Donna E. Alvermann
brings up interesting points in her chapter Multiliterate
Youth in the Rime of Scientific Reading Instruction about the definition of
“reading” in a time when everything is being digitalized. Avlermann discussed
the idea of Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives, which to me pushed the idea
that teachers need to be able to keep up with the changing ways that students
are learning. It is important for the older generations of teachers, Digital
Immigrants, to be able to adapt and change teaching styles to fit the new generation
of Digital Natives. The excerpt from Steven Johnson’s book Everything Bad Is Good for You was an enlightening thought process
into the technological generation that is being breed to view books as a thing
of the past and boring. Although as I am not sure I could ever personally enjoy
video more than Wuthering Heights or
even The Hunger Games, I recognize
that the way in which we perceive literature and reading is changing.
Yvett
Jackson and Eric J. Cooper in their chapter Building
Academic Success with Underachieving Adolescents brings up the concern of
the underachieving students and teaching to their learning needs. Jackson and
Cooper relate that every student can achieve; it is important for each student’s
need to be recognized because each student learns differently. The formula NUA
has created, understand what is expected of them (students), a connection
between understanding and motivation, confidence, and affect motivation is
different. It helps to ensure that students know what is expected of them while
promoting the confidence and motivation to accomplish the necessary means. I
think this would be a great tool to implement in the classroom. However, I
found the Thinking Maps by David Hyerle to be a tool was not so sure of.
Perhaps it is because my brain does not work in the way of shapes and
graphs/patterns, although I still see the benefit of the process for students
who do think in that way.
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