Searching for New Literacy Classrooms
This site defines New Literacies and provides a list of characteristics of classrooms that incorporate new literacies.
http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/kist/index.html
Center for the Study of Children, Youth, and Media
This site gives you a brief description of programs that are helping children acquire new literacy skills as they investigate issues important to their lives.
In Time: Integrating New Technologies Into the Methods of Education
At this site you can see how teachers are integrating new literacies into their content areas. You can browse video examples by subject or grade level.
Filmmaking Across the Curriculum
http://www.acmi.net.au/5B74CECD3BE94E00BF511EB69DC00086.htm
Digital Media & Digital Storytelling
These sites provide examples of how students are integrating digital media to compose multi-modal compositions and bring issues in their local communities into the classroom.
Multimedia Maps
http://kidsown.ie/mmm/book/index.html
Centre for Digital Story Telling
http://www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php?cat=3
Streets Full of Stories
http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/eas/index.html
Screen It 2006 Winner’s Gallery
http://www.acmi.net.au/screen_it_2006_winners.htm
Screen It 2005 Winner’s Gallery
http://www.acmi.net.au/screen_it.htm
I Served in the American Civil War
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=178
WebQuests
These sites provide an explanation of Webquests, some examples, and templates for building a Webquest for your students.
Building Blocks of a Webquest
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
Webquest.org
http://webquest.org/index.php
Photo Books
Alphabet Photo Book
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=120
A Counting Photo Book
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=119
Nappy Hair Controversy
Embracing Ebonics & Teaching Standard English: An Interview with Oakland Teacher Carrie Street
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/12_01/ebsecret.shtml
Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/12_01/ebdelpit.shtml
Should black English be considered a second language? (reaction to Oakland, CA, school district making Ebonics a second language)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19082465.html
Ebonics controversy of bilingualism in Oakland, California
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_n24_v13/ai_20055255
NCTE: On the Students’ Right to Their Own Language
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/lang/107502.htm?source=gs
Opinion: Ebonics Slang No Substitute for Standard English
http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21NVKingEbonics802.html
Language Varieties—Classroom Tips
http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/tips.html
National Center for Children in Poverty
http://www.nccp.org/
Low Wage America
http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1076
Making Ends Meet
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/13/reviews/010513.13gallagt.html
Profiles of Low-Wage America
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/low_wage/
Myths & Facts about Poverty and Welfare
http://www.alabamapoverty.org/myths.html
A Framework for Understanding Ruby Payne
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/21_02/fram212.shtml
Hidden Rules
http://www.ext.wvu.edu/cyfar/rut/hiddenrules.htm
Understanding and Working with Children and Adults from Poverty
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:0sRg7o9SfaAJ:homepages.wmich.edu/~ljohnson/Payne.pdf+ruby+payne+hidden+rules&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
