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Transforming Lives Through Microsoft Digital Literacy - 0 views

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  • 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
  • grimreef1 on 06 Oct 14
     
    here's a page to start with...
jezbie

Education Update:Leveraging Technology to Improve Literacy:Leveraging Technology to Imp... - 0 views

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  • some educators are attempting to harness the power of technology to increase literacy rates for struggling students
  • newer and better technology is coming out all the time to make the option of classroom technology even stronger, especially for struggling readers and writers. He points to advances in speech recognition technology, such as Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh's research-based Reading Tutor project or programs such as Pearson's Quick Reads, as examples of tools that can improve students' reading fluency.
  • Despite the lack of data showing that technology has a tremendous effect in the classroom, teachers have found that using technology may help address students' specific learning needs.
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  • "The only tool that has enough research behind it is plain, old word processing," MacArthur says. "Students with writing difficulties are able to produce a text that looks good, and they can go back and fix things without introducing new mistakes."
  • To help students who have auditory processing problems or dyslexia, schools are using various computer technologies to make students more aware of the sounds of words when others speak or when students themselves read aloud
  • Egli notes that using technology alone is not the answer to improving literacy, but the tools help teachers move students toward their individual learning goals. "Using some of the technologies we have now, we can do some things that many of us hoped to achieve for a lot of our special-needs kids—but at a much more efficient rate," she says.
g-rooney

Using Technology To Increase Literacy Skills - 0 views

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shared by g-rooney on 09 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • g-rooney on 09 Oct 14
     
    Basic examples of how technology aids those with learning disabilities improve with certain software programs. Nothing strong enough to provide hardcore evidence, but enough to aid us with how it improves literacy.
g-rooney

The Benefits of Internet Literacy for Seniors - Modern Senior - 0 views

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internet literacy

shared by g-rooney on 10 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Research conducted at UCLA found that even minimal internet use resulted in improved cognitive function among adults between the ages of 55-78.  Participants were asked to spend some time conducting simple internet searches on a daily basis.  The findings show that using the web increases activity in the areas of the brain associated with memory and decision-makin
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