Our youngest generation is a scarce and precious resource facing a human wave of global competition. This reality is changing the way teachers think of literacy, and more importantly, it is changing their classroom practice. Teachers across the entire curriculum spectrum are beginning to realize that they are responsible for producing learners who possess the literacy skills needed for the 21st Century. They are realizing that literacy is the ability to comprehend all sorts of text, and helping students accomplish the goal of comprehension requires more than asking them to open a book and read the chapter. Continue reading...

"Literacy, Education and Technology" is the slogan of the Verizon Foundation's Thinkfinity website, "an exciting collection of online educational resources." Exciting, indeed! Partners include the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the International Reading Association, the National Geographic Society, and more. Check out this terrific resource for educators.

Most emails are badly written. No surprise, perhaps, since we write more emails than anything else. By 2010, the business world will have produced 27,000 billion gigabytes of email. So what goes wrong? Continue reading...

Learning technology consultant Clive Shepherd, author of Clive on Learning, discusses how new technologies free us from the "tyrannies of traditional systems of classification," to make learning "miscellaneous." What does he mean? Read Clive's post here.

Bubbl.us is a "simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online." Want to create a "mind map" you can share with friends and colleagues? Click here to learn more.

Journalist Amy Gahran of the blog Contentious shares her secret for getting people to read your blog: "Strategic commenting." As Amy explains, "If you view your blog as part of a public conversation, rather than a mere publication, then an easy way to attract more interest and interaction becomes obvious." Read her post here.

"Here are the Top 55 Reference Websites as chosen by the eBizMBA editorial team," announces the eBizMBA website. Whether you're a student working on a research paper or a copywriter researching an industry vertical, you'll find this list invaluable. Check it out here.