What is Literacy?
How did you define literacy?
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Literacy:
Webster's Definition:
lit·er·a·cy/ˈlitə)rəsē/Noun:
- refers to the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word.
NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies
Position Statement: International Reading Association
To become fully literate in today's world, students must become proficient in the new literacies of 21st-century technologies. IRA believes that literacy educators have a responsibility to integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs) into the curriculum, to prepare students for the futures they deserve. We believe further that students have the right to
Reading Today: Digital Literacy edition: http://www.reading.org/reading-today/classroom/digital#.UwueaWSG3J4
Irene Fountas' view on Digital Literacy:
lit·er·a·cy/ˈlitə)rəsē/Noun:
- The ability to read and write.
- Competence or knowledge in a specified area: "wine literacy can't be taught in three hours".
- refers to the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word.
NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies
- Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
- Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
- Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
- Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
- Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
- Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments
Position Statement: International Reading Association
To become fully literate in today's world, students must become proficient in the new literacies of 21st-century technologies. IRA believes that literacy educators have a responsibility to integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs) into the curriculum, to prepare students for the futures they deserve. We believe further that students have the right to
- Teachers who use ICTs skillfully for teaching and learning
- Peers who use ICTs responsibly and who share their knowledge
- A literacy curriculum that offers opportunities for collaboration with peers around the world
- Instruction that embeds critical and culturally sensitive thinking into practice
- Standards and assessments that include new literacies
- Leaders and policymakers who are committed advocates of ICTs for teaching and learning
- Equal access to ICTs
Reading Today: Digital Literacy edition: http://www.reading.org/reading-today/classroom/digital#.UwueaWSG3J4
Irene Fountas' view on Digital Literacy:
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Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
Forms of Literacy:
Digital Literacy:
- The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information.
- The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers.
- A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation,and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments.