Explicit teaching of 21st-century literacy
metaskills can position students to analyze
and evaluate news reporting in today’s
visually drenched world.
I chose this quote truly due to the last four words: "today’s
visually drenched world." This is very true about our world today. Media is not just a benefit to our way of life it is a crucial element to our way of life. Think http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifof our students today - they think they are dying when they go to school and they can not look at their phone for 8 hours or check their social networks. Our students live and function in a digital world. As a new educator I have found the more visual aids and visual instruction I use the more motivated and engaged my students are in the classroom. Today our students learn and understand deeper concepts through a visual or virtual example. As educators we must recognize this and adjust our instructional methods to meet the needs of our students.
Abilock, D. (n.d.). A seven power lens on: 21st century literacy. Retrieved from http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/newsmedia/PowerLensSingle.pdf
Click Here to watch No Future Left Behind
I have to say this is a great video, it really touched me and wanted to help me help the students in my classroom. If you have the time please watch this video.
Suffern Middle School, Students (Writer). (2007). No Future Left Behind [Web]. Available from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kra_z9vMnHo
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I'm going to show that video to 2201 students! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for letting me know about the Son of Citation limitation as well!
ReplyDeleteI love using visual aids in the classroom. I can create a Power Point on just about any subject and make it more fun that just speaking.
ReplyDeleteI can understand how it would make things more interesting to have more visual aids. Being old like I am, when I was in high school the only visual aids we had was the overhead. It was terrible. I think that may be why I'm really good with lectures and taking notes.
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