Fact: Texting helps students read.
A British study published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning found a positive correlation between texting and literacy, concluding that texting was “actually driving the development of phonological awareness and reading skill in children.” In other words, contrary to what you might think when faced with “creative” usages such as ur for your, 2 for to, and w8 for wait, kids who text may be stronger readers and writers than those who don’t.
The average American teen, you may not be shocked to discover, texts a lot: 3,339 messages per month,
Texting increases literacy, and it improves, of all things, spelling. Find out how to incorporate texting into your lessons.
I believe that we establish a digital citizenship when we leave behind digital footprints everytime we use our computers or smart devices to gain access to the internet to work, communicate or stay in contact with our friends, coworkers, and family members.
“The quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.”
A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes
the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation,
and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments.
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understand and use information in multiple formats
The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use
and create information.
The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use
and create information.
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The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources
when it is presented via computers.
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A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes
the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation,
and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments.
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very good search criteria here.
explains how to narrow your search and validify information
What sources does the author cite, and what do others say about those sources?
Education, media-literacy-wise, is happening now after school and on weekends and when the teacher isn't looking, in the SMS messages, MySpace pages, blog posts, podcasts, videoblogs that technology-equipped digital natives exchange among themselves.
At that point, I saw education – the means by which young people learn the skills necessary to succeed in their place and time – as diverging from schooling.
chools will remain places for parents to put their kids while they go to work, and for society to train a fresh supply of citizen-worker-consumers to be employed by the industries of their time.
But the kind of questioning, collaborative, active, lateral rather than hierarchical pedagogy that participatory media both forces and enables is not the kind of change that takes place quickly or at all in public schools.
someone needs to educate children about the necessity for critical thinking and encourage them to exercise their own knowledge of how to make moral choices.
the basic moral values – is supposed to be what their parents and their religions are responsible for.
But the teachable skill of knowing how to make decisions based on those values has become particularly important now that a new medium suddenly connects young people to each other and to the world's knowledge in ways no previous generation experienced.
the ability to differentiate between right and wrong is a huge deal when researching and trying to find good knowledge.. for example if you where to type "blow up" in google you would get all kinds of "JuNK" if you were to specify a noun in the search you could exponentially narrow your "junk" results. "Right vs. Wrong" isnt always pertaining to internet pornography. as said in this article. the principles behind it are what matters as well as your ability to use them.
e teach our kids how to cross the street and what to be careful about in the physical world. And now parents need to teach their kids how to exercise good sense online. It's really no more technical than reminding your children not to give out their personal information to strangers on the telephone or the street. When it comes to helping them learn how to be citizens in a democracy, media literacy education is central to 21st century civic education.
At the same time that emerging media challenge the ability of old institutions to change, I think we have an opportunity today to make use of the natural enthusiasm of today's young digital natives for cultural production as well as consumption, to help them learn to use the media production and distribution technologies now available to them to develop a public voice about issues they care about.
The media available to adolescents today, from videocameraphones to their own websites, to laptop computers, to participatory media communities like MySpace and Youtube, are orders of magnitude more powerful than those available in the age of the deskbound, text-only Internet and dial-up speeds.
Those young people who can afford an Internet-connected phone or laptop are taking to the multimedia web on their own accord by the millions– MySpace gets Google-scale traffic and Youtube serves one hundred million videos a day.
Although the price of entry is dropping, there is still an economic divide; nevertheless, the online population under the age of 20 is significant enough for Rupert Murdoch to spend a quarter billion dollars to buy MySpace.
Learning literacy from listening to podcast on mp3.
This was a system created by Carol Greig a former technology coach, and won the international Reading Association's 2008 Presidential Award.
To help students who have auditory processing problems or dyslexia, schools are using various computer technologies to make students more aware of the sounds of words when others speak or when students themselves read aloud.
Recent summer school data revealed that this combination of technology and direct instruction helped some students improve as much as two grade levels in their word attack skills over six weeks, Egli says.
The technology "builds those auditory and language skills" of students, allowing them, generally, to be more receptive to learning because typically 80 percent of the instructional day relies on auditory information, Egli says.
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments.
They have grown up with technology and have been immersed in media rich resources. They are masters of multitasking. Today's students have revolutionized expectations in the classroom.
"Technology ignites opportunities for learning, engages today's students as active learners and participants in decision-making on their own educational futures and prepares our nation for the demands of a global society in the 21st century." 5
Check out Raising a Digital Child and Digital Citizenship in Schools to learn more, both available at www.amazon.com.
What it means to be digitally literate has reflected the change in how information is processed, delivered, and received in today's highly connected world.
Digital Immigrants, that would be most of the teachers (but not all) do things like print our email, while the Natives do not even use email any more! They use text and instant messaging.
Students must understand how to use digital tools to gather facts, interpret, analyze and create meaning, even create new meaning from the information they gather. Becoming truly literate means embracing a new framework of learning that layers core content into a world rich in digital and media literacies
he ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. 1
The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers. 2
A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. 3
Digital citizenship is usually defined as the "norms of behavior with regard to technology use." It encompasses digital literacy, ethics, etiquette, online safety, norms, rights, culture and more. Microsoft recognizes that good digital citizenship, when you use computers, gaming consoles, or mobile devices, promotes a safer online environment for all.
Managing your online behavior and monitoring your reputation are important elements of good digital citizenship
The encouraging results suggest that American parents and teens are actively managing their online reputations—and with an eye toward good digital citizenship.
Blogs serve as an online journal, linking to other sites and news stories. Learn the basics of blogging, explore the blogosphere and find out how to create blogs.