If I understand what the new literacies are about, it's really about making sure that there is work to show for the students and their grades. It becomes increasingly harder to document what the students are doing once instruction is one to one with a laptop. We need to make sure that the students are still demonstrate the proper standards while still using laptops. It is also important that we are guiding new students, who are new to digital literacy, who also might be used to older literacies. The article says the new literacies that are coming up are ones such as gaming softwares, this is interesting because so many students now have access to games not only on gaming consoles, but also on their cell phones.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Week 2 Assignments
ELA instruction is a lot more complicated than I expected it to be. There are many components that students and teachers must engage in. Depending on the grade level taught, teachers have to make sure that they students are able to work together and understand the materials that they are given. Teachers must make sure that students are able to properly write, and expand a students vocabulary.
One technology piece that I think would work is prezi. It's interactive for the students to it engages them. I like how they can write out what they would want to say to the class and then read straight from the presentation.
I spoke with Mr. O'Brien about the challenges that he faces integrating technology into his high school English classes. He said that the main problem is that the SMARTboard doesn't always work, and it's frustrating because it has taken over the blackboard leaving him no where to write the work down when this happens. He basically uses the SMARTboard as projector and is still trying to find better uses for it.
One technology piece that I think would work is prezi. It's interactive for the students to it engages them. I like how they can write out what they would want to say to the class and then read straight from the presentation.
I spoke with Mr. O'Brien about the challenges that he faces integrating technology into his high school English classes. He said that the main problem is that the SMARTboard doesn't always work, and it's frustrating because it has taken over the blackboard leaving him no where to write the work down when this happens. He basically uses the SMARTboard as projector and is still trying to find better uses for it.
Hi, my name is Melissa. If I were to write a book about myself, I would call it "Me Manifesto." I don't really have a favorite joke, but one that comes to mind is "What do you call cheese that's not yours? Nacho Cheese!" I currently aid in teaching math (algebra) and this is my second semester at NYIT. I don't know a lot about teaching language arts, or new literacies.
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