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The Web as a Place - Digital Literacy - 0 views

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web place digital literacy literacy

shared by Leslie Holwerda on 05 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • our schools are challenged to understand how to best use the web as a “place” that supports our core values of inclusiveness, respect and fairness, relationships and that “personal touch.”
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Powerpoint Schmowerpoint: Teach kids to create really engaging presentations - 0 views

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web2.0 prezi tools presentations

shared by L Holwerda on 16 Dec 11 - Cached
  • Rather, we need to teach them the skills – the grammar, the phonics – that will allow them to navigate the tech tools they will eventually use.
  • we need to teach them the skills – the grammar, the phonics
  • expressing your ideas compellingly
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  • portraying a unique voice
  • Prezi is like PowerPoint on steroids.
  • Teachers can get more features for a one-time $10 fee
  • Glogster
  • Blabberize is a great tool for students researching a specific animal or historic figure.
  • Enjoy upgrade is FREE for teachers and students
  • Xtranormal’s motto is “If you can type, you can make movies.” And that’s exactly what this FREE tool allows students to do
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The Future of Reading - Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTime... - 0 views

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books reading literacy Technology

shared by L Holwerda on 21 Feb 12 - Cached
  • In fact, some literacy experts say that online reading skills will help children fare better when they begin looking for digital-age jobs.
  • On the Internet, readers skate through cyberspace at will and, in effect, compose their own beginnings, middles and ends.
  • According to federal statistics, students who say they read for fun once a day score significantly higher on reading tests than those who say they never do
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  • with the slump in the proportion of adolescents who said they read for fun
  • giving home Internet access to low-income students appeared to improve standardized reading test scores and school grades
  • Once they’re on the Internet, they’re reading.”
  • Experts on reading difficulties suggest that for struggling readers, the Web may be a better way to glean information
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