Literacy in all its formsEDUC 550: July 2

lit·er·a·cynoun 1. the quality or state of being literate, especially

the ability to read and write. 2. possession of education: to question someone's literacy.

3. a person's knowledge of a particular subject or field: to acquire computer literacy

“Thomas Jefferson survives”

John Adams uttered this phrase just before his death

July 4, 1826 – 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Both men died on the same day

http://www.history.com/videos/fourth-of-july-history#fourth-of-july-history

The History of Literacy Cuneiform The minstrel – worked in

a singing capacity – ballads

Literacy barriers for voting, signing contracts

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html

Media literacy - the ability to access, analyze,evaluate, and communicate information in all forms

Critical Enjoyment - a pedagogical approach that extends the historical purposes of media literacy for an adolescent population growing up in a digitally mediated world.

Key Principles of Media Literacy1. All media are constructed2. Media are constructed for a purpose3. Audiences negotiate meaning

http://www.mediaed.org/wp/about-mef

Media education built on critical inquiry encourages students to ask probing questions:

What social, cultural, historical, and political contexts are shaping the message and the meaning I am making of it?

How and why was the message constructed?.

How could different people understand this information differently?

Whose perspective, values and ideology are represented and whose are missing?

Who or what group benefits and/or is hurt by this message?

What types of literacy most affects teachers?

Traditional literacy – reading and writing

Media literacy Computer literacy

http://www.ala.org/The American Library Association

Consumer choice?

http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/medialiteracy1“If we hope to make learning relevant and meaningful for students in the 21st century, social studies classrooms need to reflect this digital world so as to better enable young people to interact with ideas, information, and other people for academic and civic purposes.”

How will you use media in the classroom?

Encourage reading in the classroom

Assign books to go along with the material

Reading aloud strategies – popcorn, reader’s theater

Graphic Organizers

Guided notes

Textbook reading strategies

Graphic Organizers A way to transfer abstract concepts into

visual representationsTypes: - Hierarchical

- Comparative

- Sequentialtimeline

Pros and Cons of Graphic Organizers

Pros: Cons: