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How Infographics Accelerate Learning - Edudemic
Great infographic on why they work to help literacy. It's also an example of an infographic, for anyone who hasn't seen one before (I referred to them in another post.)See it on Scoop.it, via Adult...
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Ask and Answer Questions - 50 Basic English Questions
50 basic English questions used to ask and answer questions about most daily tasks. One instructor's way to guage and encourage basic literacy.See it on Scoop.it, via Adult Literacy
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Do our schools speak LEARNing as a “first” or a “second” language?
In essense, this is a question that goes all the way back - is there such a thing as "learning literacy?" This page made me laugh by poking fun at so many of the issues a teachers deals with today.See...
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Digital literacies in HE : constructive dialogue between teachers and students
Digital literacies are relevant to anyone who works, learns and plays in the digital media landscape - most of us want to do all those things as well as we can.See it on Scoop.it, via Adult Literacy
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Digital Literacy is the Bedrock for Lifelong Learning | Edutopia
This site talks, once again, about the original digital divide and the author makes a good point. Although we say the divide has narrowed with cell phones and other internet access tools and efforts,...
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Getting FLUENT with the 5 FLUENCIES…
Although this covers aspects of what I the writer considers Global Digital Citizenship (which I would consider the digital equivalent of Cultural Literacy,) it is interesting to see this conceptual...
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US Conference on Adult Literacy, 2011/11/04 edition
This Paper.Li is specifically on the recent US Conference on Adult Education in Houston. The content came from all tweets with the hashtag #USCAL The conference went from November 2-5 and each day...
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25 Things Students Forget About the Internet, or Why Explicit Instruction of...
With such a heavy emphasis on inquiry and investigation, it is important that educators remember how important it is to explicitly teach internet skills. I liked this simple, basic reminder of who...
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UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers – Version 2.0
UNESCO’s framework emphasizes that it is not enough for teachers to have ICT competencies to be able to teach them to their students. Teachers need to be able to help students become collaborative,...
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syracuse.com : Syracuse administrator earns new certificaton to boster adult...
A simple article, although wonderful to see this Professors interest and motivation. What caught my attention was the argument that money was being taken from K12 schools for adults - I always thought...
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Here's The Sad Truth About People Who Go To School Part-Time While Working
This is not a positive article, but as we know when we are digitally/media literate, I am considering the source. I know the publication and, while I do believe they provide credible statistics, they...
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Evaluating Online Resources | EDSITEment
All sorts of information can be found on the Internet, including misinformation, false information, and sheer fabrication. As we know, there is no central authority or editor who reviews and verifies...
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Social media savvy: The new digital divide? | eSchool News
The inclusion of social media data in the algorithms that search engines now use to help people find relevant information online could create a “new digital divide,” educator and consultant Angela...
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Lesson Writer
Different online tools are evolving to help teachers enhance their student's literacy skills. This is a site that provides webinars, teacher instruction, and tools to help them teach using 21st...
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Information Fluency Model
Interesting model of what would be synonomous with Information Literacy. I did find myself asking the question "Does fluency = literacy?" many times, and I believe it is. This diagram of how...
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An Appeal for UNESCO
UNESSCO issetting up the Education Ministry in South Sudan, where illiteracy is among world's highest http://t.co/7eXSpxiM... Recent studies show that South Sudan is one of many areas of the world...
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10 ways to change the minds of tech-reluctant staff | eSchool News
How do you get tech-reluctant teachers and administrators to use technology effectively? In many cases, they will need to learn to use them on their own first, which is the reason for their...
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How to Develop Digital Literacies in Yourself and Others
Doug Belshaw put together this presentation focused on developing digital literacies. His focus is generally on the K12 classroom, though this is a bit more broad.See it on Scoop.it, via Adult Literacy
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Paulo Freire - An Incredible Conversation
Paulo Freire's last public interview, given to Literacy.org in 1996. It is fascinating to hear him speak. So much has happened with new literacies, even since this interview in 1996. We have to...
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What happens when journalism is everywhere?
The authorities in New York are discovering what Egypt also learned - that it's not as easy to regulate or arrest journalists when everyone is a journalist. What new dimension does this add to the...
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