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What is digital literacy?
What is digital literacy? Looking for ways to build digital literacy in your students by integrating literacy skills and technology into the content areas? A common working definition for digital...
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Makeover a Classroom in a Weekend
Recently I attended a conference session where the principal provided an overview of how her school pays attention to student centered classrooms. Early into her session, I heard her say that she...
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Hangout with CTL: panel discussion on Literacy for 21st Century Learners Dec...
Please make plans to join us for a Google Hangout panel discussion via our YouTube channel as we bring together four experts to discuss literacy in the 21st Century. We’ll explore new research showing...
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Was Life in the Middle Ages Really a Fairy Tale?
Guest Blogger Stella Baker is an English Language Arts teacher at Owsley County Middle School. She has been teaching in Kentucky schools for 29 years. Over that period of time she has taught a variety...
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CTL’s Vision of Schooling Includes Project Based Learning
One of our goals at CTL is to advance a vision of schooling that engages all students in interesting and rigorous work, develops their talents and abilities, and prepares them for college and career....
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Not Your Mother’s Vocabulary List
In the previously published blog titled, Teaching Critical Vocabulary, I outlined a simple way of thinking about changing the way teachers traditionally approach vocabulary instruction in all content...
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CTL Staff Spotlight: A Passion for Adolescent Literacy
The online bios of CTL staff members feature quotes that reflect each person’s passion or special interest within education. For Educational Programs Specialist Ashley Perkins, the quote actually...
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If your blog post fell in the forest would anybody read it?
Making thinking public and visible outside of the normal classroom walls is a great way to help engage students in meaningful and purposeful work. Teachers often fall into the trap of having students...
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What Makes Great Conversation?
When was the last time you were involved in a quality conversation? What characteristics distinguished it from other conversations you have had? We have all been part of company that lost our attention...
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Systems Change: Seeking a Broader View of Family Engagement: CTL 20th...
This is one of a series of posts leading up to CTL’s 20th Anniversary forum and celebration, September 9th at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY. By Sharon Darling, President and Founder,...
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Literacy in PBL
CTL’s model of research-based strategies to engage students in literacy rich environments is a catalyst for authentic project based learning (PBL) experiences. CTL’s comprehensive approach builds a...
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