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There is something about the touch environment that lets the kids interact so much easier with digital content

Those who can interact and create are the ones who will be most successful in our society

I now have students picking the stories they want, and recording themselves recording - recording is created on a regular computer with a webcam

Cool graphic designs blend images and words to create an informative story or graphic about a specific topic.

reating InfoGraphics is a craft all unto its own

a really good infoGraphic is not overly graphic or too text heavy

To this end, mobile apps and Web 2.0 tools can facilitate implementation of activities requiring students to use skills at the top three levels of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy--analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Here are five examples of activities that target these levels of the taxonomy and can be used with students across grade levels in a variety of content areas. Teachers of very young children can implement these ideas as whole class projects.

e disposable cameras to capture instances of when they used literacy at home.

exploring and adding to knowledge

Literacy” usually means the ability to read and write

, but it can also refer to the ability to “read” kinds of signs other than words — for example, images or gestures

Visual literacy is the ability to see, to understand, and ultimately to think, create, and communicate graphically.

Media literacy allows children (and families) to become more aware of both intended and unintended media messages. Children learn to create and think critically about these media messages. These skills allow children to take control of the media that surrounds them, rather than letting it control them. Here are 10 reasons why media literacy should be on your radar.

The Library 2.012 virtual conference (to be held October 3 - 5, 2012) call for proposals end tomorrow, 15 September.  The conference is free and held online with events to suite different time zones. The broad theme is "the current and future state of libraries. Subject strands include physical and virtual learning spaces, evolving professional roles in today's world, organizing and creating information, changing delivery methods, user-centered access, and mobile and geo-social information environments." There are already a number of accepted proposals about information literacy. http://www.library20.com/page/2-012-conference Photo by Sheila Webber: washing on the line in what seems like it was the last of summer, a few days ago

Check out Kathy Schrock’s extensive infographics links here, and check out the infographic template she found.