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jleemuthart

Teaching with the Internet - 0 views

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technology digital skills

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  • increasingly clear that networked, digital technologies provide rapid access to vast amounts of information, increasing the importance of effective information use (Harrison & Stephen, 1996).
  • the globally competitive context in which we find ourselves ensures that new technologies for information and communication will continually be developed, resulting in continuously changing literacies and envisionments for literacy.
    • jleemuthart
      jleemuthart on 11 Jun 14
       
      Does 'changing' mean 'increasing'?
  • Information economies, global competition, changes in workplace settings, and new national policy initiatives make solid research, especially in educational settings, critically important as we seek insights into preparing children for their literacy futures. We require useful data in order to prepare students for new technologies and new envisionments as we explore the boundaries of an information society, increasingly dependent on networked, digital technologies for information and communication
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  • Newer technologies, permitting greater control by both teachers and students as they navigate rich information resources and construct meanings appropriate to their teaching and learning needs, may permit us to overcome a fundamental paradox clear to many who studied the use of previous technologies in classrooms:
  • students who used hypermedia from an Integrated Learning System, while working within collaborative learning groups, reported significantly more positive attitudes about both math and computer math lessons than did students who worked alone using the same computer software. 
  • appropriately combined images and sound may enhance both the comprehension and the production of tex
  • If technologies continually change in the years ahead, it may become increasingly important to study teachers' envisionments of these technologies for literacy and learning. 
Stephen Brantley

Rosseta stone expanding to k-12 learning - 1 views

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technology literacy skills internet education learning

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  • Stephen Brantley on 13 Jun 14
     
    Rosetta stone is another form of how digital literacy has broken through barriers that even some of the greatest teachers are unable to scratch. it shows that digital literacy has brought forth a whole new level of learning to people far and wide with several different languages. there is no compression
jleemuthart

How The Internet Saved Literacy - Forbes - 1 views

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literacy technology education literacy skills

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  • The Internet has shortened the feedback loop on writing and has made readers more active participants, says Matt Kirschenbaum, an assistant professor of English at the University of Maryland.
  • Indeed, despite fears that the Internet would stunt the reading of books, the sale of books has continued to trend upward over the past several years.
  • jleemuthart on 11 Jun 14
     
    I am not sure if this pertains to 'literacy skills'. Are we supposed to be talking about DIGITAL literacy skills specifically? Cause the statement we are supposed to support seems to make that unclear.
  • hauted on 11 Jun 14
     
    I don't think it is DIGITAL literacy skills specifically. I think its just literacy skills and how technology that accesses the internet affects those skills. I also think this article does have a good correlation as it relates to increased internet use has not led to decline in book sales.
Jessica Hernandez

Footprints in the Digital Age: EBSCOhost - 1 views

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Literacy learning technology literacy skills

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  • The new literacy means being able to function in and leverage the potential of easy-to-create, collaborative, transparent online groups and networks, which represent a "tectonic shift" in the way we need to think about the world and our place in it (Shirky, 2008).
  • More than ever before, students have the potential to own their own learning — and we have to help them seize that potential. We must help them learn how to identify their passions; build connections to others who share those passions; and communicate, collaborate, and work collectively with these networks. And we must do this not simply as a unit built around "Information and Web Literacy." Instead, we must make these new ways of collaborating and connecting a transparent part of the way we deliver curriculum from kindergarten to graduation.
  • Jessica Hernandez on 11 Jun 14
     
    APA Citation: Richardson, W. (2008). Footprints in the Digital Age. Educational Leadership, 66(3), 16-19.
Jessica Hernandez

http://www.ns.literacy.ca/docs/Improving_literacy_with_technology.pdf - 1 views

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internet technology literacy skills Literacy education learning

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  • Jessica Hernandez on 11 Jun 14
     
    > The Internet makes available many applications that help build reading  and writing skills, many of them free. In many cases, applications are so easy to use that learners can use them independently, with perhaps just a little guidance from someone more knowledgeable about reading and computers.  > The benefits are easy to see: when a person uses online resources to develop literacy skills, it also builds confidence in using computers and helps the learner to master digital literacy skills.  > View all the online sources that help with literacy that are available online. 
  • Jessica Hernandez on 11 Jun 14
     
