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April 4, 2013 8:33 pm
Roger Ebert: The Man Who Taught Me How to Read
So, one of my childhood heroes is gone. I can safely say that, besides John Denver, for me, there is no greater public influence on my work in education, my work as a writer, my obsession with visual, audio, and written media- than Roger Ebert. This hurts.
April 2, 2013 2:00 pm
iDig Video #23: Ali Grasson & Media Literacy in the Classroom
Collaborating, Creating and Publishing are part of the keys to 21st Century learning skills in education. Ali Grasson joins the podcast to share some of the amazing things going on in her classroom.
March 27, 2013 8:53 am
5 Major Benefits of Media Literacy and its Relationship to the Common Core State Standards
It has become apparent to educators around the world, that the 21st Century learning model must be different that the 20th century. In fact, 46 states around the country are making plans to implement a new initiative called the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The CCSS standards “are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers.”
March 12, 2013 10:00 am
The Backchannel #17: 4 ?, Literacy, 7 Little Words, & Skype
This week on The BackChannel: Skype Announces Free Group Video Calling for Teachers, Pinterest, Literacy Board, and 4 Guiding Questions for your IT department.
November 19, 2011 6:00 pm
EdGamer 30: PixeLicks, Student Game Reviews
Hey EdGamers, its guest time again! In this week’s episode we are rollin’ with Roland…Roland Aichele that is (sorry Roland). Our guest on EdGamer 30 joins us from beautiful West Sacramento, CA and tells us all about his students’ work on the website PixelLicks. Join us to hear all about this site, his students and his thoughts on gaming and learning. Check it out!
October 15, 2011 6:00 pm
EdGamer 26: The Results Are Obvious, Kids Are Playing More Games
This week on EdGamer 26 we analyze the results of a telling new study. According to the study, 91% of children today are…PLAYING VIDEO GAMES (cue dramatic music)!!! We brace ourselves as we dissect this ridiculously obvious study. Why are children playing video games…um…because they are fun? Duh. Tune in for some more heavy sarcasm as well as some criticism of violence in video games and some support of games and storytelling in the classroom. Another great EdGamer is on the way!
August 27, 2011 6:00 pm
EdGamer 22: Phillips You, GameStop
This week’s episode of EdGamer is truly unique…Zack is cursing with tools and Gerry has HIVEs!!! Tune in for some smack talk about GameStop, Zack’s plans to buy his wife a new phone and a phenomenal article about the exciting future of games and storytelling in education. This blurb may be misleading at best, but don’t let it stop you from checking out this action packed EdGamer podcast.
April 8, 2011 7:07 am
ResearchEd: Findings from the e-Book Quality Rating Tool
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is part 5 of a 5 part series for EdReach.us called ResearchEd. You can follow him on Twitter @brueckj23. So, is Quality Rating Tool 2 (publicly accessible at http://bit.ly/eQRT_v2) any better? We will now hone in on our data to see if we have achieved better reliability [...]
April 7, 2011 7:10 am
ResearchEd: An e-Book Quality Rating Tool is Born
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is part 4 of a 5 part series for EdReach.us called ResearchEd. You can follow him on Twitter @brueckj23. Drawing on the professional knowledge base we used for developing the Blueprint Key and Analyatic Tools 1 & 2, we developed a matrix to guide the design of [...]
April 6, 2011 7:03 am
ResearchEd: Analytic Tools for Examining e-Book Features
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is part 3 of a 5 part series for EdReach.us called ResearchEd. You can follow him on Twitter @brueckj23. From the Blueprint Key, we moved to the development of 2 unique analytic tools. Analytic Tool I was adapted from the coding categories of de Jong and Bus (2003) [...]
April 5, 2011 7:05 am
ResearchEd: e-Books, Learning Objects and the Blueprint Key
In Phase 1, our research goal was to design an effective and usable tool for early childhood teachers to us in order to rate the quality of the e-Book for use in early literacy instruction. Our interest in developing an e-Book rating tool began in 2008 with our first attempt, the Blueprint Key, and has evolved over time by blending several different analytic tools to create the most recent version, the Quality Rating Tool. Let’s take a closer look at [...]
April 4, 2011 7:00 am
ResearchEd: Developing an e-Book Quality Rating Tool
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is part 1 of a 5 part series for EdReach.us called ResearchEd. You can follow him on Twitter @brueckj23. e-Books are becoming increasingly common in our society. Children and adults can read e-Books easily using devices such as the Kindle, Nook, iPods, iPads, iPhones, and computers. The speed [...]
February 26, 2011 12:00 pm
PK-12 e-Book Provider Tumblebooks Launches Facebook App
TumbleBooks Library, a collection of e-books suitable for children in pre-kindergarten to grade twelve, has recently released a Facebook app. From @TumbleBooks: As of February 25, 2011, you can access TumbleBooks via their classic browser-based model, by purchasing and downloading mobile apps and now through Facebook. A quick look at this free app reveals:
