Incoming event:
Lecture by John Willinsky
Friday, April 24, time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
At DLC: Ponderosa F 103
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Beyond Twitter: Teaching in the Face of Another New Literacy that Matters
Life Online – Canada-wide Wired World
Phase three of the MediaSmarts’ report on the role of Internet-connected students, based upon a classroom survey from grades 4 to 11. Please click on this link to read the Executive Summary and Full Report: Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase III: Life Online
Attribution: http://mediasmarts.ca/ycww for this infographic.
Sociomateriality in Digital Literacy
A new report by University of Leeds’ Ibrar Bratt and University of Arizona (Tucson)’s Roberto de Roock explores the “sociomateriality” of video ethnography in the classroom. Please follow this link: Research in Learning Technology
UNESCO – Education for All
A recently released report from UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring promotes quality learning and teaching, calling for improvements for the 250 million children who will not finish school without being able to read, write or count well. Click this link for the full 2013/14 report: UNESCO EFA GMR.
So Many App Reviews, So Little Time
At a presentation from the Opening Minds 2014 conference in Chicago, Amanda Armstrong, the Program Coordinator for the Technology for Early Childhood Center, shares her criteria for assessing literacy app for young children. Find the Amanda’s SlideShare presentation posted on Little eLit blog.