Findings
When I began the New Literacies and Global Learning program, I applied for it so I could learn strategies that could better help me teach my students to grow in their reading. I was looking for new strategies to teach my students to enhance their comprehension of text and how to write that knowledge in a detailed answer to specific questions. I have since discovered how important writing and reading are together. Growing in one one area of literacy encourages the growth of the other areas. There is research to support reading and writing are intertwined. To become proficient at one you must do the other. Incorporating daily writing in every subject area is what is necessary. Making writing comfortable and automatic in how we can help our students.
In addition, integrating technology into my instruction is necessary. To motivate students and keep them engaged, these digital natives need to use tools they are familiar with and will be using in the work force. They need to know how to use technology to stay in competition with the rest of the world where job placement is contingent on their digital knowledge. Our students are not just dealing with life in their hometown communities. Due to technology, their backyard in the world. We also have to be leaders and support accesses of technology to all students, keep them safe while using technology, and assist students in understanding the realism of media.
In addition, integrating technology into my instruction is necessary. To motivate students and keep them engaged, these digital natives need to use tools they are familiar with and will be using in the work force. They need to know how to use technology to stay in competition with the rest of the world where job placement is contingent on their digital knowledge. Our students are not just dealing with life in their hometown communities. Due to technology, their backyard in the world. We also have to be leaders and support accesses of technology to all students, keep them safe while using technology, and assist students in understanding the realism of media.
Resources
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Jenkins, H. (2006). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. An Occasional Paper on Digital Media and Learning. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2009, May). Too Cool for School? No Way! Learning & Leading with Technology, (36)7. 14-18.
Schunk, D. H. and Zimmerman, B. J. (2007) Influencing Children’s Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation of Reading and Writing Through Modeling, Reading & Writing Quarterly, 23(1), 7-25. DOI: 10.1080/10573560600837578.
Zhao, Y. (2009). Catching up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization. ASCD.
Jenkins, H. (2006). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. An Occasional Paper on Digital Media and Learning. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2009, May). Too Cool for School? No Way! Learning & Leading with Technology, (36)7. 14-18.
Schunk, D. H. and Zimmerman, B. J. (2007) Influencing Children’s Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation of Reading and Writing Through Modeling, Reading & Writing Quarterly, 23(1), 7-25. DOI: 10.1080/10573560600837578.
Zhao, Y. (2009). Catching up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization. ASCD.