Today is the third stop on author Johanna Riddle’s book blog tour for Engaging the Eye Generation: Visual Literacy Strategies for the K-5 Classroom.  A number of colleagues and  Technology in the Middle readers submitted questions for Johanna, and her responses are simply delightful. If you have not yet had an opportunity to read Johanna’s [...]

Stenhouse Publishers have invited readers of Technology in the Middle to participate in a book blog tour for Johanna Riddle’s Engaging the Eye Generation: Visual Literacy Strategies for the K-5 Classroom. Johanna’s book (which can be browsed in its entirety here) addresses the concept of literacy in the 21st century and shows educators how to [...]

As we continue to explore the concept of 21st century literacy, there are numerous resources available to guide our thinking, including ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards, the enGauge 21st Century Skills, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.  As a School, it is important that we come to understand these literacies and establish a universal [...]