Blog #6 Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy

Blog #6 Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy

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Renate Valtin and Tiziana Mascia Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy
Full Paper can be dowloaded here.

In the knowledge-based societies of the 21st Century, the rapid spread of new technologies and a constantly changing work environment, literacy learning is no longer limited to childhood and adolescence; but must be recognized as a lifelong need and requirement. However, in early childhood in the family and in preschool and the first years of primary school the foundation is laid for the rest of development. There is a vast body of literature suggesting measures, activities and methods to foster literacy in young children. In our paper we will present suggestions for an ideal reading life of children, age 0 to 10, mainly derived from two positions: ELINET, the European Literacy Policy Network, who offers a comprehensive societal approach and Maryanne Wolf, renowned scholar of literacy and the brain, currently directing the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice at UCLA.… Read the rest

Jyväskylä Conference Language Education for Social Justice

Jyväskylä Conference Language Education for Social Justice

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The 37th Conference of Applied Language Studies, Education for Social Justice Conference will take place completely online on June 1-3, 2021 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Join the conference and register on the Conference website.
What does social justice have to do with language education? Why do we need to talk about social justice as language teachers, teacher educators, and researchers?

At this conference, ELINET organizes a two-hour interactive colloquium in which we will introduce a framework digital literacy means for children ages 0-10, the ways digital tools and activities can contribute to the development of children’s literacy skills, attitudes and compile the best practices that can be used at homes and schools and request feedback and good practice examples from the audience members. You can download the ELINET proposal here. … Read the rest

Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society. Transitions in Digital Learning’ in Cyprus. 

Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society. Transitions in Digital Learning’ in Cyprus. 

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ELINET wants to draw your attention to the 4th International Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society. Transitions in Digital Learning’ on May 12 and 13 in Cyprus. The conference will be held online as a virtual conference.
From ELINET the chairs of the TWG Digital Literacy, Fabio Nascimbeni, and  Jeroen Clemens will give  presentations at this conference. 

The 4th International Conference Literacy and Contemporary Society: Transitions in Digital Learning focuses on the transformation of learning, being, and communicating, as an inherent characteristic of modern societies but as yet intensified due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year. The pandemic has accelerated the utilization of new literacy forms, practices, and spaces, and hybridized new and traditional literacies.
The wide transition to digital learning and communication exacerbated the need to critically engage with text and information, while also making visible broader challenges that have long permeated education and society.… Read the rest

Blog #5 TIMSS, Reading, and Disciplinary Literacy

Blog #5 TIMSS, Reading, and Disciplinary Literacy

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Bill Brozo TIMSS, Reading, and Disciplinary Literacy

Our Fifth Blog.
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With the recent release of the results of the 2019 cycle of Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), it is important to consider the extent to which literacy skills and abilities are essential for success on this assessment. 

MultiLEAP Webinar Pedagogy of multiliteracies in classroom: disciplinary perspectives

MultiLEAP Webinar Pedagogy of multiliteracies in classroom: disciplinary perspectives

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Welcome to MultiLEAP Webinar on March 30 at 10.00–11.30!
Please share this invitation within your networks! Students are also welcome!
Relation to ELINET: Sari Sulkunen, Board Member ELINET . See her Expert Page. She takes, as an Associate Professor, part in MultiLEAP

What: MultiLEAP Webinar – Pedagogy of multiliteracies in classroom: disciplinary perspectives
When: Tuesday 30th of March 2021, at 10.00–11.30 (Finnish time) 
Where: Zoom: https://r.jyu.fi/multileap-30-03-21

MultiLEAP profiling area (Multiliteracies for social participation and in learning across the life span) organizes a webinar and welcomes you to hear two interesting presentations about the disciplinary dimension of the pedagogy of multiliteracies, a theme requested by the MultiLEAP community. Our guests:

Tuula Nygård works as a doctoral researcher at the University of Oulu and finalizes her dissertation about developing multiliteracies in health education.… Read the rest

