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Digital Literacy Websites

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Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease. Resources - Technology and Learning at Lindblom Math & Science Academy. Resources for Teaching Digital Literacy. Search Tools Search is the essential 21st century skill.

Resources for Teaching Digital Literacy

Developing search literacy in students should be the priority of our education. Teachers and students need the ability, search tools and strategies to effectively mine for information, evaluate and validate information. FindingEducation, it’s for teachers to find best education resources on the web , backed by FindingDulcinea’s hand-selected and professionally edited education resource library.

iPad Apps (The Padagogy Wheel) iPads in Education Everything you need to teach anything.

iPad Apps (The Padagogy Wheel)

Apps that delight. Books that captivate. Videos that inspire. A world of learning possibilities awaits in every iPad. 50+Ways - home. Hickstro - home. Digital Kindergarten: Best Free Literacy Apps. Why 'literacy' and not reading or writing?

Digital Kindergarten: Best Free Literacy Apps

"The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines literacy as the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society. " I find that reading and writing are so interwoven (and that they should be) that it's difficult to classify some apps into just reading or writing.

The apps I am listing include phonics, writing, handwriting, sight words, literature... literacy skill builders for Early Childhood. Please forgive me for not taking the time to describe all of these. Duolingo - Learn Languages for Free. Have You Ever Made A Wish? by greeange. Make Kids' Books Online For Free!