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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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When you look at digital and online texts there are a number of skills that our students will encounter. This post discusses four areas: * Finding and reading appropriate materials * Determining the best approach for reading digital materials * Synthesizing multiple sources * Integrating multimodal resources Each of these areas is discussed in detail. In each case there is a discussion of the subject, an example to provide more information and then a discussion of an effective practice to use in your classroom. 
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"The role of librarians in modern schools is more crucial than ever. In an age of dynamic information and media streams, librarians are uniquely positioned to guide students in research and storytelling tools."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post provide a look at the many literacies that we are responsible for teaching, and although it i geared towards librarians the concepts apply to teachers across the disciplines. Today we no longer define literacy as reading and writing. The types of literacy continue to grow and include (but are not limited to) visual, information, technological, scientific, critical, mathematical...the list goes on. If you are looking for a short list of benefits of using technology tools, a look at how storytelling and research help students learn, or more information in the area of the new literacies in general check out this post.
Rashmi Moghe's comment,
June 16, 2013 11:21 PM
Hall, Mercer and Russac, Patricia A.(2013). Librarians, technology and the new literacies. The ASIDE blog _Innovation Design In_underneath everything is information. Retrieved from http://theasideblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/librarians-technology-and-new-literacies.html
Librarians are poised to be on the front lines in delivering instruction and resources to help in understanding various literacies. They often know whole school curriculum and have the capacity to enrich daily lessons and educational units. When librarians shape information in well-conceived, visual ways, students can become motivated, self-directed learners who create their own content and publish their own work.
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When Frederick J. Kelly invented the Kansas Silent Reading Test, now known as the “multiple-choice test” or the “bubble test,” he was looking for an efficient way to pass students through the U.S. public education system during the teacher shortage of 1914…But our world changed in April 1993 when the Mosaic 1.0 browser was released to the general public. We need new forms of education. We need to reform our learning institutions, concepts, and modes of assessment for our age.
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The March 2013 issue of Educational Leadership is focused on “Technology-Rich Learning.” There are a number of articles that are available on the site that you might be interested in reading. A list of some is below:
* "Students First, Not Stuff" by Will Richardson discusses how "technologies reframe learning, but educators reimagine schooling."
* "Our Brains Extended" by Mark Prensky discusses "What will humans do with their new enhanced capabilities?"
* "A Bold New Math Class" by Salman Khan and Elizabeth Slavitt discusses how "Khan Academy offers a student-centric, self-paced learning model."
* "New Literacies and the Common Core" by William Kist discusses "Strategies for learning the fundamentals of reading, writing, and comprehending in the information age."
To go directly to the page of these articles (and others):
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar13/vol70/num06/toc.aspx ;