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At the Elizabeth Forward High School library in Elizabeth, PA, beanbag chairs have replaced study carrels, computers are everywhere, and instead of a cranky librarian telling kids to be quiet, there's a new music studio.
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What are the most critical technology skills for students to learn? eSchool News recently asked readers this question. From having the courage to experiment with different technologies to possessing online literacy, readers said being a tech-savvy student in the 21st century is about much more than learning how to use a certain software program or device—it’s about being able to adapt to what’s constantly changing. Via Karen Bonanno Delete the scoop?
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Great tips on how to evaluate websites: As our students grow dependant on Internet being a primary source for their information, it becomes of urgent necessity that we, as teachers and educators, should know how to evaluate web content and decipher credible resources from spam and irrelevant ones.
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The Assessment and Teaching of 21st-Century Skills (ATC21S) is a research project that proposes ways of assessing 21st-century skills and encourages teaching and adopting those skills in the classroom.
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Research report: Dutch employees wasts 8% of his time due to lack of digital skills Delete the scoop?
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Canadian teachers positive about technology in the classroom... Delete the scoop?
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Colleagues you may find the relatively new Digital Literacy government website set up by the U.S. useful to research the following kinds of topics, nearly all of which are the same or very closely related to Media and Information Literacy: Standards for the 21st Century Learner, How to Delete Cookies, How to Browse and Delete Your Web History, 10 Ways to Spot a Virus, 5 Ways to Avoid Phishing Scams, How to use Windows and Tabs, Setting up Virus Protections, Printing a Web Delete the scoop?
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Media and Information Literacy education is a recently-developed pedagogical approach that take into consideration the new cultures emerging from the Information Society. Some prefer the terms Media Education, News Literacy, Digital Literacy, Information Literacy, or 21st Century Literacies. Media Studies and Media Ecology researchers world-wide are also contributing to the development of these new educational initiatives. Via Deborah Arnold, Karen Bonanno Delete the scoop?
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Personalizing the Classroom Experience – Teachers, Librarians and Administrators Connects the Dots with Digital Learning is the second in a two part series to document the key national findings from Speak Up 2011. This report focuses on how today’s educators are personalizing the learning process for students. The ways that educators are personalizing learning centers around their own experiences with online learning, socially-based media and digital content - much like the students in their own classrooms are already doing! Via Karen Bonanno Delete the scoop?
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Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Combining 21st Century Skills, Project Based Learning, and iPads
“Combining 21st Century Skills, Project Based Learning, and iPads” at the 2012 Mobile Learning Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 13, 2012. The blogger's THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS.
The official conference session description was: “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” -Alan Watts. Learn what one technology team experienced from initiation to implementation of iPads in a school in the heart of Coconut Grove, Florida. “Computer teachers” have transformed into “technology integrators” and move from within the lab to the classroom, the campus, and beyond. Integrators must understand the 4 C’s of 21st century skills and how project based teaching and learning supports it. – What comes first? Teachers? Students? Devices? Professional development? – Obstacles to overcome – Resistant teachers: “This is just a fad!” – Hardware/Software logistics
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Building upon a process- and context-oriented information quality framework, this paper seeks to map and explore what we know about the ways in which young users of age 18 and under search for information online, how they evaluate information, and how their related practices of content creation, levels of new literacies, general digital media usage, and social patterns affect these activities.
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March 6, 2012 6:07 PM
Went to read the article then scooped it - so thanks for finding it through your network.
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As technology spawns a profusion of student options for researching and completing school projects, Palo Alto's two high school libraries have remade themselves into gathering spots not just for reading and researching but for watching, playing and... Delete the scoop?
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We've created the Digital ID wiki to provide students, teachers, and administrators with a toolkit of reliable information, resources, and guidelines to help all of us learn how to be upstanding Digital Citizens who maintain a healthy Digital Identity (ID) in the 21st Century.
Our goal is to help our students answer these three Essential Questions:
What does it mean to be a (digital) citizen? Via Judy O'Connell, Karen Bonanno Delete the scoop?
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School libraries need to be hip, cool and relevant to the demands of their school communities. Kids love this modern approach and feel welcome in their school library.