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"a free public service to teach children to read with phonics" pointed out by Ken Bain (2012)
in list: Young Learners
"Literacy and fluency* have to do with our ability to use a technology to achieve a desired outcome in a situation using the technologies that are available to us" (christian, 2011.02.05, ¶1).
in list: Educational Technology
Coiro, Julie. (2005). Making sense of online text. <i>Educational Leadership 62</i>(2), 30-35. Retrieved September 21, 2011, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct05/vol63/num02/Making-Sense-of-Online-Text.aspx
"Four challenges face students as they use Internet technologies to search for, navigate, critically evaluate, and synthesize information. Here ... [Coiro] pose[s] each challenge as a question and suggest a corresponding activity that models effective strategies to help students meet that challenge" (A New Kind of Literacy, ¶3).
in list: Information Literacy, Teacher Education
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Four challenges face students as they use Internet technologies to search for, navigate, critically evaluate, and synthesize information. Here I pose each challenge as a question and suggest a corresponding activity that models effective strategies to help students meet that challenge.
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The following strategy lesson invites students to stop, think, and anticipate where important information about a Web site's content might be found
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A National Writing Project Collection headed with the following tags:
critical visual literacy, image manipulation, images, media, photos, [and] provocations
in list: Writing
This site represents two editions of a guidebook for media literacy.
"In a short and readable format, ... [the second edition]:
- Provides a complete framework for critical inquiry, using CML’s Five Core Concepts, and Five Key Questions for both construction and deconstruction of media, along with handouts.
- Gives explanations and Guiding Questions to illustrate how to connect the Key Questions when consuming or producing or participating with media. - Provides in-depth explanations and the foundational role of the Five Key Questions of Media Literacy. - Offers a sample inquiry into visual language: ... How to Conduct a ‘Close Analysis' of a Media ‘Text'..." (SECOND EDITION, ¶4).
The first edition, available in English and Spanish, explores a "framework for deconstruction or critical analysis of media . . . from the point of view of media consumers" (FIRST EDITION, ¶1).
This page also links to a one-page PDF listing "... <a href="http://www.medialit.org/sites/default/files/14A_CCKQposter.pdf">Five Key Questions</a> for deconstructing media" (FIRST EDITION, ¶1).
in list: Information Literacy
In light of recent human disasters in Japan, this post explores media literacy. It explains and illustrates how news media have changed, why and how media are conveying the content that they do, and how to evaluate information and opinions from a wide variety of readily available sources.
in list: Media Literacy
"The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA ) is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating countries and administered to 15-year-olds in schools. PISA assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in society" (¶1, retrieved 2011.04.15).
in list: Global Education
Site offering activities and stories in various thematic groups: Animals and Nature, Everyday Life, Seasonal, Fairy Tales, Poems and Rhymes, World Stories, and Colour in Stories (2011.03.15)
in list: Reading Resources
"Free Downloadable Audio Books ... [:] fairy tales, classics[,] and poems for children" (headline and tagline, 2011.03.15)
in list: Reading Resources
Menu of online reading collections: Three Little Plays, Fiction and Non-Fiction, Comics, Folk Tales, Greek Myths, and Chinese Fables (2011.03.15)
in list: Reading Resources
includes factsheet, games, quiz, and worksheet; suggests reviewing:
Before you start ...
Do you want to revise making simple sentences?
Do you want to revise using commas?
in list: Writing
"This website is designed to support the book Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities" (index page, ¶1, 2010.08.03)
in list: Information Literacy
Making Teachers Nerdy Blog post sharing "resources to help you get started In exploring what digital storytelling is, what web 2.0 tools are available to use, blogs from other Ed-tech folks who are brilliant in digital storytelling, and few ideas to spark your imagination"
in list: Digital Storytelling
Categories include: Conversation Starters; 21st Century Learning; Copyright, Copyleft & Remix/Mashup Culture; Influence of Media on Society; History of Technology & Media; Social Networks & Identity; Mashups, Stop Motion, Animations & Short Films; Public Service Announcements and Political Messages; Cyberbullying and Internet Safety; and Documentaries
in list: Information Literacy
Lessons, Standards, Web Resources, Student Materials, and more, for language arts education, learners, and teachers
in list: Writing, Teacher Education
Guide to careful reading and evaluation of online resources
in list: Information Literacy
Guidelines for assessing credibility of online sources AFTER making sure teachers permit their use in your academic work--last updated in 2005, by Judith Kilborn (2008.08.25), who recommends a Webliography of Validating Web Sits for further information: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/jmkilborn/webvalidation.html
in list: Information Literacy
a clear, concise, and tolerable privacy policy, from which a link leads to an "if any" list of advertisers stating: "ShareThis currently does not use any advertising network providers" (2008.08.05).
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