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Literacy is NOT Enough by Lee Crockett, Ian Jukes and Andrew Churches
Literacy Is NOT Enough: 21st Century Fluencies for the Digital Age by Lee Crockett My rating: 3 of 5 stars Andrew Churches has been one of my professional development gurus ever since he developed the Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy https://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloo… . This is my first encounter with the other two authors and I think they’ve….watered down…
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Presentation: Redefining reading for Milennials
I start off trying to set context for 4 variables in redefining reading: reader, user, hardware and software using myself as the reader/user. Then I add in various perspectives on how digital reading is changing reading and finally I suggest that teachers and teacher-librarians can play a key role in levelling the playing field for…
Audible, David Warlick, definition of literacy, digital literacy, Don Tapscott, Doug Achterman, Foxit, Goodreads, information literacy, Jim Collins, Koehler, learning commons, literacy promotion, Milennials, Mishra, Nicholas Carr, Penny Kittle, Redefining reading, Ruben Puentedura, SAMR, school librarian, Scott McCloud, secondary school library, Sonia Livingstone, struggling reader, student-centred learning, technology, technology integration, TPACK, transliteracy -
Blog Dare
MIssion: Blog rejuvenation project Mission target: threadbarebeauty.com Mission director: Alanna King under the tutelage of blogger Lisa Neale 11 Random Facts about me born on leap year; I have 2 1/2 sisters; I lived in Japan for 3 years; my first pet was a hamster named Pepsi; I am a 6th generation Canadian; my family were…
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,500 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 42 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
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The Learning Commons Model and Secondary School Library Redesign
Lately the idea of how to design for learning has become a focal point in setting up classrooms. When it comes to a secondary school library, unique challenges face this space which is more mature than an elementary school library and more juvenile than a post-secondary library. The secondary school library serves a role where…
accessibility, B.W. Bishop, Bruce Mau Design, celebration, collaboration, equity, flexibility, innovation, J.L. Balas, J.R. Keller, learning commons, M.P. Johnston, ontario school library association, OWP/P Architects, S. Feinberg, secondary school library, Secondary School Library Redesign, together for learning, VS Furniture -
Essex County by Jeff Lemire
The Complete Essex County by Jeff Lemire My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was deeply touched by Jeff Lemire’s Essex County, as to me, it portrays my version of home in Southwestern Ontario. The contrast between his drawing of Toronto’s hubbub and Essex County’s stark isolation is vivid and particularly resonates with my experience…
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