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what's in a name? | danah michele boyd
Whoa! For many years as the Web grew and pioneers struck for gold in valuable domain names and also less monetarily valuable “vanity” domains, i refused to get on board, believe it to...
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http://www.danah.org/name.html
The Bamboo Project Blog: 21st Century Workplace Literacy: What Does that Mean and How Do We Engage More People in the Discussion?
what I'd like to see is more conversations happening between edubloggers and workplace learning professionals on the issue of 21s century workplace literacy.
2008, 21stcenturyskills, article, commented, conversation, education, engagement, homophily, literacy, work, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog//2008/04/what-is-21st-ce.html
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: What should be done about digital citizenship?
citizenship, literacy saved by: meryn more details ...
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-should-be-done-about-digital.html
Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: Turning Wikipedia into an Asset for Schools
While I understand educators' concerns about directing kids towards "reliable" reference sources, the more I think about it, the more I think Wikipedia's flaws actually make it an ideal l...
2005, article, education, literacy, pedagogy, verification, wikipedia saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/07/turning_wikiped.html
Wikipedia project is a class act - web - Technology - theage.com.au
Academics have long chastised Wikipedia for its inaccuracies, but those very same people are now using it as an educational tool in classrooms around the world.
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/wikipedia-project-a-class-act/2007/10/31/1193618940842.html
Weblogg-ed » “Participatory Media Education and Civic Education are Inextricable”
I want my own children to know how to participate effectively in the issues of their day using the way beyond local connections that are now possible. It would be great if they were being...
2007, article, blogging, education, literacy, participation, rheingold, richardson saved by: meryn more details ...
http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/participatory-media-education-and-civic-education-are-inextricable
Participatory Media Literacy
Participatory media include (but aren't limited to) blogs, wikis, RSS, tagging and social bookmarking, music-photo-video sharing, mashups, podcasts, and videoblogs.
literacy, web2.0, wiki saved by: meryn more details ...
https://www.eu.socialtext.net/medialiteracy/index.cgi
Weblogg-ed » Yet Another Reason We Should Be Teaching, Not Blocking, Wikipedia
Errors are everywhere. You might as well shut down the Internet, unsubscribe to every newspaper and magazine your library gets, and turn off the television set if the concern is that kids...
2008, article, education, literacy, pedagogy, richardson, wikipedia saved by: meryn more details ...
http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/yet-another-reason-we-should-be-teaching-not-blocking-wikipedia
BBC NEWS | UK | Girls 'more skilled on computers'
Girls are more confident than boys about using a computer, a survey of more than 1,000 children suggests.
2008, article, gender, literacy, self-efficacy saved by: meryn more details ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7270307.stm
Weblogg-ed » A “Publish Then Filter World”
If you’re not an effective filter, odds are good that you won’t be a part of the network.
2008, article, filtering, future, learning, literacy, publishing, richardson, web2.0 saved by: meryn more details ...
http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/a-publish-then-filter-world
Wikipedia and the New Curriculum
it is not only about teaching people about Wikipedia but, more importantly, about this collaborative literacy in general, wherein the notion of the individual authority or expert no longe...
2008, article, authority, expertise, knowledge, learning, literacy, pedagogy, scholarship, teaching, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/02/wikipedia-and-the-new-curriculum
Framing Science : Why the PZ Myers Affair is Really, Really Bad for Science
The simplistic and unscientific claim that more knowledge leads to less religion might be the particular delusion of Dawkins, Myers, and many others, but it is by no means the official po...
2008, article, dawkins, framing, literacy, myers, religion, science saved by: meryn more details ...
http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/2008/03/why_the_pz_myers_affair_is_rea.php
The Fischbowl: Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?
If a teacher today is not technologically literate - and is unwilling to make the effort to learn more - it's equivalent to a teacher 30 years ago who didn't know how to read and write.
2007, 21stcenturyskills, article, education, future, literacy, pedagogy, teaching saved by: meryn more details ...
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-it-okay-to-be-technologically.html
Toward A Definition of 21st-Century Literacies
Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and compe...
2008, 21stcenturyskills, article, literacy, pedagogy saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.ncte.org/about/gov/129117.htm
21st Century Skills
Readers are invited to use the enGauge 21st Century Skills as a platform for the shifts in school policy and practices necessary to give our students the education they require in a knowl...
2003, literacy, report saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/skills.htm
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home
The leading advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education.
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http://www.21stcenturyskills.org
Literacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society, so as...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy
Uncertain Principles: What Everyone Should Know About Science
1) Science is a Process, Not a Collection of Facts, 2) Science is an essential human activity, 3) Anyone can do science.
2008, article, curiosity, literacy, science saved by: meryn more details ...
http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2008/03/what_everyone_should_know_abou.php
I’m Getting Diigo | 2¢ Worth
Sharing and focused collaborative assembly of resources seems built into Diigo. Perhaps this is what sets Diigo appart, that content becomes the place. It isn’t the place that’s the p...
2008, article, collaboration, diigo, literacy, tagging saved by: meryn more details ...
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/archives/1405
How to Inoculate Your Children Against Advertising ∞ Get Rich Slowly
We explained to them how companies need money to pay their workers and themselves, and how those companies try to convince others to buy their products in order to make money.
2008, advertising, article, children, consumerism, education, literacy, parenting, protection saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/03/05/how-to-inoculate-your-children-against-advertising
ed4wb » Blog Archive » Measuring What We Value
In education especially, we seem to value what we measure more than measuring what we value. We emphasize test scores, grades, rankings…at the expense of joy, wellness, and learning.
2008, article, education, happiness, literacy, measurement saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=67
The information processing view of humanity - Trends in the Living Networks
[new] tools can make us far better at information processing, in helping us to create something valuable from our conversations and thoughts. Which means that those who use social media t...
2008, article, conversation, creatitivity, literacy, socialmedia saved by: meryn more details ...
http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/the_information.html
PrepReview.com > British College Preparatory Boarding School Ranking
Britain (England) Premiere College Preparatory Boarding School Ranking and Review
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http://www.prepreview.com/english/uk/rank/uk_upper_boarding.htm
English Spelling Games and Activities
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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
Fiction Writing 2.0: Six New Ways To Write The Next Great Novel
Lista de sites onde se escrever um livro.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/writing_novlet_portrayl_ficlets_unblokt.php
NEA: NEA's Read Across America
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http://www.nea.org/readacross/index.html
First Book - Home
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http://www.firstbook.org/site/c.lwKYJ8NVJvF/b.674095/k.CC09/Home.htm