240 items | 8 visits
Information about digital literacy: how to promote it and expand on its teaching and learning for authentic purposes
Updated on Jan 11, 15
Created on Jul 10, 12
Category: Schools & Education
URL:
Exposition and condensation are in fact the fundamental learned behaviors that constitute literacy, not reading and writing. One behavior dissolves densely packed words using the solvent that is the extant oral culture, enriching it, while the other distills the essence into a form that can be transmitted across cultures.
My own interest in problem-based learning and writing in the “real” world has helped to focus my reading lens and identify a few recurring themes in this rich discussion
my class explored many different options for a service learning project, they discovered more about themselves and built a strong community of learners
As educators, our role is changing; the power of student production is a necessary tool for critical analysis. How can these tools break down existing assumptions?
As educators, our role is changing; the power of student production is a necessary tool for critical analysis. How can these tools break down existing assumptions?
The culture and understanding of the text is inclusive of a rich body of knowledge, assumptions, and continuing dialogue with the work through writing, acting, and recording. Social networking, new media, and a changing access to technology means that simply summarizing plot and theme is disregarding the other critical skills students need to learn in an English class.
What happens when high school freshmen discuss "reading," "text," and "identity" and are given Flip cameras to communicate to a methods class of pre-service English teachers what they see as their identities as readers and writers?
What happens when high school freshmen discuss "reading," "text," and "identity" and are given Flip cameras to communicate to a methods class of pre-service English teachers what they see as their identities as readers and writers?
240 items | 8 visits
Information about digital literacy: how to promote it and expand on its teaching and learning for authentic purposes
Updated on Jan 11, 15
Created on Jul 10, 12
Category: Schools & Education
URL: