With the semester wrapping up, I actually took a lot away from this course. Beginning with the first articles we were assigned to read, I learned about tips on how to be a successful reading and on how to read more. I also learned about literacy, which I always knew what it was, but I did not know of all the components such as application, interpretation, comparision, etc.. and how it applies to everything in life because you need to be able to read to pretty much do anything. One of the most important concepts I learned through this course was the idea of moving away from the textbook and incorporating other sources. As a social studies major, this concept applies greatly to me because social studies is always learned through a textbook, but there are so many other ways to teach students such as primary documents such as articles, videos, pictures, books and whatever else. From this course, I also took away from it on how to use preparation activities in the classroom like the KWL charts, Double Entry Journals and Mapping. Before this class, I did not realize how important it was to use them in the classroom.
When I took this course, I did not have any expectations coming into it because I did not know what to expect. I was not really sure what this course was about and all I knew it was a requirement. I believe I walked away with plenty of information that I will use in the future both in and out of the classroom.
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Hello Marisa,
Like you, I think I learned a lot about how to define literacy and how to better foster students’ literacy skills. The ideas presented in the textbook were also very beneficial to me, too. I was wondering, however, if you learned anything about using technology to teach content. Although this was a literacy course, I felt that a lot of the class was also focused on using technology in the classroom. Were there any ideas regarding technology that you thought you would implement in your own classroom one day?
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