f we as teachers fear learning or integrating these new "digital literacies" into our classrooms, is it the same as being afraid of teaching the reading literacy that has taken hold largely in part due to Gutenberg? I realize that this argument is a bit of an oversimplification. However, new literacies will in fact continue to develop and have the potential for significant disruption, much like what happened 500 years ago.
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- True Story by Bob Sprankle - 1 views
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Which of course, begs the next question: how do we know that we are using reliable information.
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Gutenberg presses did not immediately enable people to overthrow....
Net Smart - The MIT Press - 0 views
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Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Last print version of Britannica
Facebook has improved its privacy controls. Should we trust it not to screw up again? -... - 0 views
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he master switches also don't affect what third-party applications can do on your profile
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but they don't affect what Facebook calls your "directory information," which includes rules about whether people can search for you, send you friend requests, or see your list of friends.
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"The privacy page is dominated by three big master switches. The buttons are marked "Everyone," "Friends of Friends," and "Friends." Pressing one of those will decide most of your Facebook privacy settings in one go."
The new Facebook - the good, the bad and the ugly - Winnipeg Free Press - 1 views
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This report shows that digital tools, content and resources can help elevate the competencies of teachers and also provide evidence of the value technology can bring to students’ learning experiences and outcomes
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motivating teachers to change their traditional instructional practices to use technology more meaningfully with students
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Teachers identified five essential elements
Teen who posted anti-bullying YouTube video kills herself - Winnipeg Free Press - 2 views
I meow, therefore I am - Winnipeg Free Press - 0 views
Interactive: Canadians' web habits - Winnipeg Free Press - 0 views
How to 'unfriend' without really 'unfriending' - Winnipeg Free Press - 0 views
Learning with an iPad - Winnipeg Free Press - 0 views
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The iPad "certainly doesn't do everything a desktop or laptop computer does," Weston acknowledged. "It's not about the device, it's about the learning."
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"The iPad "certainly doesn't do everything a desktop or laptop computer does," Weston acknowledged. "It's not about the device, it's about the learning.""
Elizabeth English: Why So Many Schools Remain Penitentiaries of Boredom - 0 views
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Ask yourself, "What do I remember as the most rewarding and inspiring experience in school?
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Yes, you need knowledge of the periodic table to do chemistry, but you don't need to memorize it if it's on your desktop -- electronic or otherwise. What matters is the ability to do something with the elements in the periodic table.
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schools become relevant once more: in teaching our children to evaluate and use that information in ways that are important and meaningful and to satisfy their fundamental human desire to construct solutions for the world full of engaging and pressing problems they will inherit.
The Future is Here: Ready or Not | Canadian Education Association (CEA) - 0 views
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Pedagogy needs to serve the student, not the teacher or the textbook
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Just as the music industry and the traditional paper press has had to reinvent themselves, so do schools and teachers.
Brandon youth charged after alleged social media threats - Winnipeg Free Press - 2 views
Lesson at home plus homework at school equals flipped math classroom » Local ... - 0 views
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The key to success is “formative assessment,” Brovold said, which means teachers first determine which students understood the material, which students need more practice, and which didn’t understand at all.
Suspicion, confusion swirl around rules governing content on Google Drive - Winnipeg Fr... - 0 views
Online surveillance bill teaches Tories tough social-media lesson - Winnipeg Free Press - 1 views
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law to protect children from online predators, but privacy advocates and opposition MPs say it's far too broad. Among other provisions, it would allow authorities access to Internet subscriber information — including name, address, telephone number and email address — without first getting a court's go-ahead