What does the future of reading and writing look like for students? As I'm sifting through tweets on TweetDeck, I find some interesting answers to my question.
I read an article about a high school English teacher who, instead of having students write traditional-style essays, allows them to produce digital stories or essays as well. In another article I read about a 3rd grade classroom where students create their own online portfolios and discuss progress with their parents during parent-teacher conferences. Both of these stories discuss collaboration, networking, and learning to use various multimedia platforms, which all are very student-centered, lead by teachers who obviously are very well prepared and knowledgeable in digital media and technology.
Just a couple of things I'm wondering: what is your school doing to promote digital media literacy? What would you like your school to be doing to promote digital media literacy? Do you even have the tools to promote and teach digital media in your classrooms?
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