Chapters 3 & 4 - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T15:56:04Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/chapters-3-4?groupUrl=bestpracticesforliteracyinstruction&commentId=649749%3AComment%3A436092&groupId=649749%3AGroup%3A424884&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTyke, Your concern about webs…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-22:649749:Comment:4384052010-02-22T23:42:50.338ZBevelry Maylehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BevelryMayle
Tyke, Your concern about websites that students access in school is a concern for us all. When designing a lesson or activiy for students you must have sites already for them to use. 'Surfing' should not be a way of researching in school. I teach computer classes at the middle school level and it is an unending task to keep students out of inappropriate sites and to keep them from searching 'images'. lol Even looking up a mascot for a school newsletter can lead to quite interesting images. Most…
Tyke, Your concern about websites that students access in school is a concern for us all. When designing a lesson or activiy for students you must have sites already for them to use. 'Surfing' should not be a way of researching in school. I teach computer classes at the middle school level and it is an unending task to keep students out of inappropriate sites and to keep them from searching 'images'. lol Even looking up a mascot for a school newsletter can lead to quite interesting images. Most school systems block MySpace.com, other social networks and mature websites. I even have a posted list of 'game' sites for kids who are finished with a project. Most of these sites are geared to keyboarding skills or educational munipulatives. Of course a few game sites are on the list, but only two that I have found appropriate. I agree that it is extremely…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-22:649749:Comment:4382462010-02-22T17:50:52.304ZSummer Joneshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SummerJones
I agree that it is extremely important to incorporate technology into our classrooms as much as possible. I like your ideas on having them create a blog or powerpoint. These are are technologies that I have used in school and out of school. They are tools that they can carry with them and learn more ways to incorporate them into their every day lives.
I agree that it is extremely important to incorporate technology into our classrooms as much as possible. I like your ideas on having them create a blog or powerpoint. These are are technologies that I have used in school and out of school. They are tools that they can carry with them and learn more ways to incorporate them into their every day lives. I like your idea of having th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-22:649749:Comment:4382442010-02-22T17:41:39.654ZSummer Joneshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SummerJones
I like your idea of having the students bring in their own reading material. This gives the students a chance to express themselves and gives them meaning as to why literacy is important. I also like how you used scaffolding to begin expressing their own thoughts through writing.
I like your idea of having the students bring in their own reading material. This gives the students a chance to express themselves and gives them meaning as to why literacy is important. I also like how you used scaffolding to begin expressing their own thoughts through writing. I think it is a great lesson…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-19:649749:Comment:4374252010-02-19T14:40:02.095ZSarah Chenowethhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SarahChenoweth
I think it is a great lesson and a great way to get the student's involved in the understanding of what they are reading. Sounds Like a great way to involve the students!!
I think it is a great lesson and a great way to get the student's involved in the understanding of what they are reading. Sounds Like a great way to involve the students!! I felt guilty asking you to r…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-19:649749:Comment:4373162010-02-19T02:18:04.475ZDenise Lindstromhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/dllb123
I felt guilty asking you to read these sites but I thought it was important for us to know the kinds of things our students want to read and think about how we can capitalize these interest in a positive way. There are some interesting activities to get students to think about gossip and media in a critical way.
I felt guilty asking you to read these sites but I thought it was important for us to know the kinds of things our students want to read and think about how we can capitalize these interest in a positive way. There are some interesting activities to get students to think about gossip and media in a critical way. I like your ideas about the p…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-19:649749:Comment:4373132010-02-19T02:14:04.103ZDenise Lindstromhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/dllb123
I like your ideas about the popular sites "stereotyping teenage life". I do think those site should not be assigned as reading material for school but I think you might be able to draw on other forms of popular media to get students to discuss how the media portrays teenagers in a negative way and have them create their own media products to portrays teenagers more accurately.
