definition of literacy
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Transliteracy and the teacher-librarian
I submitted this paper today in fulfillment of the requirements for my M.Ed. INTRODUCTION From curious to competitive I always felt most comfortable working with students in portfolio courses where students knew what they needed to accomplish and had ample opportunity to do and re-do their assignments until they were satisfied. I came into being…
Alanna King, Andrew Churches, Brantley-Dias, Chris Dede, Christine Bruce, David W. Moore, definition of literacy, digital literacy, Doug Achterman, education technology, educational research, Elizabeth Dobler, Hilary Hughes, Ian Jukes, information literacy, ISTE, Julie Coiro, Lee Crockett, library leadership, Lindy Henderson, literacy, literacy promotion, Mary Somerville, Matthew J. Koehler, Michael Fullan, Nicholas Carr, ontario school library association, Pam Berger, professional development, Punya Mishra, research, Ruben Puentedura, SAMR, Sonia Livingstone, Stuart Hales, Sue Thomas, teacher-librarian, technology integration, TPACK, transliteracy -
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…
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Redefining reading and the role of the teacher-librarian in the age of online text
Here’s the inaugural issue of the new ISTE SIG LIT Journal, Literacy Special Interest JOURNAL and a reprint of my original paper. http://issuu.com/literacyspecialinterest/docs/literacy_special_interest_journal_v
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Is it possible to grow readers who are also digitally savvy?
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to hear Penny Kittle speak about reading and how complex it is for intermediate/senior teachers to teach. Kittle estimates that in 1st year college/university that the average pages a student reads is 500. She proposed that the #1 reason that students drop out after first year…
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Sharon Coatney’s The Many Faces of Library Leadership
Abstract This paper examines in detail Sharon Coatney’s The Many Faces of School Library Leadership (2010) through the perspective of three influential topics: advocacy leadership, literacy promotion, and the changing definition of literacy. Reflections are made throughout on current practice in the secondary school library and questions for further study are suggested. Advocacy leadership Coatney’s…
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