1St Literacy Paradox
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Journal Number: (This is Journal 5)
Journal Topic: (You may title this journal “Literacy learning”)
First literacy paradox: “print-based” verses “Multiliteracies” approaches to literacy learning.
Part I: Description
Describe what you notice about how your school community approaches both print-based and multiliteracy learning through examples you observe around your school. Include what you technologies you find within the children’s reach and that teacher’s use to enhance literacy learning. What kinds of multiliteracy activities did you observe/participate in the classroom that you visited? At the elementary level did you observe children being instructed in reading and writing using technology? How did the classroom’s technologies reinforce or distract from the teacher’s instructional perspectives? Describe these activities. Did you observe children reading and/or writing using new technologies? Where children using technologies to create? At the secondary leProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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l, how were technologies for reading and writing incorporated into classroom learning in both traditional and non-traditional ways? Do students have access to technology readily during class? Are there technological resources around the room like computers, Smartboards, Elmo…?
Part II: Analysis
The second literacy paradox we will study is “Print-based instruction” verses “Multililiteracis.” What can you “read” about approaches to technologies and school literacy perspectives of your classroom from the contexts you have observed, the reading/writing tools evident, and your observations of classroom instruction? What do the kinds of technological tools do students have access to tell you about the instructional approach of the teacher? How much class interaction centered upon “print-based” class instruction? How much class time was devoted to utilizing a variety of tools for the students to explore? How...
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