All Discussions Tagged 'literacy' (38)

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Struggling writers / readers: Anyone used WordQ and SpeakQ? Have been quite impressed with this software which allows people to 1) read out loud any electronic text they can highlight - eg email, we… Started by Tricia Lockhart	1	Jan 3, 2011 Reply by Neil MacGregor
E books in the classroom - yes or no Many people in and outside of education have wrestled with ebooks and whether or not they should be in the classroom. Some feel that studen… Started by Katherine Burdick	17	Oct 31, 2010 Reply by Bill Martin
Financial Literacy Web 2.0 style I have a class that does a life simulation. It is something I have pieced together and modified every year. Kids live through 3 months an… Started by Shaughn O'Neal	5	Mar 17, 2010 Reply by Shaughn O'Neal
Technology Literacy This is going to be my second year teaching. I worked in software for a decade before becoming a teacher so I'm technology literate and hav… Started by Eric Henry	4	Feb 11, 2010 Reply by Mark McBride
Helping kids learn how to read from a screen Need ideas... I teach Computers to grades 6-9 and I have noticed they have a hard time "reading from a screen". I do a whole unit on skim… Started by Alline Sada	2	Nov 13, 2009 Reply by Alline Sada
Looking for Online Book Club Participants Trying to start an "online book club" for 4th-6th grade classes. This would be centered around books read aloud to the entire class 2-3 tim… Started by Ben Curran	1	Oct 2, 2009 Reply by Abaca Sim
Using Listening Centers I teach 4th Grade, and this year have been given a listening center to use. Basically a CD player with up to 8 headsets to use with it. We… Started by Jonathan Wylie	9	Sep 26, 2009 Reply by Matthew Allen
2009 Digital Literacy Conference This announcement is for all educators to “Save the Date” and make plans to participate in the 2009 Southeastern Conference for Literacy in… Started by Bill Sheskey	0	Jun 4, 2009
Facebook for Literature and History! In a follow up to my post on “Why is Everyone So Afraid of Social Networking” I felt that it was necessary to portray some of the positive… Started by Andrew Marcinek	0	May 22, 2009
21st Century Literacy I'm preparing a presentation on 21st Century Literacy, and want to make sure I cover all my bases. Any tools, articles, links or websites o… Started by Steve Guditus	3	Apr 26, 2009 Reply by suehellman