Digital Literacy

ELINET Blog #6 Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy

ELINET Blog #6 Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy

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Renate Valtin and Tiziana Mascia Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy
Last blog on the ELINET Website . I am chair digital literacy at ELINET

In the knowledge-based societies of the 21st Century, the rapid spread of new technologies and a constantly changing work environment, literacy learning is no longer limited to childhood and adolescence; but must be recognized as a lifelong need and requirement. However, in early childhood in the family and in preschool and the first years of primary school the foundation is laid for the rest of development. There is a vast body of literature suggesting measures, activities and methods to foster literacy in young children.… Read the rest

Language Education for Social Justice Conference. Jyväskylä, Finland

Language Education for Social Justice Conference. Jyväskylä, Finland

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The 37th Conference of Applied Language Studies, Education for Social Justice Conference will take place completely online on June 1-3, 2021 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Join the conference and register on the Conference website.

Fabio Nascimbeni en ik, co-chairs Digital Literacy van ELINET, geven een presentatie tijdens een colloquium van ELINET op de deze conferentie. Kom ook.
Fabio Nascimbeni and I, co-chairs Digital Literacy at ELINET, will be giving a presentation at the ELINET colloquium during this conference. The conference is highly recommended. Please participate.

During this conference ELINET organizes a two-hour interactive colloquium in which we will introduce a framework digital literacy means for children ages 0-10, the ways digital tools and activities can contribute to the development of children’s literacy skills, attitudes and compile the best practices that can be used at homes and schools and request feedback and good practice examples from the audience members.… Read the rest

International Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society’ Cyprus

International Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society’ Cyprus

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(Nederlands/ English) Ik ben spreker op de 4th International Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society’ op 12 mei 19.30 in Nicosia, Cyprus. Mijn focus zal zijn: Digital Literacy and the Role of the Language Teacher. Fabio Nascimbeni, samen met mij chair van de Digital Literacy Working group van ELINET zal daar ook spreken. Registratie is  nu open via de Conference website. Zie daar ook het programma. Kom ook.

The 4th International Conference Literacy and Contemporary Society: Transitions in Digital Learning, May 12 and 13 in Cyprus, focuses on the transformation of learning, being, and communicating, as an inherent characteristic of modern societies but as yet intensified due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year.… Read the rest

Interview met mij in Georgië ციფრული წიგნიერების შესახებ

Interview met mij in Georgië ციფრული წიგნიერების შესახებ

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(Nederlands/ English) Deze week is er in Georgië een interview met mij verschenen over digitale geletterdheid in het talenonderwijs. Het interview is verschenen in het online tijdschrift van de National Teacher Professional Development Centre, Internet Journal Mastsavlebeli.ge, en afgenomen door Paata Papava, een lerarenopleider en onderwijsexpert. Het interview vond plaats in de zomer 2019 in Tbilisi tijdens mijn solo motorreis naar de Kaukasus. Hier de Georgische versie, goed voor je taalgevoel. Een preprint versie in het Engels kan worden opgevraagd bij mij. Succes 😉

This week an interview with me appeared in Georgia about digital literacy in language teaching in the online journal of the National Teacher Professional Development Centre, Internet Journal Mastsavlebeli.ge.… Read the rest

Keynote Conferentie Reading Association of Russia

Keynote Conferentie Reading Association of Russia

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(Nederlands/English) Ik gaf een Keynote op de The 6th International Conference in Moskou. Reading and Literacy in Education and Culture: Letters in Digits van de The Reading Association of Russia op 19-11-2020. De titel is: Digital Literacy. Rethinking literacy and learning. A big challenge for education and culture.
Nu virtueel via een opgestuurde videopresentatie. Je kan de drie keynotes via Youtube terugzien: (1) Colin Harrison start om -2.40 min., (2) Bill Brozo om -1.48 and (3) Jeroen Clemens om -43 (Vreemde tijdsnotering, maar zo gaat het. Strange timetable, but you’ll find it this way). Mijn Keynote is beschikbaar via Slideshare.… Read the rest

Digital literacy and the language teacher. A new definition of literacy and the language curriculum.

