...State University, I have strengthened my understanding of literate environments that foster reading and writing by integrating foundational knowledge, instructional practices, approaches and methods, curriculum materials, and the appropriate use of assessments. Attached is a PowerPoint presentation and it illustrates a literate environment and the importance of creating an environment that fosters reading and writing. Artifact Summary Analyzing My Learning About Literate Environments My graduate coursework at Iowa State has prepared me for creating a literate environment. As a literacy coach it is important to know the importance of creating a literate environment as well as be best practices for fostering reading and writing in a classroom. Additionally, my new understanding of literate environments has allowed for ensuring that literacy integrates foundational knowledge, instructional practices, approaches and methods, curriculum materials, and the appropriate use of assessments....
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...How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Multnomah County had a survey done for kindergarten teachers. The results suggested that 19.4% of their students were not headed toward literacy success, due to a lack of necessary language and pre-reading skills. There is a 90% probability of a child that is a poor reader in first grade, still being a poor reader three years later, in fourth grade (http://www.co.marion.or.us). As Early Childhood Educators, we must help our students. Creating literacy rich environments for our students will assist them in the literacy process. Early language abilities make a positive impact on literacy development. Language and literacy both have many definitions. This paper will refer to the following interpretations. Language is a method used to communicate. This may be in written or verbal words that are routinely arranged. Literacy is simply the ability to read and write (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). This paper will discuss language as it relate to the development of literacy. Language in Literacy During the first few years of life, language and literacy development begins. It is linked to our first encounter with books and stories. It is linked to the “baby talk” from our caregivers and the noises that a babies makes in return. Language is learned naturally from the child’s parents and teachers. Soon after birth the baby starts to make cooing sounds. If these sounds are properly...
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...Using Technology to Support Literacy in a Preschool Classroom CIEC 6180 Esmeralda Torres Introduction What is literacy? Literacy is defined simply as the ability to read and write. This is taught in all classrooms in many different ways from reading books to writing summaries of books. Literacy though, can be taught through technology as well. In today’s world, technology continues to grow at a rapid pace and has therefore opened many opportunities for teaching and learning. Connecting students with digital literacy will allow teachers to support their students’ literacy growth. It is not just about the pencil and paper anymore. When we think about technology we immediately envision a computer, a tablet, or a smartphone but technology is not just those things. Televisions and radios are technology as well and can be used to support children’s literacy development in different ways. There are many different methods and programs that allow us to target all types of students therefore teachers should embrace technology and its many educational uses. This paper will look at how different types of technology can be used to support literacy in a preschool classroom. Why use technology? Using technology in our classrooms will actually help motivate students into learning. The excitement the students get when a laptop or tablet is pulled out is what begins that motivation. Even those children that were not paying attention are suddenly paying attention all because...
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...Technology with Adult Literacies Learners in Scotland A overview of the E-learning Support Project August 2007 – March 2008 Scottish Government Peter Lanigan Development Co-ordinator Learning Connections [pic] Background to the Project During the period 2004 to 2007, funding was provided by Learning Connections for some 26 innovative projects around Scotland using ICT in adult literacies learning. The funding provided small grants of up to £6000 to support developments and has encouraged the use of ICT / e-learning in various different context and locations. In reviewing this programme in 2007, we decided to adopt a different approach for 2007/8 which would encourage and support local integration of e-learning into literacies learning. We engaging the services of Sheerface Ltd. to work with individual literacies partnerships across Scotland. Project Aims The contractor appointed worked with Learning Connections to develop and support local initiatives for integrating ICT / e-learning into adult literacies learning in their particular area. Funding was available to support local initiatives to try out ideas for using ICT which were new to their literacies partnership. The aims were • to raise awareness of the lessons learned from the ICT Innovations projects undertaken 2004 to 2007, and other work undertakes by Learning Connections during that period • to promote and encourage the use of e-learning in literacies provision. ...
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...Information Literacy Influence, Scholarship, Practice, and Leadership The mastery of literacy is a fundamental aspect used by scholars in advance studies research and development where leaders gains essential data that is crucial in their decision-making activity. The integration of information literacy into the academic learning is critical to capitalize the characterization of leaders’ ability and credibility within the leadership arena. In this paper it will summarize the key points and discuss the influence of information literacy. Scholarship Information literacy has influenced scholarship, practice, and leadership no matter what area or discipline. Credible literacy information is available at the public or private libraries; however, in today’s technology, most literacy is circulating the Internet and the majority of people in this age are bound to collect literacy information through the Internet (Russell, 2009). Google, for example, is the number one source that is being used to collect information and used in the research studies (Badke, 2009). Most college students and students in the advance studies are attracted to using the Internet as a source to gather information because of the easy-to-use features available. Libraries are less important because of the lack of technology and sophistication method to collect information used by scholars. Internet access is predominantly used not only by the students in higher education but also elementary, high school...
