Posts tagged literacy

A Portal to Media Literacy

Aug 21st

Posted by Jeff Utecht in Random Thoughts

7 comments

Watched this video from Michael Wesch today….suggest you do the same.

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Digital Literacy vs Networked Literacy

Aug 7th

Posted by Jeff Utecht in Random Thoughts

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I woke up this morning to find the following Tweet from Jeremy Brueck:

This line between digital literacy and networked literacy is a fine one…but one I think for ed tech people is worth exploring.

I first started thinking about the distinction between digital literacy and networked literacy after reading the Writing in the 21st Century document produced by the National Council of Teachers of English and Kathleen Yancey.

In the document Yancey states:

First, we have moved beyond a pyramid-like, sequential model of literacy development in which print literacy comes first and digital literacy comes second and networked literacy practices, if they come at More >

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Learning to Navigate the Web

Apr 29th

Posted by Jeff Utecht in Random Thoughts

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Today in a second grade class we talked about how to navigate a website. It was the start of an animal unit where students will be studying animals of the grasslands. The students using the National Geographic Kids site which is a great little site to teach kids to research.

Here are the questions I used to talk about navigating a web site:

  • Can you find the advertisements on this site?
  • Do we click on ads? Why? Why Not?
  • How do you go back on the Internet?
  • How can you tell if a website opens in a new tab?
  • How do you delete a tab?
  • Where is More >

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The Age of Composition

Mar 16th

Posted by Jeff Utecht in Random Thoughts

22 comments

Miranda Clemson’s left a comment on a recent post of mine and included a link to an eSchool News Article:

NCTE defines writing for the 21st Century Right away I was interested in the article. Our school has just adopted and is implementing the Lucy Calkin’s Reading and Writing Program. I was interested to learn what the National Council of Teachers of English would have to say about 21st Century writing. I liked the direction of the article, and so on the last page I decided to download the White Paper by Kathleen Blake Yancey titled: Writing in the 21st Century.

I’ve been interested in finding out More >

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