - Session II. Literacy 2.0 - 16 views

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    Jackie Gerstein on 05 Dec 09
     
    Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age
Victor Hugo Rojas B.

Copy / Paste by Peter Pappas: 18 Literacy Strategies for Struggling Readers - Defining, Sum... - 15 views

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shared by Victor Hugo Rojas B. on 26 Nov 09 - Snapshot
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    Victor Hugo Rojas B. on 26 Nov 09
     
    "This pdf includes 18 lessons organized in two ways: by comprehension strategy - defining, summarizing and comparing and by target reader - non-reader, word caller and turned-off reader. "
Aaron Grant

ReadWriteThink: Student Materials - 0 views

www.readwritethink.org/...index.asp

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  • Scott Weidig
    Scott Weidig on 25 Jun 08
     
    Great resources for the web and 21st century literacy!
Kelly Faulkner

Instructional Strategies Online - 17 views

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    Kelly Faulkner on 03 Nov 09
     
    good resource site for literacy strategies and resources.  Warning: not all links work.
liam odonnell

Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy -- THE Journal - 11 views

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    liam odonnell on 22 Oct 09
     
    A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting.
Dean Mantz

Stories from the Web - 1 views

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    Dean Mantz on 16 Oct 09
     
    Stories from the Web is broken into age groups to provide a variety of reading options.
Dianne Krause

Word Magnets - 32 views

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shared by Dianne Krause on 11 Oct 09 - Snapshot
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    Dianne Krause on 11 Oct 09
     
    "Word Magnets will take a piece of text and break it into individual magnets which can be moved around the screen, resized, removed, colour coded, grouped, sorted and so on. New magnets can also be added at any point.

    The resource also offers a range of backgrounds for use in a variety of activities."
Ruth Howard

I'm sure I'm doing it wrong | Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech - 8 views

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shared by Ruth Howard on 08 Oct 09 - Snapshot

  • According to many definitions of good teaching, I don’t qualify:


    • I don’t clearly state objectives
    • If I do state them, they are as fuzzy as all get out
    • I have a hard time measuring student progress
    • My course syllabus changes almost daily
    • I never use tests
    • I constantly stray off topic

  • I do constantly question whether or not I need to be more structured.  Do I need to be able to define my outcomes more succinctly than this?


    Students will learn that:


    • Learning is social and connected
    • Learning is personal and self-directed
    • Learning is shared and transparent
    • Learning is rich in content and diversity
  • I do provide rubrics, build criteria together, emphasis and utilize descriptive feedback.  Providing supports and the odd insight best describes my role.  I’m of total confidence they are learning. Just read their blogs.
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  •   I’ve read, listen and thought  more about assessment than most and yet it still baffles me. Mostly because the kind of assessment that makes most sense (immediate and descriptive feedback) isn’t really valued in schools.
Mrs. Jepson

Virtual Author Visits in Your Library or Classroom - Skype An Author Network - 0 views

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    Ted Sakshaug on 22 Jul 09
     
    The mission of the Skype an Author Network is to provide K-12 teachers and librarians a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits.
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    Mrs. Jepson on 30 Aug 09
     
    skype with an author!
Ed Webb

Clive Thompson on the New Literacy - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 26 Aug 09 - Snapshot
  • The fact that students today almost always write for an audience (something virtually no one in my generation did) gives them a different sense of what constitutes good writing. In interviews, they defined good prose as something that had an effect on the world. For them, writing is about persuading and organizing and debating, even if it's over something as quotidian as what movie to go see. The Stanford students were almost always less enthusiastic about their in-class writing because it had no audience but the professor: It didn't serve any purpose other than to get them a grade.
  • The brevity of texting and status updating teaches young people to deploy haiku-like concision.
Fabian Aguilar

Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Orchestrating the Media Collage - 0 views

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shared by Fabian Aguilar on 11 Aug 09 - Snapshot
  • Public narrative embraces a number of specialty literacies, including math literacy, research literacy, and even citizenship literacy, to name a few. Understanding the evolving nature of literacy is important because it enables us to understand the emerging nature of illiteracy as well. After all, regardless of the literacy under consideration, the illiterate get left out.
  • Modern literacy has always meant being able to both read and write narrative in the media forms of the day, whatever they may be. Just being able to read is not sufficient.
  • The act of creating original media forces students to lift the hood, so to speak, and see media's intricate workings that conspire to do one thing above all others: make the final media product appear smooth, effortless, and natural. "Writing media" compels reflection about reading media, which is crucial in an era in which professional media makers view young people largely in terms of market share.
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  • As part of their own intellectual retooling in the era of the media collage, teachers can begin by experimenting with a wide range of new media to determine how they best serve their own and their students' educational interests. A simple video can demonstrate a science process; a blog can generate an organic, integrated discussion about a piece of literature; new media in the form of games, documentaries, and digital stories can inform the study of complex social issues; and so on. Thus, a corollary to this guideline is simply, "Experiment fearlessly." Although experts may claim to understand the pedagogical implications of media, the reality is that media are evolving so quickly that teachers should trust their instincts as they explore what works. We are all learning together.
  • Both essay writing and blog writing are important, and for that reason, they should support rather than conflict with each other. Essays, such as the one you are reading right now, are suited for detailed argument development, whereas blog writing helps with prioritization, brevity, and clarity. The underlying shift here is one of audience: Only a small portion of readers read essays, whereas a large portion of the public reads Web material. Thus, the pressure is on for students to think and write clearly and precisely if they are to be effective contributors to the collective narrative of the Web.
  • The demands of digital literacy make clear that both research reports and stories represent important approaches to thinking and communicating; students need to be able to understand and use both forms. One of the more exciting pedagogical frontiers that awaits us is learning how to combine the two, blending the critical thinking of the former with the engagement of the latter. The report–story continuum is rich with opportunity to blend research and storytelling in interesting, effective ways within the domain of new media.
  • The new media collage depends on a combination of individual and collective thinking and creative endeavor. It requires all of us to express ourselves clearly as individuals, while merging our expression into the domain of public narrative. This can include everything from expecting students to craft a collaborative media collage project in language arts classes to requiring them to contribute to international wikis and collective research projects about global warming with colleagues they have never seen. What is key here is that these are now "normal" kinds of expression that carry over into the world of work and creative personal expression beyond school.
  • Students need to be media literate to understand how media technique influences perception and thinking. They also need to understand larger social issues that are inextricably linked to digital citizenship, such as security, environmental degradation, digital equity, and living in a multicultural, networked world. We want our students to use technology not only effectively and creatively, but also wisely, to be concerned with not just how to use digital tools, but also when to use them and why.
  • Fluency is the ability to practice literacy at the advanced levels required for sophisticated communication within social and workplace environments. Digital fluency facilitates the language of leadership and innovation that enables us to translate our ideas into compelling professional practice. The fluent will lead, the literate will follow, and the rest will get left behind.
  • Digital fluency is much more of a perspective than a technical skill set. Teachers who are truly digitally fluent will blend creativity and innovation into lesson plans, assignments, and projects and understand the role that digital tools can play in creating academic expectations that are authentically connected, both locally and globally, to their students' lives.
  • Focus on expression first and technology second—and everything will fall into place.
Vicki Davis

UDL Book Builder - 0 views

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    Vicki Davis on 24 Jul 09
     
    Use this website to create, read, and share digital books and build reading skills in students. The books you build will be universally designed and accessible -- elementary teachers should be all over this super cool resource.
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