I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. -- Joan Didion
Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end with.
-- Peter Elbow, author of Writing Without Teachers
Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives.
-- Richard Vaca, Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum
... more quotes on writing and reading to learn
what are content area vs. disciplinary literacies?
what is cross-disciplinary collaboration?
writing (composing) & reading to learn:
general resources:
articles, books and noteworthy blog postings :
reports:
district and state-based resources & webinars:
discipline specific resources:
science (science related resources)
social studies (social studies related resources)
"History is the unfolding of miscalculation" Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian
math (math related resources)
fine arts
- Utilizing the arts to teach literacy skills (ArtsBlog 2012) -- describes how discussion and writing about pieces of art meets various CCSS speaking and listening standards as well as writing standards.
-
Music Education helps kids learn to read-Study - The Washington Post/The Answer Sheet blog (6/24)
-
Supporting Literacy Through Playwriting - Elk Grove, CA school supports late elementary literacy (4th grade) through playwriting and theater skills.
- Deepening Literacy through Visual Assignments -- (53:14) Digital Stories @ UMBC
- Arts Integration Up-close - Edutopia (2013)
- Arts Literacy Projects -- organization of research and professional development working with Eileen Landay
- What is Artistic Literacy? Framework for Arts Standards - Education Week Spotlight (Jan 2013)
- The Maker Mind (12:42) - TEDx talk by Jennifer Oxman Ryan (Researcher at Harvard Project Zero) on the importance of design thinking.
- Agency By Design work on "Maker Empowerment" - "A heightened sensitivity to the made dimension of objects, ideas, and systems, along with a nudge toward tinkering with them and an increased capacity to do so."
- Artful Thinking -- Project Zero resources for art education. See Thinking Routines and Studio Mindset
-
Studio Thinking: How Visual Arts Teaching Can Promote Disciplined Habits of Mind (2006) - Report Abstract that summarizes 8 Studio Habits of Mind (discipline-specific literacy practices for artists)
- Elements and Principals of Today's Art - Extending the traditional elements of art (line, shape, color, texture) Walker Art Center presents list of 5 elements (appropriation, time, performance, space, hybridity)
foreign languages & English language learners (ELL)
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.