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Showing posts with label Literacy and Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literacy and Technology. Show all posts
Sunday, July 6, 2014

The future is in their hands: Using cell phones for literacy - Free book!

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Willyn Webb and I contributed to the International Society of Technology Educators (ISTE) Literacy Journal. The journal features innovative ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

How Social Reading Enhances the #CCSS

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Guest post by Travis Alber ReadUps is an online discussion platform where students can read online and discuss content inside the book...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Five Ways to Build Lifelong Readers

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Guest post by Maddie Witter The new Common Core State Standards list skills to prepare American young people on the path toward the colleg...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

How Kids Really Learn to Write

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Patricia Zaballos   shares some radical notions about how kids can become writers in her article in Life Learning Magazine . These noti...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Don't miss the Google 4 ur library webinar - July 18!

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Check out 50 Ways Google Can Impact Your School Library Program   tomorrow as part of    edWeb.net 's   Using Emerging Tech to Improve...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Are schools making our children illiterate to make a profit?

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Professional writer and filmmaker Peter Kowalke didn't start reading until he was 11 which wasn't a problem for him because he didn...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Get On-Demand Support for Your Writing for Free with PaperRater.Com

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I recently discovered PaperRater.com, a paper grading and feedback resource that is free and does not require a download.  Developed and m...
Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Innovative Educator Dispels Popular Myths about Learning to Read and Write

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"The little learning machines who learn to walk by walking and talk by talking also learn to read by reading and write by writing....
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Join Teaching Generation Text Authors for Txtn N D Library Live Webinar!

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Join my Teaching Generation Text co-author Willyn Webb and I live tonight, November 3rd at 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time for a conversation a...
Monday, October 17, 2011

iPad Literacy Program Increases Reading & Writing Ability

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Footsteps2Brilliance  (F2B) is an impressive educational game platform that supports students in prek - 3rd grade in learning to read and ...
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Monday, October 3, 2011

Research Supporting the Benefits of Technology In Reading and Writing

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Despite the fact that we’re well into the 21st century innovative educators often still have to make a case for using the tools of the wor...
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Friday, September 16, 2011

Leaders Share How Tech Has Helped Students Learn

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Part of my work is helping educators partner with students to innovate learning using technology. You can see some of the cool things l...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Make and Publish Books for Free Using A Cell Phone and Flickr

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If your students have access to a cell phone (or any digital device i.e. iPad, laptop) that can take and send/email pictures, they can make ...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Education Reform Lessons from an 8-Year-Old Author

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Guest Post by Gwyn Ridenhour Eva is a self-published, touring author of two books. She has sold over 100 copies. She has her own web...
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Why Johnny Still Can't Read

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Long before computers were used in the classroom, conversations about how to best teach children were discussed and debated in many forums. ...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Advice for teaching typing

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The only useful class I remember taking in school was typing. I was 13 and I took the class from  Miss Web, long before the Web was anythi...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Story of How I Learned How To Read and Write Without School

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Kate Fridkis writes about being a young woman at Eat the Damn Cake and alternative education at Un-schooled . This is going to be sh...
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