International Reading Association Standards for ELA

In thinking about the teaching and learning involved in writing I am wondering at times how to separate the skill/knowledge of writing from the larger collection of skills that fall under the umbrella of English Language Arts. Looking at the IRA website they have established these 12 standards for ELA this may be a helpful place for me to think about how the smaller skills interact with the larger set of skills.

There is also a special interest group within IRA Technology in Literacy Education with some great ideas and resources. The Resources look like a good start, but I wonder about how teachers use and implement these - a list of hotlinks is such a common place to start, and maybe works, but it seems like we need to work towards continuing to think about why we use these tools (the TPCK model).

The Research Section also looks like a good place to find more information about how the literary world approaches the ever shifting definition of literacy in the 21st century.