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What if we taught kids about social media by asking them to reverse engineer it?
A couple of weeks ago, the parent council at our neighbourhood school hosted an evening lecture by a prominent social media expert. Earlier that day, the speaker had also given tips to all of the junior and intermediate kids in the school, my nine-year-old daughter included. I decided I should probably go to hear the […]
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Pedagogical Designs for Digital Literacies Learning in Schools
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LittératiesNumériques.ca | DigitalLiteracies.ca
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Question: Advantages of reading/writing online vs. reading print and writing by hand?
Lately, I’ve been asked by several teacher colleagues for information that could help them understand the complexities of digital literacies, and by extension, digital literacies instruction. I’ve decided to begin posting my responses to my colleagues on my blog, in case there are others who could benefit from these thoughts. I also welcome input from […]
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Tadpoles: Building school-to-home connections and (digital) literacies
Because I’m a working mom, my youngest daughter attends a pre-school child development center every day of the week. Working parents know that the feelings underlying this reality and my writing of this sentence are multifaceted and complex. These are precious years. I marvel at the incredible power and potential of my two young daughters […]
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Association of Independent School Librarians Summer Institute
It’s not even Christmas yet, but the executive committee of the Association of Independent School Librarians, as one might expect, take event planning and the organization of details to unprecedented heights. It’s November 14 and they’ve already launched their website advertising their Summer Institute. I’m pretty excited about this because (a) I’ll be joining them […]
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Summer Institute on Digital Literacy
It’s just six weeks until the Summer Institute on Digital Literacy at the University of Rhode Island. Institute organizer, Renée Hobbs, Professor at the University of Rhode Island and Founder of the Media Education Lab just issued an invitation that provides additional information about the week’s activities. You can see a screen shot here — […]
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Summer Institute in Digital Literacies at URI
I’m so pleased to have been invited to facilitate workshops at the Summer Institute in Digital Literacies this July! Other speakers will include Douglas Rushkoff, Renee Hobbs, Julie Coiro, Rhys Daunic, Jonathan Friesem, Mary Moen and Hiller Spires. The institute has been designed for teachers, teacher librarians, college faculty members, graduate students, and professionals whose […]
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Screencasting in College History Courses?
My husband teaches history at a small liberal arts college in Michigan. The education students receive there is, in my view, absolutely exemplary. Professors are completely dedicated to undergraduate teaching (in stark contrast to the recent critique offered by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa on the abysmal state of undergraduate learning nation-wide; NPR Story). The […]