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...How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Multnomah County had a survey done for kindergarten teachers. The results suggested that 19.4% of their students were not headed toward literacy success, due to a lack of necessary language and pre-reading skills. There is a 90% probability of a child that is a poor reader in first grade, still being a poor reader three years later, in fourth grade (http://www.co.marion.or.us). As Early Childhood Educators, we must help our students. Creating literacy rich environments for our students will assist them in the literacy process. Early language abilities make a positive impact on literacy development. Language and literacy both have many definitions. This paper will refer to the following interpretations. Language is a method used to communicate. This may be in written or verbal words that are routinely arranged. Literacy is simply the ability to read and write (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). This paper will discuss language as it relate to the development of literacy. Language in Literacy During the first few years of life, language and literacy development begins. It is linked to our first encounter with books and stories. It is linked to the “baby talk” from our caregivers and the noises that a babies makes in return. Language is learned naturally from the child’s parents and teachers. Soon after birth the baby starts to make cooing sounds. If these sounds are properly supported...
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...organization and the key corporate assets are managed through digital means. Another characteristics that digital firm has is that the internal and external environment can be recognized and death with very quickly. For instance, the supply chain management systems in these kinds of firms can facilitate sourcing, manufacturing and delivery of products and services. 2. Describe how information systems transforming business and what is their relationship to globalization. Nowadays, information systems can be considered as the foundation for conducting business. For many businesses, they cannot survive without having information system because of many reasons. First of all, the internet allows many businesses to buy, sell, advertise and get feedback from customers. Secondly, communicating and conducting businesses is increasingly being carried out through the use of e-mail, online conferencing, cell phones and international teleconferencing. In addition, information system provides new federal security and accounting regulations that would help in protecting businesses. Generally, it is interesting to know that the internet has reduced the cost of operating (buying, selling goods, transferring..etc) on global scale dramatically. 3. Distinguish between data and information and between information systems literacy and computer literacy. Basically, data are raw input which when processed or arranged makes meaningful output. For instance, data can be facts, statistics or numbers and...
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...Although there are many professional dispositions an effective literacy coach should exhibit, I feel one of the most important is the understanding that both students and teachers come with a variety of strengths and needs. An effective literacy coach knows how to build on the strengths and teach to the needs. Providing teacher support, developing content knowledge in literacy, demonstrating understanding of effective instructional practices and promoting a positive professional learning community are all professional dispositions that an effective literacy coach should demonstrate skill in. Skilled literacy coaches value relationships and work hard to build trust with the teachers they support. When a respectful partnership is created between...
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...Bringing together creativity and literacy POSTED IN CREATIVE LITERACY We all know that literacy is the ability to read and write but the definition of creative is a little harder to define: it can be the ability to solve problems or being able to use your imagination. Bringing creativity and literacy together can be a powerful tool in teaching, writes Tonya Meers Creativity is characterised by originality and expressiveness, so it can mean making something or it can be something new and innovative. Sir Ken Robinson has said that “Creativity is about working in a highly focused way on ideas and projects, crafting them into their best forms and making critical judgements along the way.” Bringing creativity and literacy together can be a powerful tool in teaching. It allows children to be active in literacy, from acting out plays through characters that they’ve made themselves or through making props. It allows children to explore their imaginations. Getting involved in a story re-enforces the learning and can also teach practical skills, for example, working with templates or basic sewing. Children are naturally creative, if you stop and listen to them they often are natural storytellers. They love to make things up and will very often have imaginary worlds they will refer to. They also love to get involved in making things, giving them a sense of achievement. If they are engaged they will learn more, so it’s about harnessing their ability to soak up information...
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...How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Ashanti Gordon Grand Canyon University: ECH 515 December 12, 2012 How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Multnomah County had a survey done for kindergarten teachers. The results suggested that 19.4% of their students were not headed toward literacy success, due to a lack of necessary language and pre-reading skills. There is a 90% probability of a child that is a poor reader in first grade, still being a poor reader three years later, in fourth grade (http://www.co.marion.or.us). As Early Childhood Educators, we must help our students. Creating literacy rich environments for our students will assist them in the literacy process. Early language abilities make a positive impact on literacy development. Language and literacy both have many definitions. This paper will refer to the following interpretations. Language is a method used to communicate. This may be in written or verbal words that are routinely arranged. Literacy is simply the ability to read and write (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). This paper will discuss language as it relate to the development of literacy. Language in Literacy During the first few years of life, language and literacy development begins. It is linked to our first encounter with books and stories. It is linked to the “baby talk” from our caregivers and the noises that a babies makes in return. Language is learned...
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...Interviews Literacy is usually understood as the reading, writing, arithmetic abilities. The term also includes the skills to use language, images numbers, and computers to communicate. An interview to five parents was conducted in order to understand how they view the importance of literacy and the steps used to implement it with their children. The interviews showed that all parents see literacy as highly important in the children’s lives. It was stated that through literacy children develop their speaking and listening skills, help children to improve strong vocabulary, to express themselves and communicate better with others. And stimulates motivation, comprehension, curiosity and memory skills. It was very interesting to see how al the...
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...The content area literacy teachers teach students similar reading strategies to help them understand the texts no matter the subject area. Thus, the teacher can use the same strategy to teach mathematic, social study or language to students. While the disciplinary literacy emphasizes on having specific practice to develop students learning in each discipline. in fact, Disciplinary literacy not only focus on the discipline knowledge but go beyond that to question the reason for creating and learning the knowledge. Also, its focuses on the way of communicating and sharing the disciplinary knowledge. As it stated in the article "These ways of viewing the knowledge in their respective fields are ingrained beliefs that inform the practices in which they engage" ( Hynd-Shanahan, pp.94). The disciplinary literacy teaches students how to think critically and to use specific practice to solve the problem in the disciplinary text. Therefore, the disciplinary literacy requires a profound thinking to determine which strategy that can help to comprehend the disciplinary text. Thus, in teaching the disciplinary literacy teachers should use the strategy that adders the specific need in the discipline. For example, if you teach geography, and you want to show students a relationship between factors that cause a phenomenon you should choose a strategy that addresses this need and...
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...different strategies within their lessons and classrooms to ensure that every child is receiving a high standard of education; which will help them to become better prepared for the new world that they are being exposed to. This paper will examine a lesson plan that can be used to help English language learners in their literacy development; addressing the content area of reading and using this lesson plan to further progress a second grade class into becoming proficient. Along with examining the lesson plan, this paper will also identify three strategies, list-group-label, key vocabulary, and prereading text, that are used within it and identify three new strategies that can be used to modify the lesson to allow for comprehensible input and identify ways to scaffold lessons to help improve a student’s comprehension. English language learners are becoming more and more common within our schools and addressing their educational needs is important, but above all teachers need to remember that cultures are important and no student should have to give up their culture to become a part of another; blend them together and create a positive and supportive environment for these children to thrive within and learn from. Comprehensible input is “The theory postulates that in the natural process of language acquisition, students...
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...Media Literacy Project medialiteracyproject.org Introduction to Media Literacy Media literacy is a set of skills that anyone can learn. Just as literacy is the ability to read and write, media literacy refers to the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media messages of all kinds. These are essential skills in today's world. Today, many people get most of their information through complex combinations of text, images and sounds. We need to be able to navigate this complex media environment, to make sense of the media messages that bombard us every day, and to express ourselves using a variety of media tools and technologies. Media literate youth and adults are better able to decipher the complex messages we receive from television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books, billboards, signs, packaging, marketing materials, video games, recorded music, the Internet and other forms of media. They can understand how these media messages are constructed, and discover how they create meaning – usually in ways hidden beneath the surface. People who are media literate can also create their own media, becoming active participants in our media culture. Media literacy skills can help children, youth and adults: • Understand how media messages create meaning • Identify who created a particular media message • Recognize what the media maker wants us to believe or do • Name the "tools of persuasion" used • Recognize bias, spin, misinformation and lies • Discover the part of the story...
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...a private high school in the Midwestern United States. The study is framed by the notion that literacy is a socially, culturally, and historically situated discursive construct rather than a purely individualized cognitive endeavor. This social constructivist theory of literacy emphasizes the social conditions necessary to navigate the economic, social, and political worlds of the 21st century. The purpose of the study was to explore the students‟ multiliteracy practices that they enact through their activities within digital popular culture. Data collection methods included synchronous interviews facilitated by video conferencing tools as well as observation of the participants‟ online activities and member checks conducted via email and instant messaging. The analytic strategy employed during this study was informed by Clarke‟s (2005) situational analysis method. The study‟s findings indicate that literacy practices in which the study participants have engaged through informal learning activities within digital youth culture have had a much greater impact on enabling them to cultivate the multimodal literacies necessary within a postmodern digital era than have their formal educational experiences. Keywords: Literacy; multiliteracy; digital popular culture; online, digital media; youth Introduction The experiences of students in today‟s U.S. schools as they gain the literacies necessary to participate in...
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