Tag Archives: literacy

At the expense of what

Posted on June 15, 2022 by admin

I have stumbled on an academic food fight of a sort. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) have authored a position statement arguing educators need to increase their focus on media education. This translates as a greater emphasis … Continue reading →

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Download, cleanup and organize Kindle notes

Posted on August 25, 2017 by admin

This post is a tutorial for my IDT 510 students because I have assigned several Kindle books. This technique is based on a post from the Diigo blog. The technique requires Diigo and the Diigo extension. If you highlight and … Continue reading →

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Applying CRAAP to online sources

Posted on June 5, 2017 by admin

This from the American Psychological Association web site (Susan Nolan) – a comment on identifying fake news in the classroom. I do like the “think like a scientist approach” and I have always tried to encourage the students I work … Continue reading →

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Newsela Paired Texts

Posted on June 3, 2016 by admin

One of the weaknesses in implementing many popular instructional tactics (e.g., problem-based learning, project-based learning, argumentation activities, WebQuests) is getting from an understanding of the tactic to a specific activity for classroom implementation that is relevant to a curriculum need. … Continue reading →

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Online literacy research

Posted on January 2, 2015 by admin

If you are interested in following the research on the development of online literacy skill (and understanding what this means), consider reading a recent RRQ (Reading Research Quarterly) article by Donald Leu. RRQ makes their accepted articles available online before … Continue reading →

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Are you literate?

Posted on December 4, 2013 by admin

Interesting video (60 minutes) on the topic of literacy from Google (Dan Russell). If this interests you, follow this blog – Dan Russell

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Howard Rheingold from MIT Media Lab

Posted on June 7, 2012 by admin

This invited lecture by Howard Rheingold from the MIT media lab is a nice analysis of his take on online literacies. His opinions, summarized in the book Net Smart, identifies key online literacies and counters the position that online experiences … Continue reading →

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