Watching the Obeng video and thinking about transliteracy this week actually reminded me of the importance of not entirely replacing everything in the classroom with technology. My project was going to have students use only websites to conduct their research, but after thinking about students exercising multiple forms of literacy I decided to align the project with a story from their anthology, provide books from the library, and bring realia into the classroom to supplement their learning experience. I think that with the push towards technology that education is currently (and rightly) experiencing, it is important to remember the value in providing students with different types of materials to learn from.
I also had a great realization about my research project this week through talking with a friend of mine who is also a teacher. I asked her to help me think of the assumptions I was making in creating my project, as it is hard to think about your own assumptions. She pointed out that I was assuming that students would be willing and eager to look in multiple places for information, and that they might just click on one link, and probably the the first link they see. I realized she was right so I decided to add a perusing time to my project. Students will need to look at each of the information sources and review them before they are told what information they should be trying to find. I believe that at least knowing what each website, or other source of information contains will make them more likely to use more than one source of information, and therefore make a meaningful decision. I think that transliteracy is an important skill that students today have had to master to a much further extent than other generations given the multitude of "literacies" they need to master. It is important for teachers to remember that students are not moving from one literacy to another, but rather adding a new way of receiving and interpreting information which enables them to create a well-rounded understanding of the material they are expected to learn.
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helen
4/23/2018 05:35:02 pm
Your insight is like a breath of fresh air. In that I see that must become more adept at using technology in the classroom and enable student to become more proficient it is only one portion of the learning process. That we must keep the whole in mind. Also great idea of having someone else look for your bias.
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Alicia Martin
4/23/2018 05:45:50 pm
With all the new technologies that we are learning about you are right in saying that it's hard to remember that we don't have to replace everything with technology. I feel lies we've been going through this program we are learning so much about different Technologies and I'm trying to replace things with the things we are learning about. But in second grade students need to use pen and paper to practice writing. I like your idea of having your students look at multiple sources of information. It's always good for them to try using more than one thing.
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Emily Feil
4/23/2018 09:56:22 pm
You have really embraced the multiple ways of learning that transliteracy requires. I am especially excited that you've found a way to bring realia into your project. You can remind students that real scientists don't just find answers online; they get their hands dirty digging up artifacts or making careful observations in the field.
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