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Using the Internet to Develop Literacy Skills - 2 views

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    This is the fifth article in the Team A Prezi. The author is Elizabeth Nuttall, a teacher who writes as a pastime. The article originates from Knoji. The date of the article is not listed, but a comment was posted about the article in May 2011. Knoji is developed by zipfworks, a data platform that makes millions of products. It was founded by Michael Quoc, the former Director of Products at Yahoo!'s media Lab. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration. The article is about free Internet literacy resources. The article is accurate, but it does not list any examples of the sites the author is describing. It does not seem biased or persuasive. However, the article does not cite a single source. On the plus side, the article has links to different articles of the same nature. This gives the reader the opportunity to find out more information about the topic. Most of the links still work. The article does not have any navigation tools. It is short, but navigation tools would still be appreciated. Given that the article is already broken up into four parts, it would be fairly easy to add a navigation bar. The information here is so general that information from the article can be found very many places and in more detail. The article is copyrighted zipfworks 2014 This article adds little new information to Team A's presentation. Most of the information can be found at http://www.ldonline.org/article/35792#comprehension and in more detail. This is more of an article to get a general overview of a topic. The article is not thorough, does not cite any information and offers no navigation tools. The article did not harm the presentation in any way, but it did not particularly help it, either. 60/100
gavin_33

About Knoji - 0 views

  • Knoji is a community resource which provides accurate advice and information relating to shopping, e-commerce and consumer issues.
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    This is the about page for the fifth article in the Team A Prezi.
gavin_33

Knoji: Elizabeth Nuttall - Consumer Knowledge Profile - 1 views

  • I have worked in the field of education for the past nine years
  • writing professionally for the past two years
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    This is the bio for the author of the fifth article in the Team A Prezi
gavin_33

Literacy | Define Literacy at Dictionary.com - 0 views

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    This is the fourth article in the Team A Prezi. The author is unknown, but this is from Dictionary.com. It was written in 2014, and it has not been revised. The website has won many awards for its apps. The focus of the article is the definition of literacy. The article is accurate and thorough, and there are few ways one can make a dictionary definition biased or persuasive. The publisher sites many print dictionaries, which gives the website more authority. On top of the various related words, phrases and questions links, there are links for every word used in the dictionary definition. This is an extremely useful feature and adds accessibility to the article. Most, if not all, of the links are still active. Seeing how this article is just a dictionary definition, the only navigation features needed is that to other pages. The article is copyrighted 2014 Dictionary.com Again, the only issue is the lack of authors, but it is hard to see how that would be applicable to a dictionary definition. After all, how many print dictionaries have authors listed? 90/100
gavin_33

Technology | Define Technology at Dictionary.com - 2 views

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    This is the third article in the Team A Prezi. The author is unknown, but this is from Dictionary.com. It was written in 2014, and it has not been revised. The website has won many awards for its apps. The focus of the article is the definition of technology. The article is accurate and thorough, and there are few ways one can make a dictionary definition biased or persuasive. The publisher sites many print dictionaries, which gives the website more authority. On top of the various related words, phrases and questions links, there are links for every word used in the dictionary definition. This is an extremely useful feature and adds accessibility to the article. Most, if not all, of the links are still active. Seeing how this article is just a dictionary definition, the only navigation features needed is that to other pages. The article is copyrighted 2014 Dictionary.com Again, the only issue is the lack of authors, but it is hard to see how that would be applicable to a dictionary definition. After all, how many print dictionaries have authors listed? 90/100
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    I think that perhaps they just wanted two definitions? I do not know, but I think perhaps these should be counted as one? They have the same specifications.
gavin_33

Adolescent Literacy: What's Technology Got to Do With It? | LD Topics | LD OnLine - 4 views

  • Endnotes
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      Click here to see the works cited page.
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      Source number two for Team A. The article is about the benefits of technology for people with learning disabilities (LD) and is accurate and thorough. There are no apparent biases, and the article is non-persuasive. The article cites many credible sources. These enhance the credibility of the article. There are links that help the user navigate around the website and other relevant websites. They all appear to work. The article has a navigation bar at the top, and, again, the information can be found in the other sources in the works cited page. A well rounded, thorough and accurate article. The only problem is the lack of authors. 85/100
  • National Center for Technology Innovation and Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) (2010)
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      No specific author here. Not unheard of, but still.
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  • ©2010 WETA
gavin_33

About LD OnLine | LD OnLine - 1 views

  • LD OnLine is a national educational service of WETA-TV
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      Impressive.
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      By the way, this is the about page for the second source on the Team A Prezi.
  • LD OnLine.org is the world's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD, serving more than 200,000 parents, teachers, and other professionals each month.
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About Us - Child & Family WebGuide - 0 views

  • The Child & Family WebGuide provides approved links to websites and videos on topics of interest to parents. It is also used by students and professionals in the fields of child development, education, and psychology. All the sites and videos listed on the WebGuide have been systematically evaluated by graduate students. In order to ensure reliability, the evaluation system includes criteria such as the inclusion of citations in peer-reviewed journals.
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    About page for first resource of Team A.
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Critical Issue: Using Technology to Enhance Literacy Instruction - 2 views

  • This Critical Issue was coauthored by Ann Holum, Ph.D., and Jan Gahala, M.A. Holum's doctoral work on the use of interactive media to improve children's story-understanding skills sparked her ongoing interest in integrating technologies in K-12 literacy settings; she currently is an independent educational consultant. Gahala is a technical specialist in NCREL's Communications department.
  • October 2001
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      As old as Prensky
  • Although technology promises new ways to promote literacy, educators' reactions to it have been mixed. Some have embraced technology with unbridled enthusiasm while others have held it at arm's length with a healthy skepticism. Yet the growing influence of technology has caused many educators to acknowledge that they need information on teaching literacy skills in the Digital Age. To serve that need, this Critical Issue offers research, best practices, and resources that support integration of new technologies into literacy instruction.
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  • Copyright © North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
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    This is the first article in Group A's Prezi. It has not been revised. It is about, appropriately, how technology impacts literacy. There is no apparent bias, although it does appear to attempt to convince the reader that technology is beneficial to literacy. It does briefly cite opposing arguments that are not refuted or discredited, giving the article some sense of impartiality. The authors cite multiple sources, and most of them are credible. The credibility of some is hard to determine because the links to some of the articles are broken. The links that do work lead to credible sources. Multiple print articles were also used. These all seem to be credible as well. The article also has multiple links to various webpages on the website. These appear to work as well. The article has a navigation bar at the top that makes it easy for users to navigate throughout the article. The information in the article is obviously found on other sites since the article cites these other sites. Main issues here are the date of publication and the broken links. The date is a huge problem, as Jennifer says. 65/100
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