    I originally found this article through LexisNexis, but it wasn't letting me highlight to bookmark so I found a PDF of the article through Google. http://www.lexisnexis.com.oclc.fullsail.edu:81/lnacui2api/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T20047563701&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T20047563705&cisb=22_T20047563704&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=397220&docNo=24 APA Citation for Lexis Nexis Link: (January 12, 2011 Wednesday ). Improving literacy with technology. Ottawa Citizen, Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic PDF Citation: The Ottawa Citizen (2011, January 12). Improving literacy with technology. Retrieved June 11, 2014, from http://www.ns.literacy.ca/docs/Improving_literacy_with_technology.pdf
hauted

Using Technology to improve the Literacy Skills of Disabled Students - 0 views

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literacy skills disabled students

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  • hauted on 11 Jun 14
     
    Definition of Literacy Skills - "Literacy skills consist of the ability to think, listen, speak, and read and write effectively."
  • hauted on 11 Jun 14
     
    This article also mentions a online service called www.bookshare.org that provides digital books to person with disabilities. Also there is programs like www.rfbd.org (recordings for the blind and dyslexic) and www.loc.gov/nls (Talking Books at the National Library Service) that they can access online have have Audio cassettes or CDs mailed to them postage-free. Even though libraries have had this content for a while the internet makes it much more accessible than ever before. I think thats the core of how technology though the internet increases literacy skills. It gives us "fingertip" access to things we would have had to physically travel for. Digital copies of books that make not even be in local library systems are easily accessible online.
jeremyruby

Critical Issue: Using Technology to Enhance Literacy Instruction - 4 views

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literacy literacy skills skills technology

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  • An authentic use of technology is using it as a tool to accomplish a complex task; for example, students who are creating a written report might use the Internet for research, word-processing software to write and format the text, and hypermedia software to add images. Therefore, it makes sense to consider the variety of uses as they illustrate best practices
  • Technologies That Support Students' Reading Development
  • Audiobooks promote students' interest in reading and improve their comprehension of text, notes Beers (1998). They also have been used successfully by students who cannot read traditional printed books because of visual or physical handicaps.
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  • audiobooks help improve children's reading skills
  • electronic books always provide the text in a visual component. Some electronic books incorporate text enhancements, such as definitions of words or background information on ideas. Others offer illustrations that complement the story
  • With access to an Internet-connected computer, students can find a wide variety of free online reading materials, including books, plays, short stories, magazines, and reference materials. This benefit is especially useful for students in schools that have few resources for the acquisition of new books
  • The use of hypermedia to improve student comprehension of text likely is related to its ability to respond to the needs of an individual learner for information, which results in an increased sense of control over the learning environment and higher levels of intrinsic motivation (Becker & Dwyer, 1994)
  • electronic talking books
  • may provide an effective means for increasing decoding skills and reading fluency
  • increase motivation to read as well as promote basic word recognition.
  • an aid to help children improve their comprehension of texts
  • The computer program helped the children learn to discriminate and sequence the sound in words, which improved their word-reading ability.
  • Programmed Reading Instruction
  • word-processing tools such as spelling checkers are useful aids that improve the quality of student writing. Research indicates that students who are comfortable with word processing write longer papers, spend more time writing and revising, and show improved mechanics and word choice (Lehr, 1995)
  • promotes collaborative writing among students
  • Desktop Publishing of Student Work
  • they can gain practice in desktop-publishing their reports, stories, and poems
  • technology encourages students to integrate visual and aural multimedia in their school projects
  • presents a means of self-expression and provides support for development of reading and writing skills.
  • Providing opportunities for online publishing of students' work is another means to motivate student writing
  • promote student writing is through electronic mail (e-mail), electronic bulletin boards, and e-mail lists
  • Writing to an authentic reader has a positive effect on students' writing performance and motivation
  • (Reinking & Bridwell-Bowles, 1996). "Simple exchanges of e-mail can get students writing and reading with the same intensity they bring to the most exciting video game," note Meyer and Rose (2000). "Receiving feedback from across the globe conveys to young children the power of reading and writing and demonstrates their ultimate purpose—to communicate across time and space.
  • Use of the Internet search engines can promote students' research and investigation skills and enable them to locate online information on any possible topic
  • evaluate online information sources is gaining importance as a basic literacy skill
  • Educational technology is nudging literacy instruction beyond its oral and print-based tradition to embrace online and electronic texts as well as multimedia. Computers are creating new opportunities for writing and collaborating. The Internet is constructing global bridges for students to communicate, underscoring the need for rock-solid reading and writing skills. By changing the way that information is absorbed, processed, and used, technology is influencing how people read, write, listen, and communicate.
  • Literacy instruction traditionally refers to the teaching of basic literacy skills—reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In today's digital world, however, technology has contributed to an expanded understanding of literacy. Besides having basic literacy skills, today's students also need technology skills for communicating, investigating, accessing and using information, computing, thinking critically about messages inherent in new media, and understanding and evaluating data. As policymakers and educators ponder what it means to be literate in a digitized society, an array of literacy definitions is emerging
Jessica Hernandez

