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Digital literacies in the classroom: A critique of Rhodes and Robnolt, 2009
I’ve just finished reading Rhodes, J A. & Robnolt, V.J. (2009). Digital literacies in the classroom. In L. Christenbury, R. Bomer & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.) Handbook of adolescent literacy research (pp. 153-169). New York: The Guilford Press. The chapter is useful, particularly for its closely juxtaposed definitions of Multiliteracies (The New London Group, 1996); New…
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How are digital tools shaping family literacy?
Last week in my adolescent literacy development seminar, we discussed issues and literature related to family literacies. Toward the end of class, our professor, Doug Hartman, cited a landmark study by Victoria Purcell-Gates ( at UBC in Language and Literacy Education where I completed my M.A.) that focused on three kinds of texts in the…
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As teachers learn to develop TPACK, what do their learning progressions look like?
Question: As teachers learn to develop TPCK and a TPCK mindset, what does their learning progression look like? Answer: It depends. For the past year, I’ve had the privilege to work with a team of colleagues from MSU that has been exploring this question. Our work has grown out of a professional development session that,…
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How should we be assessing online learning in K-12?
Question: How should we be assessing online learning in K-12? Answer: I’m currently teaching an online Master’s course called “Teaching K-12 online”. It’s a bit like a play within a play and it’s pushing me to think about best practices. This week, I’m grading students’ plans to create an online course module and when it…
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Does online reading comprehension require more “cognitive energy” than offline reading comprehension?
Question: Does online reading comprehension require more “cognitive energy” (Duke, Schmar-Dobler & Zhang, 2006) than offline reading comprehension? Answer: Maybe. Helpful resources Brand-Grewel, S. Wopereis, I., Walraven, A. (2009). A descriptive model of information problem solving while using Internet. Computers & Education, 53, 1207-1217. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.06.004 Duke, N. K., Schmar-Dobler, E., & Zhang, S. (2006). Comprehension…