Literacy with ICT

Multiple resources for educators to use in teaching reading and literacy to elementary and special needs students.

"We use many Web 2.0 tools to help students with the research process. Some tools are selected to make the research process more transparent and to allow us to give feedback during the process. Some are used to help students keep track of sources. I've listed them and the way we use them below. I've tried to give a brief description. It may seem like a lot of tools but we tend to believe that one size doesn't fit all and the overarching skills supersede the tool itself."

Technology Empowered Teaching: teaching technology to promote learning:

Create your own children's book. StoryJumper is a place to create and discover stories for kids. What's your story?™

MindMeister supports all the standard features of a classic mind mapping tool - only online, and with as many simultaneous users as you like! Curious? Try the LIVE DEMO below.

"Reading and making comics This section focuses on a linked set of five-day school visits undertaken by graphic novel specialist Mel Gibson. A number of ideas about how comics/graphic novels can be used, with whom and why are provided. "

This paper explores the role that notemaking strategies can play as part of an emancipatory pedagogy designed to empower students. We will argue that being taught active notemaking is fundamental in enabling students to use information with confidence and thus that notemaking allows students to gain a voice (Bowl, 2005; Burns et al., 2006) within their own education.

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