I like your ideas about the popular sites "stereotyping teenage life". I do think those site should not be assigned as reading material for school but I think you might be able to draw on other forms of popular media to get students to discuss how the media portrays teenagers in a negative way and have them create their own media products to portrays teenagers more accurately. These first two sites focus o…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-18:649749:Comment:4371562010-02-18T18:24:16.364ZBethaniehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Bethanie
These first two sites focus on celebrities and gossip, which is what teenagers love. Teens now days want to "be in the know" which is why these types of sites are so popular. The problem with these sites is the termonology and slang used. I would not use these sites for literacy purposes. I do feel that it is important to have relevant, engaging and challenging reading materials for teens. Another problem I have with the first 2 sites is the content of the website. As a parent I would feel that…
These first two sites focus on celebrities and gossip, which is what teenagers love. Teens now days want to "be in the know" which is why these types of sites are so popular. The problem with these sites is the termonology and slang used. I would not use these sites for literacy purposes. I do feel that it is important to have relevant, engaging and challenging reading materials for teens. Another problem I have with the first 2 sites is the content of the website. As a parent I would feel that this content is too mature for a teenager. The teen safe site I do feel is a better resource for teenagers' literacy. Although I do feel there are better reading materials than other I feel that it's important for students to being reading any wholesome, age appropriate materials. As a teacher I feel that it's our job to make our students aware of appropirate "out of school" reading materials and we should be encouraging them to read daily. The great thing about reading is we do it all the time, even the students who hate reading are constantly doing it. Thanks for the article post.…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-18:649749:Comment:4369982010-02-18T01:44:35.109ZJ. Gavin Hartlehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JGavinHartle
Thanks for the article post. It offered a different spin on writing today that I had never really considered. I have to agree that although much of our writing in online conversation can be in shorthand or in acronyms, there is much of it that is technically and grammatically correct. We've been discussing the Foxfire appoach in our class and one aspect that the approach includes is making student work public. All of this online writing and conversation allows for us to write and converse…
Thanks for the article post. It offered a different spin on writing today that I had never really considered. I have to agree that although much of our writing in online conversation can be in shorthand or in acronyms, there is much of it that is technically and grammatically correct. We've been discussing the Foxfire appoach in our class and one aspect that the approach includes is making student work public. All of this online writing and conversation allows for us to write and converse without our even realizing this aspect. Very interesting article. Smoking Gun and Perez Hilton…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-18:649749:Comment:4369902010-02-18T01:15:26.659ZKalyn Danielle Edwardshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KalynDanielleEdwards
Smoking Gun and Perez Hilton are more of a gossip column then an actual website. These two websites are full of gossip that teens these days are interested in. The teen safe sites are more educational and available for research rather than the other two websites. I guess they are alike because they are both here to give information to teenagers, but not in the same ways. I think the concerns about the sites are that they are giving out the wrong message for teenagers today. They are…
Smoking Gun and Perez Hilton are more of a gossip column then an actual website. These two websites are full of gossip that teens these days are interested in. The teen safe sites are more educational and available for research rather than the other two websites. I guess they are alike because they are both here to give information to teenagers, but not in the same ways. I think the concerns about the sites are that they are giving out the wrong message for teenagers today. They are stereotyping teenage life. Most of the teens today are not worried about learning about literacy they just want to be cool. I guess since they are reading they are learning some sort of literacy. The topics that are presented are totally different. The teen safe sites are promoting teenagers and it seems like the other websites are more geared towards the adults. The teen safe sites are using proper vocabulary while the other sites are using a lot of slang. I'm only 24 but I feel so out…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-16:649749:Comment:4364012010-02-16T02:58:10.008ZMegan R Woodsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MeganRWoodson
I'm only 24 but I feel so out of touch with today's teens. As I was reading over the Perez Hilton site, I was shocked. I've grown out of the Mtv stage so I haven't kept up with people like Perez. Holy crap! I wasn't personally offended by anything, but when my mom came into the room, I turned it off real quick like I was doing something bad -- I felt like I needed to hide it from her! After we both laughed about it, we looked at the page together. She, of course was more shocked than I was. The…
I'm only 24 but I feel so out of touch with today's teens. As I was reading over the Perez Hilton site, I was shocked. I've grown out of the Mtv stage so I haven't kept up with people like Perez. Holy crap! I wasn't personally offended by anything, but when my mom came into the room, I turned it off real quick like I was doing something bad -- I felt like I needed to hide it from her! After we both laughed about it, we looked at the page together. She, of course was more shocked than I was. The content is barely edited and the material is very insinuating, whether sexual or otherwise. Once I got over the initial shock of the site, I started paying attention to details like sentence structure and grammar. It's just like teens talk today. I'm surprised there weren't "textisms" in there beyond OMG. I just can't believe our youth are reading/watching this kind of stuff and taking it to heart. I know we're all naive at that age, but the concept of beind held accountable has gone by the wayside, so these "kids" aren't being taught to use their own judgement on the credibility of people like Perez.<br />
On the other hand, the teen-safe sites were a breath of fresh air compared to Hilton. I like that they're taking social networking to a safe place for kids to use. Facebook and Myspace have become way too popular the world over to keep kids completely safe, so I was relieved to see social networks for teens.