Can E-Books Make Society and Education Better? | Online Universities - 15 views
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65% of college freshmen read for pleasure for less than an hour per week or not at all
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The percentage of non-readers among these students has nearly doubled—climbing 18 points since they graduated from high school
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By the time they become college seniors, one in three students read nothing at all for pleasure in a given week.
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Letting Go of Boolean Operators: Rethinking How Research Is Taught in Schools | ALA Tec... - 0 views
Home | Literacy in Learning Exchange - 20 views
10 Steps to Strengthen Digital and Media Literacy - 0 views
Information Literacy - Professionaltips - 0 views
Media Literacy: A Necessary 21st Century Skill | Teachers Lounge - 0 views
Tasmanian Curriculum : Critical Literacy - 20 views
The Difference Between Digital Literacy and Digital Fluency | SociaLens Blog - 26 views
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literate person is perfectly capable of using the tools. They know how to use them and what to do with them, but the outcome is less likely to match their intention. It is not until that person reaches a level of fluency, however, that they are comfortable with when to use the tools to achieve the desired outcome, and even why the tools they are using are likely to have the desired outcome at all.
So-Called "Digital Natives" Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows - 29 views
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"In Google we trust." That may very well be the motto of today's young online users, a demographic group often dubbed the "digital natives" due their apparent tech-savvy. Having been born into a world where personal computers were not a revolution, but merely existed alongside air conditioning, microwaves and other appliances, there has been (a perhaps misguided) perception that the young are more digitally in-tune with the ways of the Web than others.
Serious reading takes a hit from online scanning and skimming, researchers say - The Wa... - 13 views
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"I worry that the superficial way we read during the day is affecting us when we have to read with more in-depth processing," said Maryanne Wolf, a Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and the author of "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain."
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I wonder if anyone else has noticed this phenomenon in their own reading ... I know I have, sadly.
In multicultural Australia, libraries should be non-negotiable assets | Fatima Measham ... - 6 views
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"when funding for a new public library in a burgeoning suburb like Tarneit is pulled, it is not just a building that is jeopardised. Studies consistently demonstrate significant dividends from public investment in libraries. In Victoria, every dollar spent on libraries delivers $3.60 of benefit, through things like literacy initiatives and economic stimulus via local employment and expenditure. "
Digital Compass | Common Sense Media - 13 views
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Learn the fundamentals of digital citizenship through animated, choose-your-own-adventure interactive experiences, designed for grades 6-9. Invite students to explore digital dilemmas, make good (and not-so-good) decisions, and try out possible solutions through stories and mini-games - all without risking their real-world reputations. Discover how Common Sense Education's award-winning digital literacy and citizenship curriculum seamlessly integrates into blended-learning environments. Coming soon as an iOS app, Android app, and Edmodo app!
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