Tag Archives: literacy

Marc Prensky, “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants,” or, getting my “digital natives” rant out of the way now.

This article makes an appeal to educators to accept that the students they teach are different from those of the past, mainly because of the introduction of computer technology into the everyday lives of those students at an early age. … Continue reading

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Leah Price, “You Are What You Read”

Price takes down the NEA’s report, “to read or not to read,” which draws correlation between readers and those who are fit, active, happy,  kinder, better citizens. However, the report narrows reading to reading for “literary experience,” excluding reading done … Continue reading

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