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New Literacy in the Web 2.0 World
Presentation on now technology changes what it means to be literate.
"'Literacy' as in the 'new literacy' is a metaphor for essential abilities required today to shape and communicate meanings, develop oneself, and participate in society."
Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Orchestrating the Media Collage
Guidelines for teachers for supporting multimedia and digital literacy
Principles for a New Media Literacy
Media literacy principles for consumers and producers. Much of this is about information literacy--learning to be skeptical of sources, learning to filter out the unimportant, watching for credibility, providing accountability, active participation.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education -- Publications -- Center for Social Media at American University
5 principles for media literacy education and what constitutes fair use in a number of common situations.
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PRINCIPLE: Under fair use, educators using the concepts and techniques of media literacy can choose illustrative material from the full range of copyrighted sources and make them available to learners, in class, in workshops, in informal mentoring and teaching settings, and on school-related Web sites.
K12 Online Conference 2008 | Getting Started “Free Tools for Universal Design for Learning in Literacy”
Presentation on tools for accessibility and universal design to help improve literacy, focusing on learning disabilities (at least in the two examples). All the tools noted are free. Even though this is geared mainly towards face-to-face teachers, many of these tools can be used for e-learning too.
Donald Clark Plan B: txtng (the gr8 db8)
Summary of a book by a professor of linguistics that examines and debunks the complaints about text messaging reducing literacy. Good collection of misconceptions about txtng with counterarguments and research.
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Annoyingly, just as complaints about literacy multiply, along comes a technology that has promoted a renaissance in reading and writing, yet it is treated with contempt by the ‘pen and paper’ brigade. Children don’t keep diaries any more – oh yeah! Haven’t you see MySpace, facebook and blogs. They’re obsessed by diary keeping.
The Metiri Group
enGauge framework for 21st century skills--not as complete information as the enGauge site on NCREL was, but that site seems to have been taken down.
The Bamboo Project Blog: 21st Century Workplace Literacy: What Does that Mean and How Do We Engage More People in the Discussion?
Lots of educators talk about the 21st century literacy skills that students will need for the workplace, but how much input do they have from people outside of education? How do we get people to interact outside their usual circles?
21st-Century Workforce: T.H.E. Journal Online
Looking at skills current graduates are lacking: critical thinking, problem solving, communication. The emphasis on NCLB and standardized tests means less emphasis on these deeper and necessary skills. The solution proposed is to make the curriculum more relevant by integrating these skills throughout.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Framework for 21st Century Learning
Framework for digital skills, broken into 4 areas
* Core subjects & 21st century themes
* Learning and Innovation Skills
* Information, Media, & Technology Skills
* Life and Career Skills
21st Century Skills
enGauge framework for 21st century digital literacy skills
Eide Neurolearning Blog: Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time: Multi-Tasking and Complex Thinking
Research showing that, at least in some cases, doing two tasks at the same time is actually more efficient than doing each separately.
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Maybe basic skill sets for schooling should not be thought of as the 3 R's (reading, writing, and 'rithmetic), but rather beyond the memorization of facts and procedures, the efficient working of working memory and long term memory, the strategic use of brain resources for dynamic problem solving and multi-tasking, and the organization of ideas and perceptions for all types of output: verbal as well as non-verbal.
DDN Communities: Literacy & Learning
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Digital literacy and learning resources from the digital divide network. Some sections haven't been updated for over 6 months, but the archives might have some good resources.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-29
Critical Evaluation of Information Sources (University of Oregon Libraries)
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Table of questions to ask to critically evaluate sources of information. The questions are designed to work for any media--print or online. Several examples of fakes are given as well.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-07-31
Needed Skills for New Media : eLearning Technology
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Two lists of skills for digital literacy, one focusing on students and the other focusing on lifelong learning and work
- christyinsdesign on 2007-06-26
FactCheckED.org
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FactCheck's new education site, including lesson plans and "tools of the trade" to help students learn how to view sources with a skeptical eye.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-05-01
2 Cents Worth » Literacy & Learning in San Antonio
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Quote from David Warlick, paraphrasing David Jakes
- christyinsdesign on 2007-04-13
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to teach, you have to approach an issue from all directions, and then push it up against all pressure points — text, sound, images, video. Knowledge is a key, and the tumblers of the learners mind are nuanced. It takes many grooves that are precisely machined, to align ideas into knowledge.
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