This is notes from Chapter 3 of Because Digital Writing Matters.
Entries Tagged as 'digital literacy'
Chapter 3 Ecologies of Digital Writing
November 10, 2010 · No Comments · 21st Century Literacies, digital writing, literacy
Thinking Differently about Technology
October 19, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century, Miscellaneous, reflecting, Uncategorized
I participated in a district technology leadership committee meeting yesterday and I seem to have lots of indigestion from the meeting since I am having a hard time digesting the many topics discussed. The group seemed to shift focus from real purpose of building and district technology to more of administrative issues. As I looked [...]
Tags: administrators·adminstrators·boundaries·digital citizenship·digital literacy·district technology·leadership·literacy·mash ups·reading·safety·social networks·teachers·thinking
Great Collaborative Planning
September 29, 2008 · No Comments · digital storytelling
Today I had an hour phone conference with Dwight McInvall, the director of the Georgetown County Library System and Julie Warren, head of the digital collection with the library system. We spent most of the time planning our November 11, parent/student workshop on Digital Storytelling using the digital collection that can be found on-line at [...]
Tags: digital images·digital literacy·digital media·digital storytelling·parent/child workshop·photo story 3·workshop
Correlating Literacy and the Digital World: The Gaps
September 27, 2008 · No Comments · learning, literacy, reading, Reading Comprehension
(rough draft thoughts and observations) I have been watching kids who have a difficult time with technology. I teach in an impoverished school and watching those kids who are clueless when coming to a computer. I see many skills are lacking as compared to other students at school and with my own kids. As poorer [...]