Multi Media Comes of Age: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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Literacy technology internet literacy skills learning

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  • The skills and talents required for success in the 21st century have made their entrance on cue, as literacy moves beyond reading and writing to embrace the full spectrum of digital media.
  • Our focus on communication skills and expanded literacy comes from these efforts to improve performance. So the technology in our multimedia and technology initiative has a purpose, a vital role in helping everyone meet these goals.
  • these are all examples of how the multimedia technology we've acquired through this initiative has been integrated into the daily life of our school.
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  • he company is pursuing a strategy that capitalizes on the networking investments made by schools, which, by now, have resulted in nearly all schools being connected to the Internet
  • Jessica Hernandez on 11 Jun 14
     
    APA Citation: Gold, R., & Serim, F. (2002). Multi Media Comes of Age. (cover story). Multimedia Schools, 9(2), 14.
Jessica Hernandez

4. Making Movies: Digital Video Production in the School Library Program: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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Literacy technology literacy skills internet

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  • Jessica Hernandez on 11 Jun 14
     
    View PDF for full text, but here is some of the things I would highlight: > And like anything on the Internet, it makes "consider the source" the best possible advice for Internet users.  > We need to focus on the media literacy skills necessary to decode images, and therefore empower students to make decisions about the validity of multimedia as well as text content.  > While all of this obviously increases the likelihood of students being  misled by misinformation, the other side of the story is the tremendous opportunity it provides for students to find an authentic audience for their own work.
jeremyruby

Using Technology to Support Literacy | Scholastic.com - 1 views

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literacy technology

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  • Storytelling is one of the most ancient forms of communication. Before there were cameras, computers, or even books, stories held the knowledge of all civilization. Even today, students love to read and listen to stories as a way to learn about the world and how it works. What's more, encouraging students to tell stories either orally or in print is a great way to help them practice grammar, expand their vocabulary, and share their ideas with others.In this age of multimedia, a new kind of storytelling has emerged. Digital Storytelling takes the art of storytelling and adds elements of sound, video, and photo images to create a multi-dimensional tale that draws the reader into the story. It's an excellent tool to encourage students to take their writing to a new level as well as a way to bring technology into your curriculum.
juacenta

Interactive Technologies Promote Improved Literacy in Low-Income Children | U.S. Depart... - 3 views

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technology literacy

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  • he Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS have released a report entitled “Findings from Ready to Learn 2005-2010” that summarizes the results of independent research conducted under grant funding from the Ready to Learn Television program. The results demonstrate that using combinations of well-designed educational media, including television, websites, and other digital platforms, can be effective in improving literacy skills among low income children, ages 2-8. To access the report, please visit: http://www.cpb.org/rtl/FindingsFromReadyToLearn2005-2010.pdf.
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