Digital literacy and the language teacher. A new definition of literacy and the language curriculum.

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Digital literacy asks for a change of the definition of literacy, an update of the necessary language skills and a new language curriculum to make education relevant and up to date.
The version in Dutch here.

One of the major tasks of a language teacher is to increase pupils’ literacy: to be able to read and write well, and to deal with information critically and in a well-considered way. Nowadays, all information is on the internet and communication is mainly online. Acquiring, processing and providing information online is different and more complex than when we mainly used offline, paper, sources. Researchers, teachers and politicians are convinced that everyone must be digitally literate in order to become active citizens in this online society.… Read the rest

MOOC Free Course on Digital Literacy starting September 16, 2020

MOOC Free Course on Digital Literacy starting September 16, 2020

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The Digital Literacy Lab for Educators announces their next project, a 5-week free online course on digital literacies, in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning and Dilectae. You can enrol here.
I think this to be an interesting MOOC. I will participate [JCL].
The uncertain future facing society at large due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis makes the need for widespread digital literacy even greater. We believe this is an essential course of personal and professional development for instructors, mentors, learners, and anyone interested in making sense of our society’s reflexive relationship with technology. The first five modules of the course are the building blocks for the Digital Literacy Lab for Educators (or DLLE).… Read the rest

Digitale geletterdheid als onderdeel van Nederlands: een uitdaging en een noodzaak (update)

Digitale geletterdheid als onderdeel van Nederlands: een uitdaging en een noodzaak (update)

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Digitale geletterdheid is een uitdaging om de definitie van taalvaardigheid en het curriculum van Nederlands eens flink op de schop te nemen en het onderwijs daarin weer relevant en up-to-date te maken.
English version here
Een belangrijke taak van een leraar Nederlands is het vergroten van de geletterdheid van leerlingen: goed kunnen lezen en schrijven, kritisch en weloverwogen met informatie kunnen omgaan. Tegenwoordig staat alle informatie op internet en de communicatie gebeurt vooral online. Het verwerven, verwerken en verstrekken van onlineinformatie is anders en complexer dan toen we vooral offline, papieren, bronnen gebruikten. Onderzoekers, leraren en politici zijn overtuigd dat iedereen digitaal geletterd moet zijn om actieve burgers te worden in deze onlinemaatschappij.… Read the rest

Digitale geletterdheid in het examen Nederlands (Update)

Digitale geletterdheid in het examen Nederlands (Update)

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Op de site neerlandistiek.nl is een discussie gaande over het verbeteren van het examen Nederlands. Ik heb ook meegepraat met mijn stuk ‘Digitale geletterdheid moet in het examen Nederlands‘ dat op 18/07/20 is verschenen op neerlandistiek.nl. Het stuk is ook als pdf te downloaden.  
Mijn standpunt is dat digitale geletterdheid geïntegreerd moet worden in het curriculum en in het examen Nederlands moet worden opgenomen. Ben benieuwd naar feedback en discussie. Discussieer mee via reactiemogelijkheid beneden. Verder zal ik de discussie die zich via de sociale media voltrekt ook aan het eind van dit stuk proberen bij te houden.… Read the rest

Call for Proposals 22nd European Conference on Literacy Dublin 2021

Call for Proposals 22nd European Conference on Literacy Dublin 2021

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You are invited to submit a proposal to present at the 22nd European Conference on Literacy and the 44th Annual Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland, to be held in Dublin on July 5-7, 2021.
Please visit the Conference homepage for more information.  Go here to submit the proposal on or before November 1st, 2020.
The aim of the conference is to encourage discourse about the evolution of diverse literacies in the 21st century and to hear the range of voices in the world of literacy.

The conference theme, “Literacy and Diversity: New Directions” will bring together researchers and educators from all over Europe and further afield to celebrate, discuss, debate and examine matters relating to literacy, literacy teaching and literacy research, across the full span of human learning.… Read the rest