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This unit on "MySpace in Democracy: inquiry on how social networks and media technologies promote and disrupt democratic practices" is intended to integrate with the School Districts Philadelphia's middle grades' Social Studies core curriculum. Through my proposed unit, students will conduct inquiry on how the proliferation of social networking sites, search engines, and electronic media shapes democratic practices. Inquiry and critical thinking will be core skills students will master. To lead students to master research skills this unit will use media literacy and free speech topics to provide students with seed ideas for their own inquiry. As Leonisa Ardizzone posits, students need to find themselves at the center rather than the margins of learning for critical pedagogy to take place. 1 My students consequently need opportunities to create their own media where their voices can be heard and honored. The hope is that my students' voices will placed at the center of topics related to digital literacy and democratic practices.

Here is a source for teaching from a post 80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy from the Open Thinking blog:

Great blog by a K-5 literacy coach (OpenCourt) Covers a lot of topics ---class management to technology

Great blog by a K-5 literacy coach (OpenCourt) Covers a lot of topics ---class management to technology --and has engaged readers

This handbook is aimed at educational practitioners and school leaders in both primary and secondary schools who are interested in creative and critical uses of technology in the classroom ...  This handbook aims to introduce educational practitioners to the concepts and contexts of digital literacy and to support them in developing their own practice aimed at fostering the components of digital literacy in classroom subject teaching and in real school settings.

This is a fab literacy site where you can find interesting and rare English words. Browse for words to make children's work stand out from the crowd and play 'guess the meaning' with your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

PP presentation on uses of apps to foster literacy learning

"As I started a go-to list of the best educational iPad apps for kids, the list got so long, I split up my posts into categories. So, today we'll start with my favorite iPad apps for literacy - reading and writing for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-age kids. Also, I've included special needs iPad app resources at the end of this post."

Turtle Diary is a wonderful, must try site packed with a huge collection of online interactive games and activities for young children, including maths and literacy resources. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Early+Years

awesome blog with loads of resources on web 2.0 applications; focus on exploring 21st century literacy

PENGUINS AND POLAR BEARS

embrace the potential revolutionary power of the digital tools that have defined the first decade of the 21st century

The Center for Social Media is proud to announce the upcoming release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

Live binder on digital literacy sites

Video interview with Douglas Rushkoff about his new book, Program or Be Programmed.

Key definitons (by Cedefop) The source of these definitions could be find online in this platform. "A multilingual glossary for an enlarged Europe: Terminology of vocational training policy (Cedefop, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)".

Technology Literacy 103: Utilizing Social-Networking Support Tools in a Leadership Capacity