Posts tagged "picture books"

Online Research and Media Skills…and Elementary School

Last week I had the privilege of presenting to some of our students on possible uses of new and digital literacies in an Elementary school. I presented an initial PPT describing the changing nature of literacy, which ultimately led into an instructional model I have been developing along with my colleague Greg McVerry. The gist of the talk focuses on…

Voicethread and Picture Books

Online informational sources can be a hugely powerful tool in any grade level, or any content area. Most of the work that I have been involved in up to this point has been in bringing effective and authentic uses of the Internet and other communication technologies (ICTs) to adolescents and adults. On a personal level,…