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5 Tools for Reading Digital Text

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From www.edtechmagazine.com - July 26, 2013 10:03 PM

"With text no longer relegated exclusively to the pages between the cover of a book or a magazine, the shift from paper to digital texts has brought on a whole new form of literacy. This upheaval in how we read brings with it new opportunities for learning as well as new challenges.

Experts refer to this phenomenon as transliteracy. In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal First Monday, Dr. Sue Thomas and colleagues defined transliteracy as 'the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks'."

Beth Dichter's insight:

When we think about reading today and the diverse platforms for reading we should be thinking of transliteracy. As schools gear up for Common Core assessments we need to be more aware of the fact that our students are reading (and writing) across many platform. There is also the knowledge that when reading online students may be clicking on hyperlinks that lead to other resources and begin to get lost.

Learn about some great tools that may be used to help students stay more focused and organized. This post lists five tools, providing explanations for each of them. The tools discussed are:

* Instapaper

* GoodReader

* Skitch

* Diigo

* Readablity

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faith ward's curator insight, February 24, 2015 11:40 AM

Great link to research article about  a study published in the peer-reviewed journal First Monday. Dr. Sue Thomas and colleagues defined transliteracy as “the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks." Interesting read.
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Transforming Information Literacy for Today’s K-12 Learners Through...

From www.slideshare.net - March 12, 2012 10:19 PM

In this slideshow Buffy J. Hamilton discusses the concepts of transliteracy, providing a variety of definitions, and then explores how we can use these concepts as a process while working with students. If we embrace inquiry based learning, then participatory learning and transliterate learning are a part of the whole. The words connect, wonder, investigate, construct, express and reflect are explored with many resources and ideas provided to help you start this process in your classroom with your students.

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Angie Hammons's curator insight, October 19, 2014 11:33 PM

This is a slide set from a presentation on transliteracy.  This slide set provides a good foundation for understanding what transliteracy is.  It is important to understand that you can't take digital literacy or information literacy and focus on them individually.  Each of the different literacies are connected and should be recognized as such.
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Storytelling Site Cowbird: In-Depth Experience on, of all Places, the Web — The Digital Shift

Storytelling Site Cowbird: In-Depth Experience on, of all Places, the Web — The Digital Shift | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.thedigitalshift.com - January 17, 2012 7:05 PM

Telling a brief story around a single photograph seems like such a simple idea. Add to that a sharing element and you think: another clever web platform to distract and amuse us...While you can add audio, the focus is on the image, which floats front and center, full screen, with the accompanying story beneath in plain text. To get a feel, you’ll need to spend some time with the stories posted thus far, as the site suggests.

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Every Platform Tells a Story: Transmedia has the power to make any topic more vivid and personal — The Digital Shift

Every Platform Tells a Story: Transmedia has the power to make any topic more vivid and personal — The Digital Shift | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.thedigitalshift.com - June 1, 2012 4:31 PM

Transmedia "a form of, and an approach to, storytelling that boasts a range of potential curricular applications that applies to literacy and the content areas. Teaching with transmedia guides students through various media formats to provide an immersive experience that makes any topic or narrative more vivid and personal. an experience across various platforms."

A post that discusses ways to use transmedia in the classroom, with "transliterate questions that come into play" such as:

* Where does the story start? Where and how is it continued?

* How do I know which medium comes next as I “read” the story—or does the story need to be told in a linear sequence? Can readers dip into it at different points of their own choosing?

With a brief history of transmedia and links to some sites where transmedia is used you will come away with a better knowledge about transmedia (and the awareness that it is not "inherently tech-dependent."

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Transmedia: A new instructional literacy

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From instructionaldesignfusions.wordpress.com - February 4, 2012 10:39 PM

Storytelling is a powerful way of making learning stick. Moving from canned instruction to a narrative engages learners and helps them connect what’s being taught to their own mental models... Transmedia uses different types of media to tell a story so it also sometimes goes by the name “cross-platform storytelling.” Transmedia audiences immerse themselves in narratives that exist in parallel media universes and can dip into different expressions of a story, exploring this character’s perspective, or that setting’s context and history.

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