Redefining Literacy


The New Literacy : Making Connections in Electronic Environments (video)

What is literacy?
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn - Alvin Toffler


What is your definition of literacy in the 21st century?


What will our texts look like in the next few years? (video)


How can we get there from here?
No one jumps a 20 foot chasm in two 10 foot jumps. – Miguel Guhlin


About Digital Text

Digital Text or eText is a electronic version of a written text. Digital Text can be found on the internet or on your computer or on a variey of hand-held electronic devices.

With digital text, changing or customizing the information to meet the needs of students is easy. By nature, digital text is more flexible. It can be searched, rearranged, condensed, annotated or read aloud by a computer. And because digital text is so flexible, it's often a perfect alternative for students with different learning needs.

For more about Digital Text

Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners: Digital Text
http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/view/tdl_topic/4


Lexile Levels

This is a Lexile/Grade Equivalent Chart. A Lexile measure assures that every reader will be able to select books that are not too difficult, paving the way for many successful individualized reading experiences. Lexiles allow readers to make consistent and highly accurate book selection judgments.

Barnes & Noble just launched a new search by Lexile feature. Click here to try it out.

Lexile Analyzer: Searching a book title to get it's Lexile Level

Okapi
Type or paste text into the form and submit. In a short time, OKAPI! will return formatted readability analysis.



Literacy and Learning in the 21st Century


Learning from Text

A great article that describes good instructional practices for using digital text and the balance between accommodation and remediation.
 

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Michigan's Literacy Website

Michigan's Mission Possible

DRA to Lexile Conversion Chart