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How companies used social media during Hurricane Sandy | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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      People uses social media to wheather the storm of Hurricane Sandy.
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Information Literacy - 0 views

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      Information literat is not the regurgitation of information, but knowing how to properly find credible sources of specific information.
  • Information Literacy: A Compilation of Web Resources
  • The Evolution of Information Literacy The accepted definition of literacy has evolved from being able to read and write to the expanded and more elaborate ability to address the practices and outcomes of education in the Information Age. Literacy is referred to in different terms: math literacy, reading literacy, media literacy, print literacy, visual literacy, cultural literacy, computer literacy. Each literacy prescribes a particular process by which that content area can be more easily negotiated. But there is one -- Information Literacy -- under which all the other literacies reside because it is a tool of empowerment. Students who possess information literacy have a heightened capacity for doing meaningful, relevant work. "Regardless of where information literacy skills are employed, they are applicable in any school, play, or work situation."
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      Information literacy is the end result of being:math, reading,media, print, visual, cultural, and computer literate. it's understanding how to process and utilize information.
  • information literacy standards form a complete picture in terms of student learning.
  • information literacy provides a conceptual framework and broad guidelines which describe the information-literate student.
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    information literacy characteristics
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Information Literacy in an Information Society: A Concept for the ... - Christina S. Do... - 0 views

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      The definion of information literacy and the characteristics.
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    Defining Information Literacy and information literate qualities.
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Leveraging Technology to Improve Literacy - 0 views

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      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.
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  • 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.
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Malware Definition - 1 views

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      Interesting!
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MOOCs: The future of education or mere marketing? - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (... - 0 views

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      This takes online courses to another level!
  • MOOCs stands for Massive Open Online Courses. In essence, they’re simply another form of online education, but what makes them special is their sheer size: some MOOCs courses can have as many as a hundred thousand students actively involved at any one time.
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Digital identity - 0 views

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      Any data used to identify one self online.
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