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Open Badges in Education
A guest post from W. Ian O’Byrne, University of New Haven We are delighted to have a guest post from W. Ian O’Byrne this week on the intriguing topic of “Open Badges in Education”. Ian is an...
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Webquest for CCSS
By Dana L. Grisham Last year in this blog, I wrote about about TextProject (http://textproject.org) , a not-for-profit organization that supports struggling readers with appropriate texts see the...
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What do the PIAAC results suggest?
A post by Jill Castek In light of the PIAAC data being released last month (PIAAC stands for Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) I’ve been thinking a lot about opportunities...
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Essential Reading
A post from Bernadette Articles on the International Reading Association (IRA) website, IRA E-ssentials, provide a range of “actionable teaching ideas” on a growing range of literacy topics. These...
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Digital Reading as Inquiry
This post was co-written by regular blogger Jill Castek in collaboration with Megan Goss from the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley Reading science texts can be quite...
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Pecha Kucha, a Presentation Format with Many Possibilities
By guest posters W. Ian O’Byrne & Sue Ringler Pet, & regular blogger Thomas DeVere Wolsey The nature of literacy is rapidly evolving and these changes demand an expanded view of “text” to...
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Student Oral Language Observation Matrix: Spreadsheet Style
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey A time-tested standby to help teachers understand English learners’ oral language proficiency is the SOLOM or Student Oral Language Observation Matrix. The instrument is not a...
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Meet the Influencer: Don Leu
Influencers Don Leu is a colleague, mentor, and friend to the Literacy Beat bloggers, and he has consistently influenced our research since we met him. Don and the New Literacies Research Lab always...
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Exploring Digital Assessments: How Teachers Improve Learning Outcomes
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey EduForum 2018 at The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt November 3, 2018 Assessment is the fuel of learning. Confronted with mountains of data, teachers can feel...
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Assessment Literacy: An Educator’s Guide to Understanding Assessment, K-12
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey & Dana L. Grisham with Susan Lenski We are excited to announce that Assessment Literacy: An Educator’s Guide to Understanding Assessment, K-12 by Literacy Beat bloggers...
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Go Beyond the App
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey Are you ready to go beyond the app? Beyond the App invites teachers to interact with experts in online and traditional literacies. In contrast to many professional development...
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Register Now for Beyond the App
by Thomas DeVere Wolsey & Nance Wilson Registration for Beyond the App is open now! Beyond the App is an interactive online conference for middle grades teachers, teacher educators, parents, and...
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Anti-rúbrica
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey Ingredientes/Requeridos: Ejemplos: Puntuación, Ortografía, párrafos (como superficial pero necesario) Sugerencias y Desafíos ¿Cuáles son tus siguientes pasos?Criterios...
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Teachers’ Perceptions of Feedback Efficacy
by Thomas DeVere Wolsey Literacy Beat is in Kenya to talk about feedback with teachers, researchers, and policymakers in Nairobi. View the draft slide deck here: feedback-kenyaDownload
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An International Focus of the Language Arts and Literacy
by Thomas DeVere Wolsey Our chapter in the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, 5th Ed. is chap ONE! Thanks to co-authors Ibrahim M. Karkouti, Pelusa Orellana, Cristina Alfaro,...
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