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Fabian Aguilar

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

  • 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.
J Black

BookGlutton - How it works - 0 views

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    A very interesting sight for online reading - BUT distinctive because of its interactive features to comment and chat on what is being read. Great potential for interactive book clubs and reading classes.
Amanda Kenuam

Simple Storytelling for Special Education Students with Storybird - 0 views

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    "special education, technology, reading, website, social media, reading activity, writing, sharing, collaboration, publishing, web-based activities, stories, storytelling"
Professional Learning Board

Sound Reading Development - 18 views

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    There are several reasons why all educators should be aware of best practices in reading instruction. One of the arguments is that sound reading enables improved student understanding across all content areas.
Darcy Goshorn

Literactive - Teaching Children to Read - 37 views

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    This site requires that you sign up for a free account in order to use the interactive stories. It has bunches, grouped into different levels, beginning with Nursery Rhymes, and moving up to Traditional Tales. The kid can login, click the story, and it reads it aloud along with animations. After you start the story, you can turn on/off the words, voice, etc. There are even games as well as printable worksheets to go along with each of the stories!! It's awesome, and FREE! After you register and login, click on the GUIDED READING link to access the stories.
justquestionans

Ashford-University ECE 332 Homework and Assignment Help - 1 views

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Judy Robison

Ereader Tool for Schools | Gobstopper - 41 views

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    "Gobstopper, a new online tool for Humanities teachers, changes reading assignments and how students complete them. Teachers no longer have to photocopy, distribute, or collect worksheets. They get data every morning that tells them who did the reading, who didn't, and whether or not students understood what they read."
Nigel Coutts

Good Reads for Great Assessment - The Learner's Way - 5 views

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    Recently I have been diving into the world of Assessment, seeking to better understand how we might design effective processes around this essential phase of the learning cycle. In doing so I have found a wealth of resources and quality reads that offer insights and strategies to be applied into our classrooms. Here then is a sampling of what I have been reading. 
makemoney07

How to Make Money by Providing Service Part 2 - make-lots-of-money.com - 0 views

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    If you've been reading through our articles then there's a chance you might have come across our first list on how to make money by providing different types of services depending on your skills. If you liked that read, then this one could be for you! Here are more ways you could do to earn more money offline using your skills. Read more http://www.make-lots-of-money.com/make-money-providing-service-part-2/
bookwormcentral1

Summer Reading Program | Early Reading Program | Reading Literacy Programs - 0 views

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    Orders for the Arlington Public Schools Mailbox program are being packed right now! We are so proud of our online platform RISE (Read in Summer and Excel) which will allow thousands of APS students to receive books for summer reading as part of the Arlington Mailbox program.
Cara Whitehead

Reading Comprehension - 0 views

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    Great article on relationship of reading and spelling
Julie Shy

Teach Your Monster to Read - 0 views

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    This is an amazing, beautifully made and entertaining site for young children to learn phonic sounds. Design a monster and take it on an adventure around a magic area to find the letter sounds and fix a spaceship. The storyline is good and the activities are educational and motivational. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
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    Teach your Monster to Read: First Steps is a new, free game to practise the first steps of reading. Combining top quality games design with essential learning, the game is built on the principles of synthetic phonics and follows the teaching sequence of the Letters and Sounds programme.
Rick Beach

Younger Americans' Reading and Library Habits | Pew Internet Libraries - 0 views

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    adolescents reading of e-books/use of the library
Roland Gesthuizen

24 Educational iPad Apps for Kids in Reading & Writing « Imagination Soup | F... - 0 views

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    "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."
Scott Kinkoph

BiblioNasium - Kids Share Book Recommendations. Use Online Reading Logs, Find Books At ... - 0 views

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    Social network for kids 6-12 years built around sharing books/reading. Teachers can easily set up classes, reading lists, etc.
Teresa Ilgunas

Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment - 0 views

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    Wow...hate distracting ads when you're trying to read? This website allows you to read just the text. You pick the size, then drag the icon to your browser's toolbar. Nice.
Martin Burrett

Speed reading pacer - 0 views

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    A simple site where you can paste text and the site will help you speed read the text by highlighting sections. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
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