Literacy+Workshop+Agenda

= Literacy 2.0 ~ Challenges and Opportunities =

//A new technology does not wipe out what went before; it transforms and enriches it. When people started writing, they didn't stop talking.// ~ Walter Ong

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 * Driving Questions**
 * What is new media literacy? urgent? useful? friend or foe?
 * What positive connections and / or strategies are evident with uses of tech tools?
 * How can technology resources / initiatives accelerate the goals of literacy for life? collegiate renewal? inquiry - thinking and reasoning?
 * How can technology resources / initiatives partner with goals of literacy for life? collegiate renewal? inquiry - thinking and reasoning?


 * Agenda Topics**
 * Opening - Go-Arounds //- Name / something you are proud to have accomplished in this job? How would you rank (0-10) your confidence with technology tools?//
 * Overview: Agenda / Purpose / Outcomes
 * Roving Dialogues - Group takes a physical location in room taking a position on questions posed - shares their thinking for "Agree" or "Disagree"
 * Word processing does more good than harm for writing skills.
 * Texting, blogging and/or twittering does more good than harm.
 * New media literacies (Wendy) do more good than harm.
 * If students master ONLY reading/writing text or words, they will be fortified with communication skills needed for personal and professional success.


 * Sign into Microblog a la TodaysMeet: //What did you hear? learn? think? from dialogues with colleagues?//
 * Communication - A Historic Walk Through Time Video
 * Expanding the working definition for "literacy" in a digital world or not? (Reading Redefined a la Lamb)
 * What is role of new media literacy for a "literate" learning, thinking and communicating in a digital age? Expanding the roles for "literacy" coaching and PD in a digital world or not?
 * Students as Meaning Makers and Media Makers - Dissecting Two Videos[[image:Books_and_Computer.jpg width="240" height="174" align="right"]]
 * Headware NOT Hardware - Rigor and Relevance or NOT
 * Driving QUESTIONS
 * TYPES of Communication - Rigor or NOT?
 * Becoming Members of the Magic Glasses Guild: Filtering for High Yielding (Research-based) Instructional StrategiesSorting
 * ** //How do the ideas/concepts shared map (POSITIVE) with Literacy for Life goals?// **
 * ** //How do the ideas/concepts shared contradict (NEGATIVE) Literacy for Life goals?// **
 * Readers Rabbit
 * Acclerated Reader
 * Microblogging
 * Transmedia Storytelling APPS
 * All that Glitters is NOT Gold
 * Seven Steps
 * Grammar and Fluency of Mediums (graphic novels)
 * Closing
 * Closing

**Today's Tools and Resources**

 * Microblogging a la TodaysMeet
 * PollEverywhere
 * iPad APPS for Storytelling a la Bernajean

**Resources**

 * Ten Signs Your Teacher is a Geek ~ That's a GOOD Thing!
 * Communication - A Historical Walk Through Time ~ Video
 * Reading Redefined a la Lamb [[file:Reading Redfined - Lamb @ISTE.pdf]]
 * SPS Inquiry Project Pecha Kachas - Ideas for Classroom Connections
 * Graphic Novels - Research-based Literacy Connections
 * Seeding Conversations - An Ongoing Dialogue:
 * Reading Connections a la Social Media - see list
 * Research on Social Media's Impact on Reading/Writing
 * Amanda Project - see link
 * If Games Had Come Before Books Video

**Beyond Book Reports**
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