21st Century Literacies
"On this site, we focus on four 21st century literacies - information, media, multicultural, and visual. We have found resources, both bibliographic and web-based, to assist you in your quest to learn and/or teach literacy skills. Our team of literacy experts developed lessons to aid in your ability to incorporate 21st century literacy skills into your teaching techniques. The tools presented here are based on a 21st Century Literacies Framework and seek to promote the skills, knowledge and attitudes to help students develop effective lifelong literacy awareness, seeking, management and presentation strategies. "

  The New Literacies
Readings about media literacy, critical literacy, visual literacy, etc
WWW- Beyond the Basics. Critical Literacies
An article about critical literacies and why they are important.

Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning
Looks as what constructivism is, and what that means for classroom practice

 

The Essentiaql Digital Literacy Skills for the 21st Century Global Citizen
This site is full of information, articles, and resources for teachers
10 Critical Literacy and Technology Writing Activities
At this site there are various 'lists of ten' based around different ideas. This one encourages students to critically explore domain names, email addresses, etc
 
Critical Literacy and the Internet
A really interesting article about the need to be critical about what we access on the Internet
     
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Last updated 19th February 2007
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