Literacy in the Digital Age

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__INTRODUCTION

• New literacy in the Web 2.0 world (Churchill)
• Technology and the Common Core (Edudemic)

TRADITIONAL LITERACY

• Readability Calculator
• CiteBite
• How readers read the Web: Neilsen and Yahoo
• Well-crafted Web page: Tornado Resources
  
• iTunesU
• Podcasts for Teaching and Learning
• MN TIES: Education Podcasts
• Soundation Studio
• Audacity Audio Editor
• MathPortal
• Virtual Math Lab
  
• Khan Academy

INFORMATION LITERACY

• Effective searching (Dodge)
• Web site evaluation (Schrock)
• Purdue Writing Lab (OWL):                                 MLA | APA | Chicago
• UMUC Online Guide to Writing and Research
• Online Citation Creators
•     Son of Citation Machine
•     BibMe
•     EasyBib
•     NoodleTools: Grade 1-5 MLA Creator
• MLA Citation Format: Grades 1-6 (Schrock)
• Phishing Scams in Plain English (CommonCraft)
• Phishing Quiz (OpenDNS)

INFORMATION LITERACY RESEARCH MODEL

VISUAL LITERACY

• ACRL's standards for visual literacy
• Visual literacy lesson plans (Baker)
• Analyzing images as text
• Visual literacy resources (Jakes)

CRITICAL LITERACY

• Overview of Edward Behrman's research
• Newsmap news aggregator site
• News Bias Explored (UMich)
• Thinkfinity: Point of view lesson plans
• Literature Circles Resource Center
• iEarn
• Social Action Projects (Barnard)

MEDIA LITERACY

• Center for Media Literacy Handbook
• Public Service Announcements (Schrock)
• PSA creation handbook
  

Student PSA
http://vimeo.com/kathyschrock/studentpsa

Teacher PSA
http://vimeo.com/kathyschrock/teacherpsa

TOOL LITERACY

• Conquer Information Overload (Schrock)
• Evernote
• eduClipper
  
• RSS benefits for students
• How RSS works (Anderson)
  
• Skype
  
• TodaysMeet
• Google+ Hangouts

DIGITAL LITERACY

• Collaboration rubrics (Franker)
• Sketchy Explanation: Creating a PLN
• Creative Commons

DATA LITERACY

• Infographics as a Creative Assessment (Schrock)
  
• Google's Public Data Explorer
  
• Gapminder World
• Data.gov
  
• Tableau Public
  
• Chart Chooser
• Many Eyes (Visualization types)
• Information Literacy Tools (Data visualization)
  
• Rubric: Visualizing and making connections
• Data analysis rubric
• Visualizing Literature

GLOBAL LITERACY

• Global SchoolNet (project registry)
• ePals Projects for Global Communication
• iEarn Collaboration Center
• Global Virtual Schoolhouse: Clubhouse
• WorldSavvy: Educator Resource Library
• Civic Deliberation and Social Action (NWP)

ECONOMIC LITERACY

• EconEdLink
• Thinkfinity: Lesson Plans (lesson)
• Federal Reserve Bank: Education (activity)
• Federal Reserve Bank PSA Contest
• Institute for Financial Literacy
• Should the new math be financial literacy?
  

CIVIC LITERACY

• Center for Civic Education
• Our Documents
• iCivics
• Center for California Studies: Videos
• Newseum
  

HEALTH LITERACY

• Journaling: Penzu
• Database: Zoho Creator
• Lesson Plans
• Global Health
  

HISTORICAL LITERACY

• Overview of historical literacy (Hyperhistory)
• American Memory Collection (Teacher page)
  
• National Archives (Teacher page)
  
• National Archives: Docs Teach (iPad App)
  
• The Avalon Project
• Eurodocs
• Gallica
• Making of America
• Digital Public Library of America
  

MORE LINKS FOR HIGHER ED EDITION
Traditional: College Help Sites 1  |  2
Information : Legal Research
Global: National Writing Project
Civic: Sacramento State



CONCLUSION

• Larry Cuban: Washington Post (6/18/12)

LITERACY DEFINITIONS MINI-POSTERS

literacy_defintions.pdf
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PRESENTATION MOVIE FILE

The link to a TodaysMeet backchannel transcript from the ISTE2012 presentation is here.

PDF VERSION

digital_literacy_0612.pdf
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PRESENTATION PROMO

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MENTIMETER POLLS

Here are links to three Mentimeter polls. Please take the time to answer them!

Which literacy do you target the MOST?

1. Go to http://www.vot.rs
   
2. Enter 25 03 29 to vote

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Or use the QR code below

Which literacy do you target the LEAST?

1. Go to http://www.vot.rs
   
2. Enter 93 96 54 to vote

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Or use the QR code below

Which literacy do you want to learn more about?

1. Go to http://www.vot.rs
   
2. Enter 76 28 99 to vote

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_Page created: 08/18/11
Last updated: 04/20/13
Kathy Schrock
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