Hi all,
Here are some thoughts on digital literacy:
1. It is no easier to keep track of all the pieces of digital "stuff" I have than it is the paper stuff. I continually come across some brilliant nugget I had salted away for school, writing, sharing that I had forgotten I'd even discovered. The big difference is that once remembered the power of the internet makes it easier to find. Case in point: I had lost my this blog, my login, and password and am now in possession of all three.
2. In preparing for school I am thinking that making use of Michelle's suggestion about having my AP students translate transform 19th Century English to 21st C language and contextual examples. I’ll be getting the texts from http://www.archive.org and http://digital.library.upenn.edu – and having students find their own in those places as well. I’ll have them use “oratory, public speaking, elocution, practice, humor, dramatic” as starter search terms. What others pop to mind?
3. Cats and literacy do not mix well. They instinctively lie down in the middle of what ever reading or writing activity you've got going. The best that can be said is that in the winter they make fine neck warmers. You can also use them in place of a muff.
More later.
Susan
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