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National Educational Technology Standards - Provides educators with criteria to use and factors to consider for better implementation of technology in public education.
Higher Education in the Information Age - 1997 symposium about the technological future and new models for delivery of education; new markets, competition, opportunities, issues, and business relationships in education; and the future of the undergraduate experience. Participant background and program details.
TeenLit.com - Dedicated to publishing teen writing, as well as book reviews by teenagers. Teachers and parents of adolescents will find useful information. Teen and teacher discussions, author home pages, and more
Interactive Instruction for Adult Learners - Links to adult literacy topics including interactive geography games, grammar, voter involvement, lesson plans with Internet-based resources and a link for low-level literacy learners.
Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals - Stevan Harnad in this D-Lib Magazine piece argues for self-archiving of scholarly work.
Critical Thinking in an Online World - Author Debra Jones argues that critical thinking is a key component of information literacy instruction in this conference paper from 1996.
Structuring writing for reading: hypertext and the reading body. - This paper examines some textual devices that writers may use to pre-structure the activities of their readers. HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is used as an 'explicating device' to explore how writers can provide reading instructions, and how these can be experienced by readers. Structuring devices like paragraphs and sections, and hypertextual elements like notes and references are investigated in detail. In this way, the paper aspires to contribute to 'an ethnomethodology of textual practices'. - Abstract from Article
Information Communication Technology in New Zealand - Supports the integration of Information Communication Technology and Information Literacy across the curriculum. It outlines the SAUCE model for research and problem solving and aims to provide articles and resources to encourage higher thinking in the classroom.
Learning Online: Extending the Meaning of Community - A review of three programs from the Southeastern United States, which describes how online learning enhanced three organizations: SeniorNet, Neighborhood Networks, and Bridging the Gap of Isolation/Powering Up.
FutureKids of South Florida - This organization is dedicated to "Helping teachers and children around the world master the power of the computer" along with providing "technology education solution for public and private schools as well as other organizations". FutureKids also offers computer classes for anyone: from the whiz kid to the adventurous grandparent.
Digital Immortal - Article by Robert Lucky (pdf) questioning the continuing dominance of information technology. Original manuscript title: "Information Technology: Will This Too, Pass?"
Technology CyberTrends - Quotes from managers, professionals, consultants, journalists, futurists, and educators regarding the digital revolution, digital dawn, information highway, and Internet.
Educational Technology: Media for Inquiry, Communication, Construction, and Expression - Describes a new way of classifying uses of educational technologies, based on a four-part division suggested by John Dewey: inquiry, communication, construction, and expression.
TILT Texas Information Literacy Tutorial - A short presentation of the meaning of literacy in the information age.
Educom Review: Information Literacy as a Liberal Art - The article suggests that a liberal education, originally based on the idea of the "Renaissance man" notion, should apply to technology as well. Shapiro and Hughes also, believe that this new definition of literacy affects the quality of liberty in society.
Cult of the Palm Pilot - This essay appears on the Boston Phoenix webpage. Dan Kennedy reflects on the changes in literacy practices that palm computing makes possible.
The Internet: A Medium or Message? - An article discussing the Internet as being more than just a medium. It has the ability to create change.
Educational Technology Timeline - A timeline running from 40,000 BC to 2203 AD linking to important events in the development of educational technologies.
The Gutenberg Elegies - Excerpts from the printed book _The Gutenberg Elegies_ by Sven Birkerts. Concerning the ways language and thought change together in a little dance.
Literacy in the Information Age - As we enter a new millennium, the technology that we use to communicate with each other is proceeding at a fantastic pace. The key questions for us as educators are how is this technology best used to benefit our students, and how will this new technology affect them and their futures?
Orality, Literacy, and the Future of Computer-Mediated Communication - A historical perspective on the growth of electronic communication. Offers examples from Socrates to Martin Luther of how technology influences human interaction.
Technology used in Adult Literacy Programs - This is a paper on how technology is affecting adult literacy programs.
Tella: Virtual School in a Networking Learning Environment - The present paper describes factors that have facilitated the transformation of industrial societies to information and network societies; the possibilities of virtual school as a future-oriented school form; the tools of the new information and communication technology; and global networking as a framework for the learning environment.
Will Libraries Survive? - Geoffrey Nunberg reviews the history and politics surrounding the digitization of libraries.
Information Literacy as a Liberal Art - Article which discusses literacy in a broad, historical sense, and lists seven dimensions of literacy.
Information Literacy: A Clarification - Provides a history of literacy, including discussion of different concepts of literacy. It focuses specifically on the nebulous concept of "information literacy" and its impact on schools and libraries.
International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the use of information technology to aid in learning, teaching of K-12 students and teachers. A major goal of the organization is to bridge the "digital divide".
Information Literacy and the Net - A series of modules to help students explore Internet resources through engaging in different forms of literacy, including visual literacy. A staff development project developed by Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington.
Information Literacy in a Nutshell: Basic Information for Academic Administrators and Faculty - An introduction to the concept of information literacy and model information literacy programs. It is designed specifically for academic administrators and faculty. Many links to additional related resources.
Assessment of Information Literacy: Lessons from the Higher Education Assessment Movement - This paper reviews higher education assessment methods; identifies useful theories and practices; describes assessment programs in academic libraries; and makes recommendations for changes in library education and for future research.
Bridging the Gap Between Literacy and Technology - This paper discusses using hypermedia to eliminate the language barriers that limited English proficient (LEP) students experience in the school settings.
21st Century Information Fluency Project Portal - Designed to train users in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to fully understand Information Fluency. Focuses on teaching people how to locate, evaluate, and integrate digital information.
TechMission: Association of Christian Community Computer Centers (AC4) - Nondenominational organization which supports Christian community computer access and skills centers around the world, seeking to make churches and Christian organizations a driving force in computer literacy. Descriptions of programs, events, and resources available.
Alliance for Childhood - Resources relating to the recently formed Alliance for Childhood on technology literacy.
First Monday: Technology and Education - This article deals with the mainstreaming of technology into the education system and the chaos that often ensues, the benefits of this change, and how it might be managed.
Media Awareness Network - Offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community and "food for thought"on our fast-evolving media culture.
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