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Rhys Daunic

The Heritage of Digital and Media Literacy | KnightComm - 0 views

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shared by Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • literacy is beginning to be defined as the ability to share meaning through symbol systems in order to fully participate in society
  • “text” is beginning to be understood as any form of expression or communication in fixed and tangible form that uses symbol systems, including language, still and moving images, graphic design, sound, music and interactivity.
  • New types of texts and new types of literacies have been emerging over a period of more than 50 years.
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  • information literacy, media literacy, media education, visual literacy, news literacy, health media literacy, and digital literacy, among others
  • disciplinary backgrounds of the stakeholders
  • wide scope of the knowledge and skills involved
  • These concepts must not be treated as competitors
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
       
      yet they compete for the focus of transformational efforts of educators, and time within the curriculum.  
  • a closely-knit family
  • information literacy has typically been associated with research skills. Media literacy typically has been associated with critical analysis of news, advertising and mass media entertainment. Health media literacy has been associated with exploring media’s impact on making positive choices related to nutrition, exercise, body image, violence and substance abuse prevention. Digital literacy is associated with the ability to use computers, social media, and the Internet
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
       
      interesting to see how they have settled in.  I have always considered media literacy to encompass all of the above.  technical skills necessary to "access... and create... in a variety of media".  info literacy to "access and synthesize" info.  the focus on critical analysis within media literacy can be applied across the curriculum -- health is one area of focus, violence another -- both subjects impacted greatly by media messages.   * quotes refer to the NAMLE.net Definition of Media Literacy.  
  • “digital and media literacy” is used to encompass the full range of cognitive, emotional and social competencies that includes the use of texts, tools and technologies; the skills of critical thinking and analysis; the practice of message composition and creativity; the ability to engage in reflection and ethical thinking; as well as active participation through teamwork and collaboration.
  • empowered to speak out on behalf of the missing voices and omitted perspectives in our communities
  • By identifying and attempting to solve problems, people use their powerful voices and their rights under the law to improve the world around them
  • spiral of empowerment
  • active participation in lifelong learning
  • both consuming and creating messages
  • consistent with constructivist education
  • Common Core State Standards Initiative (2010) points out, “To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, report on, and create a high volume and extensive range of print and nonprint texts in media forms old and new. The need to research and to consume and produce media is embedded into every element of today’s curriculum.”
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
       
      there it is.  we have to emphasize this statement explicitly in development of units addressing the specific standards? 
  • Essential Competencies of Digital and Media Literacy 1.    ACCESS Finding and using media and technology tools skillfully and sharing appropriate and relevant information with others 2.   ANALYZE & EVALUATE Comprehending messages and using critical thinking to analyze message quality, veracity, credibility, and point of view, while considering potential effects or consequences of messages 3.   CREATE Composing or generating content using creativity and con­fidence in self-expression, with awareness of purpose, audience, and composition techniques 4.   REFLECT Applying social responsibility and ethical principles to one’s own identity and lived experience, communication behavior and conduct 5.   ACT Working individually and collaboratively to share knowledge and solve problems in the family, the workplace and the community, and participating as a member of a community at local, regional, national and international levels
  • “Teachers understand media’s influence on culture and people’s actions and communication; as a result, teachers use a variety of approaches for teaching students how to construct meaning from media and nonprint texts and how to compose and respond to film, video, graphic, photographic, audio, and multimedia texts
  • “preservice, inservice, and staff development programs that will focus on new literacies, multimedia composition, and a broadened concept of literacy”
  • Understand how people use media in their personal and public lives Recognize the complex relationships among audiences and media content Appreciate that media content is produced within social and cultural contexts Understand the commercial nature of media Use media to communicate to specific audiences
  • But genuine educational change in K–12 and higher education does not come about simply by generating documents or developing written standards
  • What is needed now is a clear and compelling vision of the instructional practices
  • Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
     
    Regarding what's missing from the Core Common Standards -- new texts, new media, viewing...  Where does "complexity" of new media text get taught? How will teachers learn to parse it?  Is new media analysis and production a discipline?  Yes in my opinion.  Is it interdisciplinary? Yes.  Media related to various content areas have their own criteria.  Video, photography, blogs, social networks and the systems that deliver them are, in a way, their own languages. They are increasingly dominating how our society functions, informs and represents itself.  HOW can this still be an afterthought for educators?  Fear?  Uncertainty on how to proceed?  Because it's not tested? The text landscape is more complex than the textbook.  
Rene Hahn

Pixar University's Randy Nelson on Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age | Edut... - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/-nelson-school-to-career-video

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shared by Rene Hahn on 26 May 10 - Cached
  • Rene Hahn on 26 May 10
     
