Types+of+Literacies

[|Language Development]
 * Literacy**
 * F****oundational Literacy**

[|Institute for Glocal Ethics] [|Ethical Issues for Teachers]
 * Ethical Literacy**


 * Visual Literacy**

[] **Creature Features ebook** with tables, icons, word balloons & more.
[] Just a cute example of visual literacy for Science.

This article is contains information on the understanding students make when looking at visual media. The article suggests visual literacy is similar to that of text literacy. [|Visual-Literacy.org] Website that addresses the often neglected visual literacy skills or the ability to evaluate, apply, or create conceptual visual representations. [|Importants of Art] [|Visual Literacy Across the Curriculum] This youtube video stresses the importance of intergrading visual literacy across all educational platforms. It’s very interesting. It actually caught my 7th grader’s attention from across the room. She came over to the computer and watched it till the end. (Elena Duran) [] This video does a great job of introducing students to basic visually literacy terms. The video can be used to introduce the basic visual elements. It would be fun to have the student break into groups. Each group can become experts on their term. They can then create a short video to further explore and teach their concept to the class. I did find a curse word towards the end, so I might have to find a similar video or ask permission to edit the word out. (Elena Duran)
 * Supporting Visual Literacy**
 * [|Johns Hopkins Visual Literacy in the Classroom]**
 * [|Visual Literacy Project]**
 * [|Visual Literacy Scavenger Hunt]**

[|7 things you should know about Visual Literacy] A great website from Ohio State University explains seven key factors everyone should know about visual literacy [|Visual Literacy Slide Show] A informational slideshow demonstrating definitions, key elements, history and other resources for Visual Literacy. (Tiffany Sanchez)


 * Media Literacy**

[] Podcasts, videos and more

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[|The News Literacy Project]
 * News Literacy**

Wow!!! This project would be an amazing project to take part in for any High School or Middle School. I added News Literacy after researching the News Literacy Project and hearing the experts’ explanation of the difference between Media and News Literacy. (Elena Duran)


 * Informational Literacy**

Tutorial for Developing & Evaluating []


 * Digital Literacy**
 * Digital Literacy in the Classroom**

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This a humorous video about children and the impact the digital universe has on them. It also illustrates digital technology.

[|Digitalliteracy.gov] - this website is pretty cool. There are links at the top that allow you to find educator tools, learn the basics, and learn job skills. There are also ideas for how to collaborate and how digital literacy is used in the community.

[|Web 2.0 Tools] Web 2.0 Tools (Cool tools for schools)
 * Technological Literacy**

[] this site is great on explaing the ITEA standereds for technology literacy

[] this site has acess to tons of diferent lesson plans to assist students to learn and become literate in technology

[|Personal Finance terms] [|Credit Card Literacy] [|Dave Ramsey] in the classroom. I chose to add the Dave Ramsey link that focuses on bringing his beliefs into a school curriculum. My Fiance and I jumped on the "Debt Free" bandwagon a year ago and since have really begun to think about how we use and manage our finances. When talking about finance we both agreed we never had any real conversations about managing finance with our parents so it has been really helpful for us. In turn, I think about other people my age or younger who have never had someone to sit down with them, making financial literacy important.
 * Financial Literacy**


 * Health & Physical Literacy**

[|Kids Healthy Literacy]


 * Communicational Literacy**

This just an amazing source for communicative literacy. This resource gives definition, lesson, instruction, handouts, examples...check it out! []


 * World/Global Literacy**

Journey North is where students from an elementary school in Maryland collaborate with a school in Mexico to study the migration pattern of the monarch butterfly from Mexico to the United States and back. Journey North can be aligned with science, math, geography, and language arts standards. []


 * Transliteracy**

[] Local blogs, news & events


 * Social Literacy**
 * [|Teaching our children social skills early]**

[|Important of social skills]