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Tag: literacy instruction
No Literacy Left Behind: Why use digital tools in literacy instruction?
It’s common sense. We have to meet our students where they are. We have to know our students and the cultural wealth they bring to our schools. Using what they already know as a method of mediating new learning is just good teaching. So why not me…
A Whole New World: Addressing the Literacy Needs of the On Demand Generation
“That’s how I was taught, and I turned out okay.” Who hasn’t heard that before in schools across the country? Well, that’s not going to work. Or more truthfully, it might work for some, but teachers will lose multitudes of teachable moments with t…
Creating a Community of Readers and Writers
Digital Learning Day is February 1, 2012. Although I will also be exploring the best way to get my students to write/read digitally for that day, it dawned on me that we, as educators, need to continue to learn in the digital milieu. In response, …
Persistent Pondering 