    Pixar University's Randy Nelson on Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age The Dean of Pixar University explains what schools must do to prepare students (and themselves) for new models in the workplace. This is a fascinating look at what the Pixar workplace is like, and the skills and experiences Randy Nelson sees as vital to develop in students. Some high points; Four main areas- Breadth of experience, Depth of knowledge, Communication, Collaboration. The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance. Employers would rather see the proof of a portfolio versus the promise of a resume. Employers need people who are more interested than interesting. See communication as a destination, not as a source - you aren't the judge of your communication skills - your audience is. Collaboration is amplification, not cooperation.
  • anonymous on 07 Jun 10
     
    This would be a great article to share with resistant teachers to help them see the need in moving forward as 21st century educators.
Angela Watson

New Google Docs Community Offers How-to Videos - 2 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...s-community-offers-how-to.html

technology integration tools

shared by Angela Watson on 04 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Angela Watson on 04 Nov 10
     
    The community just launched today and there are already some good videos up. Richard Byrne blogged about it at "Free Technology for Teachers"--his own Google tutorials are designed especially for teachers, and are another great resource: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/google-tools-tutorials.html
  • anonymous on 05 Nov 10
     
    Thanks for sharing this, Angela. This looks very cool.
anonymous

National Educational Technology Plan - 2 views

www.nationaltechcenter.org/...al-educational-technology-plan

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shared by anonymous on 07 Oct 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 07 Oct 09
     
    The U.S. Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. The plan will provide a set of concrete goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation. A draft plan is expected in early 2010.
  • anonymous on 07 Oct 09
     
    The U.S. Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. The plan will provide a set of concrete goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation. A draft plan is expected in early 2010.
anonymous

Our Skype Conversation with Lawrence Lessig | mrmayo.org - 0 views

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web2.0 skype global-communication collaboration

shared by anonymous on 19 Oct 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 19 Oct 09
     
    This example showcases how students can take on the role of "global communicators" by bringing experts into the classroom with simple technologies, in this case Skype.
Rhys Daunic

Educational Videos MEET ME AT THE CORNER - 0 views

www.meetmeatthecorner.org/episodes

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shared by Rhys Daunic on 02 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Rhys Daunic on 02 Mar 12
     
    MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids, is a dynamic, interactive site, which encourages individual expression and participation through video submissions from children worldwide. Through these video pod casts we hope to create a community of children, who learn the art of self-expression and storytelling through video.
anonymous

Online Learning: One Pathway to Success | Educator Resource Centers | eSchoolNews.com - 1 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...earning-one-pathway-to-success

e-learning blended-learning online learning

shared by anonymous on 07 Jun 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 07 Jun 10
     
    This comprehensive set of resources will be extremely helpful in the development of an online learning community with an emphasis on virtual and blended modes of learning.
anonymous

Integration Plan K-12 - Google Apps Help - 9 views

www.google.com/...answer.py

google apps planning pd integration

shared by anonymous on 28 Sep 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 28 Sep 10
     
    Strategic integration plan for rolling out a Google Apps for Education initiative in a learning community.
  • anonymous on 28 Sep 10
     
    In preparation for our upcoming Google workshop. This is a very helpful resource.
logan_

Anti-cyberbullying 101: soon required at your public school? - 1 views

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cyberbullying tools education resources

shared by logan_ on 01 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • logan_ on 01 Nov 10
     
    The Federal Communications Commission plans to circulate rules by the end of this year that will tell schools that get federal cash for computer and networking gear to comply with various child-protection measures included in the Broadband Data Improvement Act.
anonymous

National Lab Day - 0 views

www.nationallabday.org

science education national lab day STEM

shared by anonymous on 19 Feb 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 19 Feb 10
     
    National Lab Day is more than just a day. It's a nationwide initiative to build local communities of support that will foster ongoing collaborations among volunteers, students and educators.
anonymous

Executive Summary | National Education Technology Plan - 1 views

www.ed.gov/...executive-summary

education tech planning technology_integration assessment edtech

shared by anonymous on 21 Mar 10 - Cached
  • The NETP presents a model of 21st century learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. The plan also identifies far-reaching “grand challenge problems” that should be funded and coordinated at a national level.
  • Just as leveraging technology can help us improve learning and assessment, the model of 21st century learning calls for using technology to help build the capacity of educators by enabling a shift to a model of connected teaching. In such a teaching model, teams of connected educators replace solo practitioners and classrooms are fully connected to provide educators with 24/7 access to data and analytic tools as well as to resources that help them act on the insights the data provide.
  • In connected teaching, teaching is a team activity. Individual educators build online learning communities consisting of their students and their students’ peers; fellow educators in their schools, libraries, and afterschool programs; professional experts in various disciplines around the world; members of community organizations that serve students in the hours they are not in school; and parents who desire greater participation in their children’s education.
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  • Episodic and ineffective professional development is replaced by professional learning that is collaborative, coherent, and continuous and that blends more effective in-person courses and workshops with the expanded opportunities, immediacy, and convenience enabled by online environments full of resources and opportunities for collaboration.
  • anonymous on 21 Mar 10
     
