Literacy

Tag details

Welcome to the 'Literacy' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'Literacy'.

Look up Offsite Link "Literacy" at The Free Dictionary

Original Technorati articles tagged “Literacy”

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Literacy”

  • Noam Chomsky: Philosophies of Language & Politics


    DialogicAuthority Authority: 133
    Noam Chomsky: Philosophies of Language & Politics Interviewed by Larry Bensky FORA TV Noam Chomsky has been pushing change in language, politics and culture for decades. The controversial expert on modern language explains why "the smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum ...
    2 hours ago
  • Creative Destruction


    MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic EducatorsAuthority Authority: 129
     This short piece of video has some good possibilities for explaining "creative destruction" (HT to Mark Perry), but it also opens the door to discussions of division of labor, structural unemployment, complements and substitutes, and economic growth. Give it a look. I think you might enjoy it. And please share ...
    3 hours ago
  • Teaching Economics in Light of the Financial Crisis


    MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic EducatorsAuthority Authority: 129
    John Taylor (of "the Taylor Rule") poses a very intriguing question in this post on Economics One from last Saturday . And while the formal implication for many of us (especially at the high school level) is probably some time off, his argument is sound. He proposes dropping the traditional micro/macro division ...
    3 hours ago
  • An Open Access Journal is Born


    open thinkingAuthority Authority:
    We have just launched a new, open access journal titled in education . While the journal is set to cover various topics in the field, the first issue is a special volume focused on technology & social media. I was the guest editor of this issue, and you may want to read the editorial that gives an overview ...
    11 hours ago
  • Story Book Communication Boards (Games and Activities)


    Teaching Learners with Multiple Special NeedsAuthority Authority: 123
    This one is for my friends who teach early intervention through the early elementary grades.  Super Duper/Webber has a new product called Story Time Communication Boards.  It looks very similar in design but not theme to one of my all time favorite products Webber Functional Communication Games .  Essentially this ...
    14 hours ago
  • BookCrossing Release #149


    From My Bottom StepAuthority Authority: 142
    Title : Day of Confession Location : Bank of Montreal ATM; Dundas/Wellington; London, Ontario Date : 2009/12/30 Time : 07:00 a.m. To learn more, click here . Four days after Cardinal Rosario Parma is assassinated in Rome, hotshot L.A. entertainment lawyer Harry Addison gets a frantic ...
    16 hours ago
  • Survey Suggests U.S. Adults Suffer From Financially Illiteracy


    Boom2Bust.comAuthority Authority: 435
    Back in April 2008 I wrote about how a Fed survey showed U.S. high school seniors and college students are struggling when it comes to financial literacy. Now, another survey suggests this applies to the adult population in the United States as well. From Gail Buckner, writing on the FOX Business website Monday: ...
    17 hours ago
  • Free books for secondaries to get pupils hooked on reading


    The Guardian - guardian.co.ukAuthority Authority: 985
    Each school in England is to receive 15 books from a specially designed list to try to get more pupils reading as a hobby More than 53,000 free books, by authors from Charlotte Brontë to England goalkeeper David James, are to be sent to secondary schools to try to get more pupils interested in reading as a hobby, ...
    17 hours ago
  • BookCrossing Release #148


    From My Bottom StepAuthority Authority: 142
    Title : The Expert Location : LTC Route #20 Date : 2009/12/29 Time : 09:40 a.m. To learn more, click here . Rebecca Verona is a defence attorney. Her client is a computer executive who is charged with treason. Difficult enough under normal circumstances. The last thing that she needed ...
    17 hours ago
  • Toad Busters banned from gassing pests


    Ohaiyo Business MagazineAuthority Authority: 136
    A group fighting to keep cane toads out of Western Australias Kimberley says it is being stopped from using carbon dioxide to gas the pests because bureaucrats have told them it is too cruel. Kimberley Toad Busters has labelled the Department of Environment and Conservations (DEC) refusal to sanction the use of ...
    19 hours ago
  • Book Sale


    From My Bottom StepAuthority Authority: 142
    Did you grab this great opportunity to stock up on reading material? If not, you’ve still got 1 day left! Personally, I feel like I made off like a bandit
    19 hours ago
  • MEDIA TECHNOLOGY: HD FLIP VIDEO CAMERA


    Hell BurnsAuthority Authority: 114
    23 hours ago
  • TeacherMate Improves Students Reading Scores


    Personal Money StoreAuthority Authority: 599
    TeacherMate excites donors TeacherMate means schools dont have to rely on old, bulky computers anymore. Image from Flickr. Despite the rough economy and the overall drop in charitable donations, Innovations for Learning, a nonprofit that supplies schools with the TeacherMate system, is doing quite well. The ...
    1 day ago
  • "Its the empty suit, stupid!"


    Remembrance in SpacetimeAuthority Authority: 131
    Related Link » Obama and Our Post-Modern Race ProblemThe president always knew that his greatest appeal was not as a leader but as a cultural symbol.“The lie of seeing clothes where there were none amounted to a sophistication — joining oneself to an obvious falsehood in order to achieve social acceptance. In ...
    1 day ago
  • What do magazines look like?


    SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan MooreAuthority Authority: 471
    1 day ago
  • TYC launches youth reading program


    Grits for BreakfastAuthority Authority: 529
    The title of this post is the headline to a Corsicana Sun story published today which informs us that: An innovative new teaching curriculum designed to significantly improve the reading ability of youth in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) was recently launched in all TYC facilities. The program, called ...
    1 day ago
  • Computer skills linked to math talent


    Sciencetext Tech TalkAuthority Authority: 415
    Businesses and the economy as a whole rely increasingly on computing, but many potential users are not entirely confident of the technology. A research study published in January suggests that an individual’s computer self-efficacy is influenced by their competence in mathematics. I asked the author Assistant ...
    1 day ago
  • Most loved and hated science stories of 2009


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 740
    Washington, December 30 (ANI): A recent article in Live Science has outlined the list of the most loved and hated science stories of the year 2009.At number 9 is the story that boys’ issues are neglected in comparison to girls. Research this year suggested that compared with girls, American boys have lower literacy ...
    1 day ago
  • How Do You Help Your Child Learn To Spell?


    Value Bookshop's Reading NotesAuthority Authority: 106
    The New Year is fast approaching. Maybe one of your goals is to help your young children learn to spell or to improve their spelling. With my kids, I used both the phonics and whole word approach. I laminated the different alphabets so they could put them together to make words. I thought them how to listen to the ...
    1 day ago
  • Are Blacks programmed to fail?


    Garrard McClendon LiveAuthority Authority: 122
    Today, Phillip Jackson, from the BlackStarProject, sent me a disturbing email with statistics detailing that Illinois colleges and universities have low numbers of Black male students in attendance. Some schools have percentages as low as 1%. This is dismal compared to the astronomical numbers of Black men in jail ...
    1 day ago

Comments about Literacy

Personal attacks are NOT allowed
Please read our comment policy