elinet

ELINET moved to Mastodon

ELINET moved to Mastodon

Comments 0 Comment

Voor mijn Nederlandse volgers: Ik zit in het bestuur van Elinet, de European Literacy Policy Network, een Europees netwerk voor professionals op het gebied van geletterdheid. Zie meer hier.  Ik ben daar ook Co-chair `Digital Literacy. Volg ons via onze website en via Mastodon.

We move to Mastodon.

ELINET is not happy with Twitter. We discussed this and decided to leave Twitter and move to Mastodon. We are waiting for you. Please share this message broadly in your networks.

Please find us here: https://mastodon.education/@ELINET. Our name (handle) is @ELINET@mastodon.education.

Why did we leave Twitter? Our board member and co-chair of Digital Literacy Colin Harrison formulated our thoughts very eloquently in a letter he’s send to the Guardian, a mayor UK newspaper, on Wednesday, November 2.… Read the rest

Early Bird Registration European Conference on Literacy

Early Bird Registration European Conference on Literacy

Comments 0 Comment

The 22nd European Conference on Literacy is scheduled to take place in Dublin on July 4-6, 2022. 
Registration now open. CLICK HERE. Full registration (early bird) to April 30, 2022

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

Oproep Praktijkvoorbeelden Digitale Geletterdheid Update

Oproep Praktijkvoorbeelden Digitale Geletterdheid Update

Comments 0 Comment

ELINET,  focust in 2020-2022 op: Verbetering van de digitale geletterdheid in het voorschools onderwijs en het basisonderwijs. Voor meer over project zie hier. Meer over Elinet zie hier
We roepen op goede praktijkvoorbeelden in te zenden voor drie leeftijdsgroepen: 0-3 jaar, 3-6 jaar, 6-10 jaar. We hebben inmiddels al veel inzendingen en zijn bezig met de reviews en zullen dit jaar voorbeelden online zetten. Maar meer inzendingen zijn nog steeds welkom, dus we hebben de call nog openstaan.
Verder verspreiden van deze oproep binnen uw netwerken wordt zeer op prijs gesteld. Deze oproep/ Call vind je in het Engels op de website van ELINET.… Read the rest

Presentatie conferentie van CroRa in Zagreb

Presentatie conferentie van CroRa in Zagreb

Comments 0 Comment

The Croatian Reading Association (CroRa) organized the successful conference Digital literacy and strategies for digital inclusion, on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in Zagreb. I talked, as a special guest, about Digital literacy: a challenge for all of us.

In the last few decades, in modern society, we have been witnessing many significant changes in reading and writing initiated by the digital revolution. Since digital world is becoming more and more dominant over physical world it is important to pay attention to digital inclusion, so that every member of society, including those in unfavourable positions, would have access to informational and digital technologies.… Read the rest

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

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

Comments 0 Comment

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

Comments 0 Comment

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

Looking back at the 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy in Tallinn

Looking back at the 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy in Tallinn

Comments 0 Comment

The 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy “Searching for a Common Language” 16-21 January, 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia was a great success.

Lets look back. The organisation makes this easy for you:
You can see many presentation on this presentations page
And if you are interested in the blog and a lot of pictures, go here.
Or for an overview visit the original Conference homepage.

 

The organisers of the Conference are the Estonian Reading Association  in cooperation with the Federation of European Literacy Associations together with:

Baltic Sea countries have much experience with multilingual education, communication and culture and are also facing new challenges for social coherence within increased immigration as other countries.… Read the rest

Elinet oproep en de 4de Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy

Elinet oproep en de 4de Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy

Comments 0 Comment

De 4de Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy met als thema: Searching for a Common Language in Tallinn, Estland was een groot succes. IK schrijf er binnenkort wat uitgebreider over.  Het interessante programma van de conferentie en het ‘abstract book’ kan je hier vinden.

Ik ben parallel aan de conferentie ook op de bijeenkomsten van twee andere Europese netwerken op het gebied van Literacy (geletterdheid) geweest, waar ik lid van ben. Vrijdag was ik op een bijeenkomst  van de FELA (Federation of European Literacy Associations).

Een onderdeel van deze conferentie waren de activiteiten van  Elinet (European Literacy Network), waar ik jullie speciale aandacht voor wil hebben.… Read the rest

21st European Conference on Literacy: Last Call for Proposals

21st European Conference on Literacy: Last Call for Proposals

Comments 0 Comment

We are very pleased to invite you to register for The 18th Nordic Literacy Conference & the 21st European Conference on Literacy under the heading of Learning from the Past for the Future: Literacy for All. This is a last call for submitting a proposal. You can submit your proposal on  the site of the Conference here.The deadline is November, 1 The conference is in Copenhagen, August 4th – 7th 2019

You can submit a proposal for a presentation or you can register without giving a presentation. But please do consider submitting a proposal for a presentation, so that we can share our knowhow and experiences across country borders, whether you are a teacher, a school leader, a librarian, a researcher or just in general interested in literacy.… Read the rest

Urgent: Voorstellen voor European Conference on Literacy

Urgent: Voorstellen voor European Conference on Literacy

Comments 0 Comment

De 21st European Conference on Literacy is in Kopenhagen van 4-7 Augustus. Ik had jullie al eerder opgeroepen voorstellen voor presentaties of workshops in te dienen –November 1st: Deadline for submission of abstracts-, maar ik kreeg het bericht dat er nog geen Nederlandse voorstellen zijn. Dat kan niet. In Nederland wordt veel goed werk verricht op het gebied van geletterdheid. Dus een urgente oproep een voorstel in te dienen.
Op de website van de conferentie  vind je alle informatie over de conferentie en de mogelijkheid een proposal in te dienen. Ik ben betrokken bij de organisatie. Om het gezicht van Nederland te redden zal ik in elk geval een workshop geven over digitale geletterdheid, maar 1 Nederlander?… Read the rest