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2009 Horizon Report » Key Trends - 0 views

shared by Will Richardson on 26 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Increasingly, those who use technology in ways that expand their global connections are more likely to advance, while those who do not will find themselves on the sidelines.
    • Adrienne Michetti
       
      Does this spell things out for teachers who are not willing to embrace these technologies?
    • Will Richardson
       
      I would love to see some research to support this. It's a nice soundbite, but what it is based on?
  • The notions of collective intelligence and mass amateurization are redefining scholarship as we grapple with issues of top-down control and grassroots scholarship.
    • Adrienne Michetti
       
      The community is changing the learning process.
  • opportunity for increased social interaction and civic engagement among this group. The success of game-based learning strategies owes to active participation and interaction being at the center of the experience, and signals that current educational methods are not engaging students enough.
    • Adrienne Michetti
       
      But the question is, how can these gaming communities offer more opportunities for LEARNING? I think currently, many of them exist for entertainment. A shift needs to happen.
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  • visual literacy will become an increasingly important skill
  • Visual literacy must be formally taught,
    • Adrienne Michetti
       
      visual literacy IS formally taught in English language arts classrooms (it is one of the strands) AND in Art classes. Aren't all students taking these courses???
  • Increasingly, those who use technology in ways that expand their global connections are more likely to advance, while those who do not will find themselves on the sidelines.
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    Shared by Wes Fryer addresses gaming, colaboration, crowd wisdom, social interaction, etc
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Starfall's Learn to Read with phonics - 1 views

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    Starfall.com is a phonics-based site that cultivates literacy with animated stories and activities.
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shared by Holim Song on 11 Jun 09 - Cached
  • There were three research questions that were used to guide the organization of this study. The first question sought to determine the level of digital literacy present in schools based upon their state accountability rating. Statistically significant differences between digital literacy levels of students according to their state accountability rating were investigated in the second question. The third question examined the statistically significant changes in elementary students' levels of digital literacy over a period of time
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    Web-based instruction
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Word Generation - Developing Academic Language - 1 views

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    Middle school literacy and vocabulary instruction
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pdf document - 43 views

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    ALA Information Literacy Standards for Students. We received it for the LIS 568 course however I think its a wonderful tool that should be shared.
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Texting teenagers are proving 'more literate than ever before' - Times Online - 88 views

  • using colloquial words, informal phrases and text-messaging shorthand — such as m8 for ‘mate’, 2 instead of ‘too’ and u for ‘you’.
    • Rob Weston
       
      Increased use of colloquial words in written exams.
  • Despite this, the two-year study found that today’s teenagers are using far more complex sentence structures, a wider vocabulary and a more accurate use of capital letters, punctuation and spelling.
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    I know it's an old article but it's interesting to have a study on literacy in this post-texting world.
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Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: What Are the Roles of Teachers and... - 38 views

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    Participatory culture and media literacy
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Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 54 views

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    Critique of the role of technology in the classroom and its impact on literacy and numeracy development.
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Digital Literacy Home - 84 views

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    Has anyone used this for meeting computer literacy requirements, particularly at the university level?
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Literacy Stations - Symbaloo - 126 views

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    A Symbaloo set up with Literacy links (elem)
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Free Online Educational Games for Kids| Teaching kids with games| Math Puzzle & More. - 85 views

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    Gudli is a wonderful site packed with games and activities for young children, including maths and literacy resources. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Early+Years
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    I tried this out. Not good.
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New Resources from "Reading and Remembrance" - 1 views

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    Angie Littlefield and Mary Cook describe new resources for building literacy and teaching history using themes of remembrance.
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Web Literacy Standard - Mozilla Webmaker - 65 views

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    A map of competencies and skills that a group of Mozilla stakeholders (including Doug Belshaw) thought was important for getting better at reading, writing and participating on the web. Organised under three headings: exploring, building, connecting
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What Educational Tools can we use…and how? - 47 views

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    What educational tools can we use to improve literacy, numeracy, progress, impact, transition, learning, etc and how?
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Media Commons Tailgate 2010: Chris Long Keynote - YouTube - 1 views

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    A talk about New Media Literacies
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24 Educational iPad Apps for Kids in Reading & Writing « Imagination Soup | F... - 172 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."
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