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publish then filter world.

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publish then filter world

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I like the phrase “social filter” that the article puts forth as a way to capture what I think is a big shift in emphasis on many of the basic reading literacies that we should have been teaching but by and large haven’t been doing a very good job with.

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the filter who is suggesting something for you to read

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While, as the article points out, much of this trend is a technological version of “word of mouth,” I think the difference is the scope of the potential personal audience, the ease with which we can copy and forward what we find, and the speed with which it all happens.

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establishing these skills and habits in our students has to be something that we model and include in every part of the K-12 curriculum.

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