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Terrance Gordon

Are internet "search engines" more reliable than an encyclopedia. - 0 views

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  • Terrance Gordon on 17 May 13
     
    1. When using the (most popular) Google search engine, its virtually possible to retrieve any information in an instant with typing specific keywords and allowing the search engine to do its magic. 2. Once the information has been obtained you then must be sure the contributing information is 100% valid. To identify fraud information on the internet you must check for certain trademark and copyright notification. Also official posting date, either recent or a past date can halfway validate the truth. Never a date past 20 years time or In the future. Those are the sources that mislead. 3. After the halfway validation of checking for a recent or prevous date you then must check popular and accurate information sources to see if th story being told is fact or fiction. Match the solid facts of both stories to set yourself comfortable with developing your own evaluation of the information.
Chris Draper

Technology Literacy - Iowa Department of Education - 1 views

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  • Regardless of current realities, literacy in any context is defined as the ability "...to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society..." (ICT Literacy Panel, 2002) "....When we teach only for facts ... (specifics)... rather than for how to go beyond facts, we teach students how to get out of date." (Sternberg, 2008) This statement is particularly significant when applied to technology literacy. The Iowa essential concepts for technology literacy reflect broad, universal processes and skills.
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      Chris Draper on 16 May 13
       
      Iowa Department of education
  • Chris Draper on 16 May 13
     
    definition of literacy in the 21st Century
Heather Butler

Texting Improving Literacy? | The Principal of Change - 2 views

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      Heather Butler on 16 May 13
       
      Not only does texting improve writing but things like Kindles and I Pads incease availability to texts.
  • One of the additional things he discussed in this talk was that we often say, “These kids do not read,” but he quickly dismisses this as a fallacy.  In fact, Crystal goes further to say that kids that text read more than what we did as children because they have more access to writing.  Simply put, they do not read and write the same things that we did.  Looking at my own situation, I have actually read more “books” in the last little while than I ever have, as I carry around a huge book collection all the time on my iPhone and/or iPad.  The ease of access makes it a lot easier for me to read whether it is blogs, books, or yes, text messages and tweets.
  • Heather Butler on 16 May 13
     
    Good info for the pros of texting and literacy!!
Andrew Abeyta

Literacy : Sesame Workshop - 1 views

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  • For more than four decades, American children and caregivers have counted on Sesame Street for their ABCs, 123s, and other academic skills, such as vocabulary, math, and science. In fact, Sesame is currently at the forefront of U.S. efforts to focus on science, technology, engineering, and math — fields in which American children have started to lag behind other developed countries, according to a global study
  • Over and over again, research shows that Sesame Street can and does make a difference in preparing children for academic success. One such study found that children who frequently view Sesame Street at age 2 score higher on school-readiness tests in kindergarten than those who don’t.
  • Andrew Abeyta on 15 May 13
     
    This generation is all about watching TV, so I found this information really interesting.
Andrew Abeyta

Facebook - The Complete Biography - 1 views

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  • Since their launch in February 2004, they've been able to obtain over 8 million users in the U.S. alone and expand worldwide to 7 other English-speaking countries, with more to follow. A growing phenomenon, let's discover Facebook.
  • Facebook is a massively successful social networking service that grew to prominence in virtually no time. It's not hard to see why: its features and tools are highly appealing, and Facebook users are extremely well networked in real life.
Andrew Abeyta

Study finds kindergartners read better with the iPad - The Next Web - 1 views

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  • The study randomly assigned half of the 16 kindergarten classes in the district iPads to use for 9 weeks. Each of the 266 students, were tested before and after the iPad introduction. According to the results, every class that had iPads outperformed the non-iPad classrooms in every literacy measure
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