TechSmart @ Portland Public Schools
Reading, writing, listening and speaking are at the heart of equity-based balanced literacy instruction.
Students need multiple tools and ways to communicate, collaborate, create, and demonstrate understanding. These tools allow for more personal learning that affords students access to a more dynamic approach to learning the foundational skills of literacy. Digital technology can further expand the way students interact and communicate in more active and creative ways.
When learning to solve complex problems of the 21st century, students can independently use digital resources to access information, inquire, network with others and ultimately, produce and create new and novel information that can be shared globally.
