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Emily Wampler

Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAU... - 0 views

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    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      And wonder where they get the idea that "funds are plentiful" in education?  Hmm...
  • The greatest challenge is moving beyond the glitz and pizzazz of the flashy technology to teach true literacy in this new milieu. Using the same skills used for centuries—analysis, synthesis, and evaluation—we must look at digital literacy as another realm within which to apply elements of critical thinking.
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      This is really true; just because students may be "digitally savvy" doesn't mean they are competent/scholarly users of these digital technologies.  
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  • Digital literacy represents a person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment, with “digital” meaning information represented in numeric form and primarily for use by a computer. Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media (text, sound, images), to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. According to Gilster,5 the most critical of these is the ability to make educated judgments about what we find online.
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      It's interesting how they emphasize the higher orders of thinking here-analyze, judge, apply, evaluate, etc.  There's probably lots of room for creative thinking within digital literacy, too.  
  • Visual literacy, referred to at times as visual competencies, emerges from seeing and integrating sensory experiences. Focused on sorting and interpreting—sometimes simultaneously—visible actions and symbols, a visually literate person can communicate information in a variety of forms and appreciate the masterworks of visual communication.6 Visually literate individuals have a sense of design—the imaginative ability to create, amend, and reproduce images, digital or not, in a mutable way. Their imaginations seek to reshape the world in which we live, at times creating new realities. According to Bamford,7 “Manipulating images serve[s] to re-code culture.”
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      Ah ha!  There's the bit about creative thinking.  They just give it a different name: visual literacy.  
  • Competency begins with understanding
  • The idea that the world we shape in turn shapes us is a constant.
  • In the end, it seems far better to have the skills and competencies to comprehend and discriminate within a common language than to be left out, unable to understand
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      I think this definitely is true, and is a good reason why we need to incorporate digital literacy in the classroom. 
  • the concept of literacy has assumed new meanings.
  • Children learn these skills as part of their lives, like language, which they learn without realizing they are learning it.3
  • A common scenario today is a classroom filled with digitally literate students being led by linear-thinking, technologically stymied instructors.
  • Although funds may be plentiful
smsanders

A Shared Culture - Creative Commons - 0 views

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  • smsanders on 10 Sep 12
     
    A new kind of copy right I never new existed. This video will help you learn about the other kinds of copy rights people have as well as familiarize you with the symbols used to represent these forms of copyright.
Kylee Ponder

A Brooklyn High School Takes a New Approach to Vocational Education - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...h-to-vocational-education.html

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      Kylee Ponder on 24 Oct 12
       
      New spin on things. (Check out the Mac-Centric classroom)
Kimberly George

Shaping Tech for the Classroom | Edutopia - 1 views

www.edutopia.org/adopt-and-adapt

technology education

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  • I would even include writing, creating, submitting, and sharing work digitally on the computer via email or instant messaging in the category of doing old things (communicating and exchanging) in old ways (passing stuff around).
  • But new technology still faces a great deal of resistance. Today, even in many schools with computers, Luddite administrators (and even Luddite technology administrators) lock down the machines, refusing to allow students to access email.
  • Two big factors stand in the way of our making more and faster progress in technology adoption in our schools. One of these is technological, the other social.
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  • The missing technological element is true one-to-one computing, in which each student has a device he or she can work on, keep, customize, and take home
  • A second key barrier to technological adoption is mo
  • But resisting today's digital technology will be truly lethal to our children's education. They live in an incredibly fast-moving world significantly different than the one we grew up in.
  • These "digital natives" are born into digital technology. Conversely, their teachers (and all older adults) are "digital immigrants."
  • So, let's not just adopt technology into our schools. Let's adapt it, push it, pull it, iterate with it, experiment with it, test it, and redo it, until we reach the point where we and our kids truly feel we've done our very best.
  • Kimberly George on 04 Sep 12
     
    This relates to what we talked about in class- barriers to technology advances in the classroom. 
  • Stephanie McGuire on 05 Sep 12
     
    Oh I really like their step by step process to eventually be a teacher using new things in new ways. It makes this journey to learn technology more manageable!
Stephanie McGuire

Digital Literacy Includes Learning to Unplug - NYTimes.com - 1 views

parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/...cy-includes-learning-to-unplug

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  • The new digital divide isn’t between children who have access to computers and devices and those who do not. It’s between kids whose parents are saying “turn that thing off” and those whose parents don’t limit their access — because they don’t know how, or because they’re not available to do it.
  • Instead of closing the achievement gap,” said the author of the Kaiser study, “they’re widening the time-wasting gap.”
  • The F.C.C. is considering creating a “digital literacy corps” to teach productive uses of the computer and Internet to students, parents and job seekers
  • Stephanie McGuire on 05 Sep 12
     
    A problem lies also in the time wasted on technology. Education needs to include WHEN to use technology for learning purposes.
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  • Madeline Grygiel on 05 Sep 12
  • Madeline Grygiel on 05 Sep 12
     
    "A study published in 2010 by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that children and teenagers whose parents do not have a college degree spent 90 minutes more per day exposed to media than children from higher socioeconomic families"... why is this? Parents busy working? Lack of resources (e.g. books)? Home environment (e.g. no yard to play in outside)?
  • Stephanie McGuire on 06 Sep 12
     
    Thank you for sharing the original article, very interesting and well written! What a difference in time wasted per day. I would agree with your ideas of why that might be. So I certainly think a digital literacy core could be a helpful and useful investment! I also think education for parents is just as important as students to learn to use the Internet to learn new information and be creative.
Emily Wampler

TECHi TiKES - 1 views

techitikes.blogspot.com/?m=1

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  • Emily Wampler on 06 Nov 12
     