Blog #4 Adolescent Literacy in Malta

Blog #4 Adolescent Literacy in Malta

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by Pamela Zerafa
[This is the fourth Blog in the blog series from the TWG International Literacy Assessments]
Since literacy is an essential key competence for lifelong learning (EC 2018), it has been the object of assessment in Malta in many local and international studies. The results of these assessments, unfortunately, shed light on the literacy crisis we Maltese seem to be sharing with the rest of the world. For instance, in the most recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the mean reading score of Maltese ten-year-olds (477) was significantly lower than the international average (500) (MEDE 2017). Similarly, a local study conducted by Professor Mark Borg (2018) on differences in Achievement in the End-of-Year Benchmark 2012-2018 concluded that the mean achievement scores in each of the three core subjects for students in Year 6 (11-year-olds) attending State Schools are consistently below the national standardised mean of 500.… Read the rest

Fabio Nascimbeni UNICEF Scoping Paper on Children Digital Literacy

Fabio Nascimbeni UNICEF Scoping Paper on Children Digital Literacy

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Fabio Nascimbeni, member of the ELINET Board of Directors, authors the UNICEF Scoping Paper on Children Digital Literacy. Fabio has been leading a research on behalf of UNICEF that has culminated with the publication of the UNICEF Scoping Paper “Digital Literacy for Children”.
The paper presents a definition and some possible competencies frameworks for children digital literacy, closing the gap connected to the fact that children are not specifically targeted by most existing definitions and frameworks, and is particularly relevant in the present moment, as digital literacy of young people has become even more important due to the increase of time spent online by children.
The report is available here: https://www.unicef.org/globalinsight/reports/digital-literacy-children. 

UPDATE: Keynotes Online Conference of The Reading Association of Russia 19-11-2020

UPDATE: Keynotes Online Conference of The Reading Association of Russia 19-11-2020

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Update: We did it. The first day of the conference was wonderful. If you were not able to participate online, fore a while (don’t know how long) you can (re)view the keynotes HERE. (1) Colin Harrison starting at -2.40 min., (2) Bill Brozo at -1.48 and (3) Jeroen Clemens at -43 (strange timetable, but you’ll find it this way)

On November, 19, Bill Brozo and Jeroen Clemens, board members of ELINET will provide keynotes on the conference of The Reading Association of Russia in Moscow. Because of the COVID-19, it will be through a video-presentation.

  • Colin Harrison is planned to start at 2.25 pm
  • William Brozo   –   3.25pm
  • Jeroen Clemens –  4.00pm
  • Besides you, there will be two speakers  in Russian

  

The Reading Association of Russia
The 6th International Conference
Reading and Literacy in Education and Culture: Letters in Digits

Plenary session: November 19, 2020
(starting at 3p.m.… Read the rest

UNICEF Draft Policy Guidance on AI for Children

UNICEF Draft Policy Guidance on AI for Children

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Interesting activity from UNICEF. Please read and comment. 

Thank you to everyone who joined last week’s launch of the draft Policy Guidance on AI for Children, in partnership with the Government of Finland. We hope you enjoyed our event and wanted to share a few follow-up links with you:

We want to hear from you!

  • Please provide feedback on the policy guidance here. Our public consultation is open until 16 October.
  • Please use the guidance and share your findings with us at ai4children@unicef.org. Further instructions can be found in the policy guidance document.
  • For those who attended, please fill out a short survey.
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MOOC Free Course on Digital Literacy starting September 16, 2020

MOOC Free Course on Digital Literacy starting September 16, 2020

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The Digital Literacy Lab for Educators announces their next project, a 5-week free online course on digital literacies, in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning and Dilectae. The facilitator is Dr Emma Pauncefort, the founder of Dilectae and its headline initiative, The Critical Literacy Project. You can enrol here.
ELINET thinks this to be an interesting MOOC. 

The uncertain future facing society at large due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis makes the need for widespread digital literacy even greater. We believe this is an essential course of personal and professional development for instructors, mentors, learners, and anyone interested in making sense of our society’s reflexive relationship with technology. The first five modules of the course are the building blocks for the Digital Literacy Lab for Educators (or DLLE).… Read the rest