1. Writing Outside of School - This relates to this assignment due to the digital writing we had to form in the video. We wrote text using digital technology to create a story that explained other forms of text that mean something to us.
2. Literacy Learning in the 21st Century - "To be successful in the 21st century requires skills that an
earlier generation never imagined." The very first quote in this reading speaks for the whole article. We must be literate and own the skills to become educators in a technological world. The videos that we made were just a touch of the technology that we can create to show different ways to read.
3. Reading and Writing Differently - I have to admit, I am that student who does not like to read long texts. This article related to our videos because we learn to take a text and explain it to others
4. Writing Now - This article relates to the videos because we were writing in this assignment, but we were shaping the way people read it by animating, adding pictures, and voice/music.
5. Adolescent Literacy - This article relates to the video by the focuses on the myths of reading and literacy. In the video, we are not just showing the text so that one can just simply read. We are showing emotions in the text by using voice/music and pictures to go along with the words we wrote.
Reinforcing My Thinking:
1. In Writing Outside of School, the article showed and reinforced my thinking of digital technologies to support children to read and write by the realization that many students do read and write outside of the classroom. I realized that there are the children that like to create stories, plays, blogs, and messages outside of school; therefore, they are using literacy skills. We need to embrace these children and encourage this.
2. In Literacy Learning in the 21st Century, the article made me remember that the children we will be teaching in the future (even now) are growing up knowing only technology based ways to learn. We, as educators, need to realize this and keep up with the technology in order to keep up with our students.
3. In Writing Now, I came to the understanding that children really can enjoy reading and writing. They just need the modivation to complete a proper form of writing. We, as educators, need to combine the best practices in school and out of school to modivate these students. They myths in this article really spoke to me.
Sample of Students Using iPads in the Classroom:
Thanks for posting the video about the iPads. We have an iPad mobile lab and I'm always looking for ways to use it in my classroom. I love the flashcard idea! This would be so much more fun for the kids instead of regular flashcards.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with the very first quote in "Literacy Learning in the 21st Century" as well: To be successful in the 21st century requires skills that an
ReplyDeleteearlier generation never imagined
How true is that. Learning is forever changing in ways that we could have never imagined.