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Exploring Digital Literacy NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing points out that "Just as the nature of and expectation for literacy has changed in the past century and a half, so has the nature of writing. Much of that change has been due to technological developments, from pen and paper, to typewriter, to word processor, to networked computer, to design software capable of composing words, images, and sounds." This collection of resources explores some of the ways that digital literacy can be tapped in the English language arts and composition classroom. Explore the need for digital literacy among teachers and the related challenges in the Language Arts article "Focus on Research: Teachers and Technology: Digital Literacy through Professional Development" (E). For a ready-to-go Internet inquiry project, check out "Teaching Internet Literacy Strategies: The Hero Inquiry Project" (M) from Voices from the Middle. To connect your hero exploration to literature, try the ReadWriteThink lesson Heroes Are Made of This: Studying the Character of Heroes (M-S). For an Internet inquiry project for younger students, explore the resources in the ReadWriteThink lessons Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts (E) and Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation (E). "Working with Hypertext Writing Projects (Learning with Technology)" (S) from English Journal describes how a high school English teacher taught herself how to use hypertext in creative writing classes and then moved on to use it in other classes. The ReadWriteThink lesson Reader Response in Hypertext: Making Personal Connections to Literature (S) provides additional ways to explore hypertext writing in the classroom. Explore the functional side of computer literacy in the College Composition and Communication article "Reimagining the Functional Side of Computer Literacy" (C), which argues for an approach that is both effective and professionally responsible. NOTE: Free access to journal articles mentioned in this Inbox is provided for 21 days. After this free access period expires, articles are available to journal subscribers only. This Inbox Idea was published 06-14-05. Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary, M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, G=General). |
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