EDCI 5760
"Trading Cards to Comic Strips"
XU, Perkins, & Zuninch, c.2005
One main idea listed in this Chapter was a study of Alvermann’s and colleagues of four ideas of ways teacher’s present New Literacy Studies. Some of the teachers ban new literacies altogether. Some teachers have students critically analyze it but do not allow the student to enjoy doing this. Other teachers allow the children to enjoy the new literacies in class but have no special directions regarding using it. While I think it probably would be best if the teachers would follow that last suggestion of the group. That suggestion was to allow student to enjoy and share their knowledge but also to critically analyze it with special directions being given to help them do this.
I have seen these new literacies taught in these various ways in the classroom. There are banning of writing about Yo Gi Oh’s when it has been used too much. Also, I have seen the encouraging children to not draw violent pictures about the games that they have encountered. Other teachers have taught about advertisements, the good and bad involved in this. Some children have had free rein to surf the net to find information for their reports. Other children have been directed to specific sites to find their information.
Our school is unique and some teachers feel uncomfortable having children surf the net because of a horrific incident that occurred at our school in its past history. It will take a long time to overcome that incident and for trust to be built in the internet system services again.
That is why I believe it is important to make known to the teachers all of the SAFE web sites that are available.
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I certainly agree with you concerning safe websites. I too have had experiences with students coming upon inappropriate material. Our students and parents sign an agreement to use the Internet, however incidences like yours and several we have had here make it difficult to be trusting.
Dear Mary,
I would really like to see the agreement that your students have to sign. What age is this? I did just post some information tonight that I searched out and found about safety on the internet. I liked the idea of repeating the rules often to the children.
Ida M.
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