    A new blog created by primary grade elementary teachers about how they are using technology in their classrooms.  If you're in the primary grades, keep an eye on this blog!
Alexander Hendrix

Digital storytelling: How to tell a story that stands out in the digital age? | The Mus... - 0 views

themuseumofthefuture.com/...-stands-out-in-the-digital-age

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  • Alexander Hendrix on 27 Nov 12
     
    A quick article that provides a quick overview of digital storytelling and how it can be used in the classroom, and how, despite the new technologies, it is not really all that different from older versions of story telling not grounded in the digital age.
Kylee Ponder

The Seeds of Discovery and Change - Google Maps - 0 views

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SOL GoogleMap Explorers

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  • Kylee Ponder on 27 Nov 12
     
    Wonderful GoogleMap related to the explorers of the New World!  Related to SOL 3.3 The student will study the exploration of the Americas by a) describing the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de León, Jacques Cartier, and Christopher Newport; b) identifying the reasons for exploring, the information gained, the results of the travels, and the impact of the travels on American Indians.
Allie

Skype in the classroom - 0 views

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Skype education

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  • Allie on 10 Oct 12
     
    I have already seen this tool used in the classroom! Students skyped the teacher's friend from Japan to see the difference in day and night. What a great way to expose students to other cultures. New way to do pen pals or for students to meet their pen pals!
Carly Guinn

Isaac's Surge Tops Levee, Floods Homes - weather.com - 0 views

www.weather.com/...aac-impacts-wednesday-20120829

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  • Isaac raked the Gulf Coast with punishing winds and relentless rain, causing flooding that overtopped a levee south of New Orleans on Wednesday, the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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      Carly Guinn on 29 Aug 12
       
      Addicted to the Weather Channel during hurricane season...
Kim Pratt

eSchool News | - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com

technology education news resources edtech

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  • Kim Pratt on 05 Sep 12
     
    Lots of good articles on school technology.
Kelsey Agett

Back to School: Preparing for Day One | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...paring-first-day-rebecca-alber

first day school elementary

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  • If you are a new teacher, this is imperative. By rehearsing, this gives you an idea on pacing, one the greatest challenges for most beginning teachers.
    • Kelsey Agett
      Kelsey Agett on 06 Sep 12
       
      We talked about this...it may feel awkward, but seems worth it, even with little kids.
  • Modeling forgiveness and kindness and giving a kid a second
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  • Every child deserves a chance to make a new first impression.
  • Kelsey Agett on 06 Sep 12
     
    Good advice, especially since most of us did not get to experience a first day of school as a student teacher.
Kasey Hutson

My View: Advice to a new teacher - Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs - 0 views

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      Kasey Hutson on 05 Sep 12
       
      ie Can-Do descriptors, especially important for ELLs
  • Use classroom helpers or “employees” to help you run the room so you are free to teach.
  • use proximity and language to sort out what’s happening. Do it with a neutral tone of voice and with a smile on your face whenever possible.
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  • Design lessons and activities that give kids freedom, choice and fun.
  • Collaborate like crazy. Great teachers are social, reflective, proud but not egotistical and always open to improvement.
  • Teacher burnout isn’t a myth, it’s a reality.
  • Carve out two nights a week and one whole weekend day for yourself and nothing else.
  • Have courage to teach boldy, with creativity, and beyond the test.
  • Go forward and do that thing you were born to do: TEACH!
  • Kasey Hutson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Not ed tech related, but a sweet little article on the homepage of CNN. A quick pep talk!
Alexander Hendrix

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling - 0 views

digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu

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  • Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. As with tradition
  • Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. However, as the name implies, digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between.
  • multimedia sonnets from the people"
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  • "multimedia sonnets from the people"
  • Alexander Hendrix on 27 Nov 12
     
    An amazing resource that states outlines the educational uses of digital story telling and how we can best utilize this wonderful new technology in our classroom to enrich classroom education
Megan Cleary

Digital Storytelling: Extending the Potential for Struggling Writers | Reading Topics A... - 0 views

www.readingrockets.org/...40054

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  • While some young writers may struggle with traditional literacy, tapping into new literacies like digital storytelling may boost motivation and scaffold understanding of traditional literacies
  • Creating digital stories invites students to employ old and new literacies, and through the process of creating a movie they erect, explore, and exhibit other literacies
  • Megan Cleary on 19 Sep 12
     
    Interesting take on digital storytelling as a helpful approach for students struggling with traditional literacy.
Jennifer Massengill

Free Technology for Teachers: Video - The Black Death in 90 Seconds - 1 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...black-death-in-90-seconds.html

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  • Jennifer Massengill on 18 Sep 12
     
    If this is digital story telling, I have a new enthusiasm for it.
Lyndsay Kilberg

Chicago teachers strike: Teachers picket, vote possible Tuesday - latimes.com - 0 views

www.latimes.com/...trike-20120918,0,3031877.story

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  • Unionized teachers have opposed unilateral imposition of new evaluations, arguing that the criteria should be negotiated like all other work rules
  • They also question the value of testing as part of the evaluation process, arguing that student performance varies too
  • because of factors outside the classroom.
  • Lyndsay Kilberg on 18 Sep 12
     
    hope they are able to reach a fair deal today!
Emily Wampler

Education Week Teacher: Getting Students to Think Like Historians - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...fp_nokes_historians.html

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  • Just as students in a shop class use the materials, tools, strategies, and vocabulary of real-life woodworkers, students in a history class need exposure to the materials, tools, strategies, and vocabulary of historians. Such exposure is especially needed at a time when the Internet makes available to all readers a wide range of sources of varying credibility. Students must be equipped to analyze and evaluate such information.
  • Emily Wampler on 07 Oct 12
     
    An article about the need for more critical thinking in social studies. 
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