academic literacy development

Right, this is a topic I've been thinking and working with a lot lately. The authors discuss this as a tool for secondary school (mostly), but the principles apply equally to adult learners and collaboration, learning communities and communities of practice.

The reference list is also a valuable resource. More to add to my reading list...

Robin Good's insight:

Paul Mihailidis, has an interesting essay on "Exploring Curation as a Core Competency in Digital an Media Literacy Education" in which he offers "a prospective attempt to build curation into the media literacy conversation..." by analyzing the analyzing effective curation practices, and six highly relevant teaching points for using a news curation tool like Storify in the classroom.

His essay "seeks to encourage instructors, particularly on secondary and tertiary education levels, to bridge the gap between informal learning outside of the classroom with formal learning to create a more dynamic place for students to advance critical inquiry, dialogue, and engagement through new forms of content creation, curation, and dissemination."

He writes: "Through student-driven, creation-driven, collective and integrated teaching approaches to curation, the framework aims to build towards savvy media consumption and production, critical evaluation and analysis, and participation in local, national and global dialog.

The framework also addresses the ability to see diversity and civic voice as core competencies in the curation process.

As students learn to build cohesive stories and ideas from a wide variety of sources, they can learn about the diverse types of content that inform a story, and the avenues they have-through social media tools and platforms-to be part of the discussion."

Curation can be an extremely effective approach to develop critical thinking skills and practices, as it forces students to evaluate, vet, verify and decide what really matters.

"When students develop a credible list of professional and personal sources around an issue and/or event, they must acknowledge how much subjective weight they place on a tweet, a blog, or a Facebook post and in relative comparison to an advocacy group, cable television operation, or news service. Arguing for the credibility of a myriad of voices online forces students to build valuable justifications for what they choose to believe, and why."

Informative. Examples-rich. Educationally useful. 8/10

Full essay: http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/viewArticle/2013-02/html

I am very excited to find this work to share with my teachers. I continue to get pushback as I try to encourage them to allow time for students to curate.  The fact of the matter is that true curation takes time, but the skills gained by students cannot be ignored, and research and critical analysis are found throughout the Common Core Standards. Curation is also a pathway to personalized learning as students pursue their own areas of interest through the art of curation.

...mmm got to check this out in detail...because it might just apply to you!

I didn't do it..I don't do it...overdosing??????

Lots of useful session plans, resources, videos etc. for teaching information skills.

Licensed under Creative Commons license

I hope to have time to read through all these useful resources sometime.

Lots of stuff for teaching information literacy.

Available here to register for a copy under a Creative Commons Licence

Something to look into!

Buzz words for teachers learning about Ed tech.

Great writing 'game' for kids!....er, and others

Super cool trandsmedia story idea that involves getting kids to tell stories in a gamafied way through an app. I'm sure kids will get creative with this. 

Kids  are using social media all the time.  If we're in a position to teach them social skills, d

its the way of the 21st century, social era

Each skills is related to how it can increase employability - looks useful

One more article for the digital literacy/ footprint toolbox!

This has some great examples and interesting lists. Seems to be a strong suggestion that parent Ed about this is equally important

Some good talking points here.  Check specifics, as the post is two years old.

Great presentation about the skills that we need to deliver a successful presentation.

I recommend it for watching in the classroom with students as the content is animated and easy to perceive. The presentation subtly asks a question if we sometimes do not overestimate our skills and rely too much on luck.

Cat's pajamas - a person who is the best at what they do (urban dictionary).

4 and 5 worth remembering...

 I am sure that  your audience (38%) wants you to tell them a story, not lecture.

We need to improve our presentation skills.

add your insight...

NetClick enables you to make your presentations interactive which is perfect for getting student feedback instantly. This is extremely useful when you are explaining new things or demonstrating objects or textual content.

The service is free for teachers if students pay $5 per semester but there are some other licence options.

Looks like this might be worth checking out. Solid research beind the use and results.

Le pouvoir attractif des images et Pinterest.

Make sure images are part of your content marketing mix!

Pinterest is a "must" for today's small business. If you have a niche market, you cannot afford to be without a Pinterest profile.