VL-Rationale

=Visual Literacy  =

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Shouldn't we be applying the same rigor to helping them analyze, interpret and critically navigate the imagery that dominates communication today? =====

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by [|Ken Ellis]
= = =Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts=

Innovative teacher Vicki Davis leverages wikis, blogs, digital storytelling, podcasts, virtual worlds, and other digital tools to connect students in rural Georgia to the world.
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=Webcast: What Kids Learn When They Create with Digital Media= [|macfound] November 23, 2009

media type="youtube" key="IUfHZu54W8c" height="344" width="425" "This forum, entitled "The Power of Youth Voice," brought together experts in digital media and learning to share their research and experiences using digital media in and outside of the classroom. Speakers included: Renee Hobbs, Founder, Media Education Lab, Temple University; Nichole Pinkard, Founder, Digital Youth Network and DePaul University professor; Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Director, National Programs and Site Development, National Writing Project; Moderator: Connie Yowell, Director of Education, MacArthur Foundation." Read More

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 * Supported by: MacArthur - CMS - MIT**
 * "New Media Literacies (NML)**, a research initiative based within USC's [|Annenberg School for Communication], explores how we might best equip young people with the social skills and cultural competencies required to become full participants in an emergent media landscape and raise public understanding about what it means to be literate in a globally interconnected, multicultural world." Read More

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[|Metiri-NCREL21stSkills.pdf]