Literacy Moves On II

Throughout the course of the semester I have learned so many new ways to incorporate fun into literacy and writing. It is very important that students enjoy educational activities so that they have drive to improve their basic skills and continue to take part in these literacy activities. Even with our literacy invitation, we are incorporating many aspects of literacy that most people do not consider the same old way of teaching about reading and writing. I am curious to see how actively engaged students become in literacy activities and which ones are more effective than others. I am also curious to see if students learning styles are obvious through these activities. Because there are three different learning styles, visual, audio, and hands-on, I hope to use lessons to target each one of these styles so that all students get the opportunity to learn in the way they obtain information the best.

Literacy Moves On

After reading Janet Evans Literacy Moves on I realized how much literacy has evolved in the way it is perceived by others. There was definitely a lot of information presented in the chapters I read, but I was definitely able to extract some very important points. I had previously thought that literacy strictly consisted to words, written texts, book, etc. After reading these chapters and having other conversations with other professors I have realized that I am very wrong. Text can be read from an infinite amount of places, situations, objects, etc. For example, a person can be read as a text based off of the clothing that is being worn. So many things can be read as a text and can be considered literacy if analyzed closely enough. I found it very interesting how many of the children were observed in the studies presented. I found it absolutely amazing that four year olds were able to use and navigate their way around a software program that creates animation clips. I found it stunning that Sophia was able to construct an animation pattern with movement and sound on her own with barely any guidance. I also think that it is eye-opening that all the responses of the children that involved their favorite out of school activity included some aspect of pop culture. I think this shows the importance of incorporating new ages things and activities into the classrooms today.