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Literate Futures: Reading the Future (Video)Literate Futures: Reading the Future (Video)Explanation of Information Retrieval ChartThe purpose of this Information Retrieval Chart is to:a. provide guidance on engagement with the video Literate Futures: Reading theFuture (RTF)b. make explicit the links between the video Literate Futures: Reading the Futureand the document Literate Futures: Reading (LFR)c. draw attention to links between RTF, LFR and other Education Queenslandinitiatives such as Productive Pedagogies.Using a videotext is a literacy skill that requires as much consideration as readinga traditional print text, if not more. Because the video RTF complements andreinforces the concepts presented in LFR, its content is very dense, and it raisesmany issues in a short time. Each of these issues is important to the teachingand learning of literacy.This video is a teaching and learning tool designed to engage teachers inanalysing and reflecting upon all the knowledges, experiences and resourcesthey already possess and can bring to the teaching of reading. This analysis andreflection will take place in the context of current and future concepts and issuesrelated to the teaching of reading.You will find the video more accessible if you keep the following questionsin mind while you view it:1. What resources do I need to access in order to understand the content of thevideo?2. What prior knowledges or experiences will I need to re-examine in order tounderstand, assimilate and take action regarding the issues raised in thevideo?To assist your viewing and appraising, the retrieval chart identifies each scene bynumber and gives a transcript of the narration. The questions or activitiessuggested in column three will assist you in dealing with the content and theissues raised. These questions and activities are related to the print documentssupplied to your school: Literate Futures: Reading; Literate Futures: Learning andDevelopment in the Teaching of Reading P–12 Positioning Document; andLiterate Futures: Whole-school Literacy Planning Guidelines. It is important thatyou access these documents while viewing the video to be able to make full useof all the documentation.View the video in its entirety, then go back and re-view it scene by scene,undertaking the questions and activities to fully appreciate the messages in thevideo. Viewing the video in a group will support the development of a SharedVision of literacy in your workplace.The purpose of the video and print documents is to raise awareness and assistyou in identifying individual and staff professional development needs in reading.If you have difficulty with some activities, note them in the Reflection Questionssection of Literate Futures: Reading (e.g. pp. 12, 22 or 48) under the heading‘Are there things I need to know more about?’ By keeping this up to date you willgive direction to your planned use of the professional development units on theTeaching of Reading that schools will have after July 2003.© State of Queensland (Department of Education, Literate Futures Project) 2003. Page 2 of 18