Category Archives: Digital Literacy

Free Info Lit Modules from NoodleTools

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Yesterday, I received the press release below from the folks at NoodleTools. As we are just finishing up our information literacy course, and our students are about to share their own online info lit modules with one another, this was … Continue reading →

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Video: Mimi Ito at UMSI

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

This week, we were delighted to have Mimi Ito, anthropologist and scholar of digital media and youth, visit the University of Michigan School of Information as the annual speaker for the John Seely Brown Symposium. Ito’s Imbalances in the pelvis, … Continue reading →

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ALA Write-Up on Fall Forum

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Jen Habley has a lovely write-up of the recent Fall Forum weekend. From the press release: CHICAGO — Transliteracy and participatory culture were the topics of conversation for school librarian professionals across the country as they met face-to-face and virtually for … Continue reading →

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1918 Influenza Encyclopedia

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Congratulations to the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and MPublishing at the University of Michigan Library for their launch of the Influenza Encyclopedia, a digital encyclopedia capturing primary sources and information related to the 1918-1919 flu … Continue reading →

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Fall Forum Slides – Saturday

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Hi, Fall Forum folks! Here are the updated slides for Saturday. Color slides, 1 slide per page (23 MB) Grayscale handout, 3 slides per page (5 MB) People who endure coming from such a dysfunction will set eyes on the … Continue reading →

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Digital Learning Day Is Tomorrow!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

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How do we define and assess digital composition?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Buffy Hamilton has blogged her mid-year reflection on the creation of digital texts such as VoiceThread or Prezi. Some of the big takeaways for me: Finding what I thought represented “exemplary” digital texts was challenging as I found it difficult … Continue reading →

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Legend of the Digital Native

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Kristin Fontichiaro

I was asked to write for the UM School of Information Monthly about digital literacy. I struggled a bit to both validate the speed and fearlessness that come natively to today’s learners and our concern that without deeper comprehension and … Continue reading →

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