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Snow White and the Seven Reading Strategies 2

Posted in digital literacy, education, language, literacy, literature, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Reflecting on a very enjoyable seminar in sunny – yes literally – Edinburgh on Saturday. There was an excellent turnout for a Saturday morning, proving yet again that if teachers feel that they have an opportunity to learn something new or hear a different slant on learning and teaching they will seek it out, even [...]

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Snow White and the Seven Reading Strategies

Posted in digital literacy, education, literacy, literature, tagged , , , , , on October 30, 2009 | 15 Comments »

Just putting the finishing touches to my Reading Strategies presentation for the seminar in Edinburgh tomorrow. I am so looking forward to it – I haven’t been this excited since…well, since I had an email from WordPress the other day to tell me my last blogpost had been promoted to their home page. I must [...]

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Machinarium

Posted in digital literacy, education, literacy, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I wrote about an online adventure game called Samorost, and its potential as a stimulus for creative writing, storytelling, problem-solving and the development of talking and listening skills. After months of speculation and anticipation Amanita,the makers of Samorost, have just released Machinarium, an even more mind-boggling adventure narrative with a science fiction theme. [...]

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Redefining Literacy

Posted in digital literacy, literacy, literature, tagged , , , , , on March 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »

The National Literacy Conference in the Glasgow Hilton Hotel  today was a great opportunity for many people with influence in Scottish education to hear some clear messages about the issues confronting literacy teachers in the new age, particularly in the keynote speech from Professor David Booth, Chair of Literacy at Nipissing University (no smirking!), and [...]

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Reading the Media

Posted in education, literacy, tagged , , on January 8, 2009 | 8 Comments »

As if to illustrate the fact that there is a greater-than-ever need to develop a media literacy in our young people today, the media have excelled themselves this week in presenting the curriculum review in Scotland as a revolutionary act aimed at undermining the establishment and bringing down the country. The TES started the ball rolling last [...]

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Mixed Messages

Posted in literacy, tagged , on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Much loved by footballers and football commentators alike, it’s good to see that the mixed metaphor is alive and well. I think the best example of the genre I have seen or heard for a long time is a quote in today’s news media from Tony Woodley, the joint secretary of Unite, the union involved in the [...]

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