    From the summary: " The NETP presents a model of 21st century learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. The plan also identifies far-reaching "grand challenge problems" that should be funded and coordinated at a national level."
  • Rene Hahn on 28 Mar 10
     
    Outstanding stuff, Dan! Thanks for sharing this with us.
anonymous

EdCrowd - Teach With a Crowd! - 1 views

www.edcrowd.com

education crowd-sourcing elearing collaboration participatory assessment

shared by anonymous on 13 Apr 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 13 Apr 10
     
    EdCrowd is a community of teachers passionate about using the power of the crowd to find the best answers to our questions and passing on that wisdom to our students.
Rhys Daunic

Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...27powerpoint.html

powerpoint technology NYTimes article tools edtech media-ed-resource technology integration

shared by Rhys Daunic on 27 Apr 10 - Cached
  • PowerPoint’s worst offense is not a chart like the spaghetti graphic, which was first uncovered by NBC’s Richard Engel, but rigid lists of bullet points (in, say, a presentation on a conflict’s causes) that take no account of interconnected political, economic and ethnic forces.
  • behind all the PowerPoint jokes are serious concerns that the program stifles discussion, critical thinking and thoughtful decision-making.
  • “I have to make a storyboard complete with digital pictures, diagrams and text summaries on just about anything that happens,” Lieutenant Nuxoll told the Web site. “Conduct a key leader engagement? Make a storyboard. Award a microgrant? Make a storyboard.”
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 27 Apr 10
       
      Sounds like the exercise has become about the tool, and the tool is meant to stand in for someone who is putting the simplified/bulleted content in context.  Powerpoint is not the enemy, it's being misused.  
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  • hierarchical ordering of a confused world
  • the slides impart less information than a five-page paper can hold, and that they relieve the briefer of the need to polish writing to convey an analytic, persuasive point
  • “Dumb-Dumb Bullets,
  • vague PowerPoint slides
  • oes come in handy when the goal is not imparting information
  • Rhys Daunic on 27 Apr 10
     
    Sounds like the exercise has become about the tool, and the tool is meant to stand-in for someone who is putting the simplified/bulleted content in context.   Powerpoint is not the enemy, it's being misused as a replacement for rigorous critical thinking around complex issues.  It's a visual aide, not a complete platform for stand-alone communication.  
anonymous

Teacher Development: Fueling Teachers to Go High-Tech | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/teacher-development-technology

techintegration 21stcentury-skills plc edutopia

shared by anonymous on 12 May 10 - Cached
  • Rene Hahn on 12 May 10
     
    "Forest Lake principal Kappy Cannon didn't leave it up to teachers to decide whether they would join the digital revolution. As long as you provide adequate support, she reasons, you can demand that it be done. This mandate from the boss gave the school's tech-integration team a major boost. Also helpful: instructional-technology specialist Paulette Williams's sweet but insistent approach. When the school got interactive whiteboards, she gave teachers six months to relinquish their old overhead projectors. Then she said, "You can give me the projectors peacefully, or I'm going to take them." "
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  • Rene Hahn on 12 May 10
     
    Tell, Don't Ask - love it! I strongly believe buy in from the leadership team AND mandating implementation is key to change in a school.
  • anonymous on 07 Jan 11
     
    This article and video explores how one elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina transformed itself into a 21st century teaching and learning community.
  • anonymous on 07 Jan 11
     
    I just added this as a Digi Discussion on the CCL for our next Digi Discussion:
anonymous

CIS 339 Open House RSVP form - 2 views

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edtech media-ed-resource open-house

shared by anonymous on 28 Oct 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 28 Oct 09
     
    Hi All. Here is an opportunity to attend the upcoming open house at IS 339. Take your principals and teachers for a day of exploration geared towards moving our schools forward as 21st century teaching and learning communities.
anonymous

GETideas.org - 0 views

getideas.org

education edtech School 3.0

shared by anonymous on 31 Aug 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 31 Aug 09
     
    Global community portal focused on Education Transformation through virtual collaboration. Funded by Cisco
anonymous

My Happy Planet | Learn & Practice English, French, Spanish and More with Partners Arou... - 0 views

www.myhappyplanet.com/index.php

language spanish tools online learning

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  • anonymous on 07 Jul 09
     
    Learn a lanuguage and teach a language. Join this online community and learn a language from native speakers around the world.
anonymous

101 Tools and Resources for Authentic Learning Enviroments - 0 views

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tools web2.0

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  • anonymous on 16 Apr 09
     
    Excellent list of emerging tools that are changing the landscape of learning communities.
anonymous

Education 2.0 - Edmodo - Free Private Microblogging For Education - 0 views

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microblogging vle web 2.0 edtech

shared by anonymous on 04 May 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 04 May 09
     
    Edmodo could be a solution for teachers looking to start a basic vle in their classroom. I wonder if you can customize Edmodo to be fully functional for an entire learning community?
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