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vjbaldwin

Critical Issue: Using Technology to Enhance Literacy Instruction - 0 views

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  • Critical Literacy: The ability to look at the meaning and purpose of written texts, visual applications, and spoken words to question the attitudes, values, and beliefs behind them. The goal is development of critical thinking to discern meaning from array of multimedia, visual imagery, and virtual environments, as well as written text.
  • Critical Literacy: The ability to look at the meaning and purpose of written texts, visual applications, and spoken words to question the attitudes, values, and beliefs behind them. The goal is development of critical thinking to discern meaning from array of multimedia, visual imagery, and virtual environments, as well as written text.
  • The Internet is constructing global bridges for students to communicate, underscoring the need for rock-solid reading and writing skills. By changing the way that information is absorbed, processed, and used, technology is influencing how people read, write, listen, and communicate.
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  • Digital Literacy: The ability to attain deeper understanding of content by using data-analysis tools and accelerated learning processes enabled by technology
  • Research indicates that students who are comfortable with word processing write longer papers, spend more time writing and revising, and show improved mechanics and word choice (Lehr, 1995).
  • Some researchers suggest that the challenges related to technology and literacy must become more integral to mainstream literacy research. Collins (1992)
  • Some educators believe that schools should provide students with exposure to current technologies used in the business world regardless of whether those technologies have been proven effective through research. Leu (2000) states, "It may become unimportant to demonstrate the advantages of new technologies for educational contexts if it is already clear those technologies will define the literacies of our students' futures" (p. 762).
  • Computers are creating new opportunities for writing and collaborating.
  • ISSUE: Educational technology is nudging literacy instruction beyond its oral and print-based tradition to embrace online and electronic texts as well as multimedia. Computers are creating new opportunities for writing and collaborating. The Internet is constructing global bridges for students to communicate, underscoring the need for rock-solid reading and writing skills. By changing the way that information is absorbed, processed, and used, technology is influencing how people read, write, listen, and communicate. 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.
grimreef1

Transforming Lives Through Microsoft Digital Literacy - 0 views

  • Learn how governments and organizations are using Microsoft Digital Literacy to increase access to essential computing skills all over the world.
  • In the twenty-first century knowledge economy, access to essential technology and computing skills is an important predictor of life opportunities. This white paper explores current technology drivers—including global Internet access, Web 2.0 technologies, and ubiquitous computing—and how the essential computing skills curriculum offered by Microsoft Digital Literacy has affected individuals in different geographies and socioeconomic circumstances all over the world.
  • From schools to workforce development centers to community technology learning centers, Microsoft Digital Literacy is helping individuals develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities
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    here's a page to start with...
mcflycarey

Literacy thrives in the "Digital era" - 1 views

I definetly feel technology of the digital era has helped literacy to thrive. Through texting and social media kids have developed skills even i don't have at 30. They are more inclined to research...

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mcflycarey

Literacy and Text Messaging | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

  • Literacy and Text Messaging
  • But experts point out that, in fact, technology has put new emphasis on reading and writing.
  • “A generation ago, a teen who couldn’t read well could still participate pretty fully in the social conversation among peers,” says Timothy Shanahan, president of the International Reading Association. “But with so much written chatter, being able to read and write have become definite social advantages. There is simply much more pressure to know how to read than in the past when it comes to conversation, shopping, or work.”
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    too many things to highlight, the article speaks for itself.
jezbie

Digital Literacy: How Technology Can Improve Your Community - Digital Placemaking - 1 views

  • obs, Community Online Presence and Overall Economic Capacity.
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