[LM_NET] The March Issue of FNO - Reading Between Digital Lines

[Jamieson McKenzie <fromnowon@EARTHLINK.NET>]

 From Now On
the educational technology journal
Vol 18|No 4|March 2009

There are two articles in this month's issue:

1. Reading Between Digital Lines
By Jamie McKenzie, ©2009, all rights reserved.

There is often a subtext when it comes to digital media and information,
even though that subtext may be quite well hidden and difficult to  
identify.
Not all that matters is glimmering on the surface.

Inference is required now more than ever. Students must know how to read
between the lines, put clues together and fathom meanings that are not
self-evident. They must look past the words.

The very term "reading" must be applied more broadly than it was in  
the past
to include the capacity to comprehend any category of information or  
medium,
as in "read a face," "read a building," or "read a situation."  
Students must now
understand how to "read a page" - understanding implicit meanings,  
context
and the intentions of the information producers. They become astute with
regard to page design and subliminal manipulation.

Continued at http://fno.org/mar09/digitallines.html

2. Reading Across a Dozen Literacies
By Jamie McKenzie, ©2009, all rights reserved.

Reading?

We need a broadened conception of reading to capture the many  
different types
of reading that occur when considering information in different  
formats across
different media. As mentioned in the companion piece to this article  
("Reading
Between the Lines"), students must now be able to "read a face" as  
well as a page,
must be able to read a photograph or a chart or a situation. Reading  
as understanding
applies to many aspects of life.

Continued at http://fno.org/mar09/dozen.html

Jamie McKenzie
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