Reading Online - Electronic Classroom: The Exploring Literacy on the Internet ... - The Diigo Meta page

• 25 Jan 09
  

  shannon smith

  online_reading

• 13 Jan 09
  

  Linda Wilson

  how does reading on the Internet compare to traditional reading? What new skills must students have in the Internet age?

  article digital_literacy reading writing supported_text collaboration

  • Nonlinear hypertext.
  • Multiple-media texts.
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  • • Interactive texts.
    • new comprehension processes are required for these electronic text environments
    • With traditional texts, prereading thought processes focus on questions such as the following: What will happen next? What do I know about this topic? What is the author's purpose? What do I expect to learn from this text?
    • Within interactive Web-based environments, however, proficient readers also need to plan answers to questions like these: How should I navigate this information? How can I expect to interact with this environment? What is my role or task in this activity? How can I add to this body of knowledge?
    • Broadened Understandings of the Social Context
• 29 Oct 08
  

  April Hilland
  • "Today, the definition of literacy has expanded from traditional notions of reading and writing to include the ability to learn, comprehend, and interact with technology in a meaningful way"
  • The authors of this report defined reading comprehension as "the process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with written language"
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  • • Nonlinear hypertext
    • Most notable are the hyperlinks embedded within short passages
    • Multiple-media texts. Traditional text forms typically include a combination of two types of media: print and two-dimensional graphics.
    • Interactive texts. In addition to the hypertext and hypermedia features, Web-based text environments are, by their very nature, interactive. Readers are invited to coauthor online
    • Pianfetti, E.S. (2001). Teachers and technology: Digital literacy through professional development. Language Arts, 78, 255–262.

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