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LITERACY TODAY
January/February 2016
Volume 33, Issue 4
Closing the
Digital Divide
What educators can do to help
bridge the technology skills gap
Teaching students to become
responsible digital citizens
Top tech tools for the inclusive
classroom
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Craft purposeful instruction pitched to your readers'
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Also by Douglas Fisher and
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Inspire Creativity and Literacy Brilliantl
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OUR VIEW Julie Coiro (jcoiro@uri.edu), an ILA
students spend working independently on a compute
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Jaclyn Zubrzycki (jaclyn.z
Although IRA's mission included improvi
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Justin Stygles (justin.voc
rejection regarding the activity. How maturing re
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Kip Glazer (mrsglazer@gmai
I don't presume to know what you are
TWO TAKES Sam Patterson (essay.writing@gmail.co
BE MANDATORY? Two educators weigh in on one of di
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“While some disadvantaged people undoub
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What can be done Although many of the problems as
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images, recognize copyright licensing, and cite o
26 Perspectives of Digital Literacies The World
ILA 2016 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITS Boston, MA | July
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Paul Emerich France (paul
Digital citizenship is a way of think
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Detra Price-Dennis (detra.
Ongoing technological advances provid
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Kristin Ziemke (@KristinZi
For the last 40 years, we've known
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The four-text framework We call them Quad Text Se
THE ILA NETWORK Millie Henning (henningmillie@ao
management, and guidelines. As the state educatio
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to submit applications for ILA's grant program, G
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Lead the way in 21st-century literacy education.
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