Henry Jenkins: Fandom, Literacy, and Scholarship
Reading, writing, and understanding words on a page won’t cut it anymore. In a digitized world, Henry says young people need new skills that go way beyond basic composition and comprehension. Skills...
View ArticleBreaking Down Barriers in Communication
CC image used courtesy of BookMama [tweetmeme source=”Strng_Dichotomy” only_single=false]When sharing or communicating information most of us take for granted how easy it is to see the content, hear...
View ArticleYou’re Never Too Old for Transliteracy: Virginia and Her iPad
CNET puts the spotlight on how the iPad is more than just “shiny” with this story of Virginia Campbell, a 99 year old woman in Lake Oswego, Oregon, who is using her iPad to once again enjoy reading and...
View ArticleClive Thompson on the Language of Data
How can libraries support statistical and data literacy? What is your library doing to foster this form of literacy? Read Clive Thompson’s thought provoking post at Wired. Clive Thompson on Why We...
View ArticleClay Shirky Discusses the Emergence of New Literacies
Does the Internet Make You Smarter? – WSJ.com via kwout Clay Shirky responds to Nicholas Carr’s assertion that “the Internet is making us dumber” with his essay, “Does the Internet Make You Smarter” in...
View ArticleVisual Learning and Mind Mapping
[tweetmeme source=”Strng_Dichotomy” only_single=false] Visual Learning & Mind Mapping was created and originally presented by Roger Hannon and Kaitlyn Mesley of Adult Learning Centres...
View ArticleDoes Your Website Meet the Needs of Patrons with Limited Literacy, English...
The Children’s Partnership has a great set of Guidelines for Content Creation and Evaluation of websites. You can access them online or download a pdf These guidelines were developed as a practical...
View ArticleMy Tuppence Worth
The heated online discussion with challenges and questions about the term “transliteracy” and it’s place in Library Land seems to have subsided, but I had yet to chime in with my two cents to respond...
View ArticleKnowledgeable to Knowledge-ABLE
I finally had a chance to watch Michael Wesch’s new TEDxKC talk (October, 2010). When I went to find the code for the video, I came across this article he wrote on the same subject here in the Academic...
View ArticleTransliteracy in your Summer Reading Program
It’s that time of year again when Children’s Librarians in public libraries all across the nation are busy making their plans for the summer reading program. You remember those, right? Read 10 books...
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