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Sorry to hear about Davey Jones. I grew up watching the Monkees in reruns. Travesty that they are banned from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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A new post on students (in)ability to evaluate multiple sources during a social studies inquiry task http://bit.ly/wp5kGB #engchat #sschat
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New post based off of last nights #edchat. Data and video examples showing the dire need to teach source evaluation. http://bit.ly/wp5kGB
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@lookforsun @trescolumnae Here are a few videos and responses of students as they evaluate websites. http://bit.ly/wp5kGB #edchat
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RT @CarolJago: Reading varies by genre. It's a mistake to teach comprehension strategies generically writes Nell Duke #engchat #sschat
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@trescolumnae @lookforsun I find it way easier to quickly demonstrate a tool and point folks to all the youtube tutorials. #edchat
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@trescolumnae At the same time the tools shift so quickly. I'd rather focus on principles of designing meaning in online spaces. #edchat
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Old post on using current events to teach students the literacies required for digital texts and tools http://bit.ly/5sxteQ#edchat
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@lookforsun Haven't published anything yet, but I will pull a few video clips tomorrow and throw them on my blog. #edchat
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@lookforsun Agree and assess not the products of learning but the process of learning. #edchat
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I've watched literally a 1,000+ hours of kids reading during internt inquiry. Trust me very few can evalaute and integrate sources #edchat
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Have to stop chasing the ideal of a taxonomy of skills for the 21st century the tools for literacy shift too fast. Focus on learner #edchat
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To teach evaluation an address text complexity students need to understand how POV shapes words and images. Cant strip ocntext #edchat
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If I gave you a checklist on doing a check-up for my car would that make you a good mechanic? #edchat
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You can not simply give students a checklist of evluation skills and then expect them to be critical readers. #edchat
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Its a shift we need in our students from content consumers (watch youtube) content movers (post link) to content creators (make vid) #edchat
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@mikevigilant I think it is a false dichotomy reading or researchng topics spans both print and pixel. Need integrated approach. #edchat
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@StephenPottage Just use a screencast program while it is running
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