Making Literacy – Level Three

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Now that you’ve had some practice with basic “making” or DIY projects, you’ll want to figure out how to take your making to the next level and extend your knowledge of your chosen craft.

Making Literacy – Level Two

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Now that you’ve developed a working definition of literacy, let’s start expanding what that might mean a bit by engaging texts from the Maker Movement. This challenge lets you think about literacy beyond books and words.

Making Literacy – Level One

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Traditionally, people define literacy in somewhat simplistic way: “the ability to read and write.” But what does that mean in practice, in the real world. Read what? Write what? This badging pathway begins by having you think about your own definitions of literacy and then walks you through activities to think about the kinds of hands-on, active, engaged literacy practices that are increasingly being pushed out of school-based education.