This document provides 15 ideas for teaching new literacies of online reading comprehension and learning. The ideas include using websites like Starfall, Read Write Think, and Internet Workshop as instructional models. They also suggest teaching skills like locating information and critical evaluation online. Using tools like blogs, Wikipedia, VoiceThread and Wordle are also recommended to engage students with digital content. The overall goal is to help students develop new literacy skills for comprehending and learning from online resources.
NSBA T+L Conference, Denver 2009
Marianne Hauser, Director of Secondary Instruction
Kimberly Park, K-12 Instructional Technology Coordinator
Fayetteville Public Schools, Fayetteville, AR
Closing the socio-economic gap in early literacy. Closing the skill maturity gap in early literacy. Closing the "way our brains work" gap in early literacy. By bringing universally available text-to-speech into early primary classrooms.
EdTech 2012 Keynote: Digital Literacy - Your Message is Your MediumMartha Rotter
My keynote talk at EdTech 2012 in Dublin was about digital literacy. It covered what is digital literacy today versus in previous decades as well as what educators can do to increase digital literacy in their own classrooms & courses.
What are the principles that should guide education companies and educators as they support classroom teachers in embracing online content, relevant technology and a student-centered teaching style?
Presentation for International School of Singapore FacultyLucy Gray
This is a presentation I gave in November at the International School of Singapore. It is an edited version of one that I've given previously. I eliminated slides on technologies that are not quite mainstream yet, and added some links geared towards high schools with 1 to 1 laptop initiatives.
NSBA T+L Conference, Denver 2009
Marianne Hauser, Director of Secondary Instruction
Kimberly Park, K-12 Instructional Technology Coordinator
Fayetteville Public Schools, Fayetteville, AR
Closing the socio-economic gap in early literacy. Closing the skill maturity gap in early literacy. Closing the "way our brains work" gap in early literacy. By bringing universally available text-to-speech into early primary classrooms.
EdTech 2012 Keynote: Digital Literacy - Your Message is Your MediumMartha Rotter
My keynote talk at EdTech 2012 in Dublin was about digital literacy. It covered what is digital literacy today versus in previous decades as well as what educators can do to increase digital literacy in their own classrooms & courses.
What are the principles that should guide education companies and educators as they support classroom teachers in embracing online content, relevant technology and a student-centered teaching style?
Presentation for International School of Singapore FacultyLucy Gray
This is a presentation I gave in November at the International School of Singapore. It is an edited version of one that I've given previously. I eliminated slides on technologies that are not quite mainstream yet, and added some links geared towards high schools with 1 to 1 laptop initiatives.
A talk delivered at the University of Oslo on a dual level theory of new literacies. For the published work, see: http://www.reading.org/Libraries/books/IRA-710-chapter42.pdf
Sessió 3 grup de treball per a l’elaboració de materials llengua anglesa educ...Joe Planas
Presentació de la tercera sessió del grup de treball per elaborar materials de llengua anglesa a l'educació d'adults.
Els materials d'ensenyament-aprenentatge.
Facebook can be a powerful online tool that you use to reinforce class lessons, connect with students outside of class and provide extended material for learning—all at a site they know and love.
A presentation directed towards teachers using english in a bilingual context, showing ideas of how to exploit non fiction sources in the primary classroom
Transforming Information Literacy for NowGen StudentsBuffy Hamilton
This slidedeck supports a virtual presentation by Buffy Hamilton about the Media 21 project given February 28, 2010 at 7:00 PM as part of the CRSTE (The Capital Region Society for Technology in Education) 2010 Cyberconference. Additional supporting materials are available at http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com/crste2010-media21.
1. My 15 Best Ideas for Teaching
The New Literacies of Online
Reading Comprehension and
Learning
Donald J. Leu
New Literacies Research Lab
University of Connecticut
donald.leu@uconn.edu
2. What was it like when the book
first appeared? New Literacies?
3. 1. “Borrow” good ideas and
Google these key words:
4th grade classroom home
page
1st grade classroom home
page
Get connected to online resources.
4. 2. View Online Videos of New
Literacies in the Classroom:
Use Annenberg for in-house PD
www.learner.org http://ctell.uconn.edu/canter/canter_video.cfm
15. 12. Try Out Ideas from Internet
Reciprocal Teaching
Phase I: Teacher-led Instruction in
Basic Online Skills
Phase II: Problem-based Learning of
New Literacies Skills
Phase III: Internet Inquiry
17. 14. Use a Blog
Mary Castle’s first grade blog
http://michellesmelser.blogspot.com/
Mr. Thompson’s second grade classroom blog
http://gcs.infostreamblogs.org/tthompson
Mary Kreul’s 4th grade class
http://mskreul.edublogs.org/
Mr. Monson’s Grade 5 Blog
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=59644
TAS Grade 3 ESL
http://grade3esl.blogspot.com/2008/08/welcome-to-20082009-school-year.html