I recently finished a course about integrating literacy into all subject areas. While the course focused on strategies for teaching reading and writing skills outside traditional language classes, I began to question literacy as a concept. To me, literate people can derive meaning and information from media. But what does literacy mean in 2024? AreContinue reading “What is 21st-century literacy?”
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Chapter 10: Why is Teaching not Working?
Why is the way we are teaching today not working, and what are the main reasons it must be changed? Teaching today is not working because like everything else in our world, it is an outcome-oriented, not process-oriented, endeavor. Standardized tests are only the symptoms, not the root causes. As long as the goal ofContinue reading “Chapter 10: Why is Teaching not Working?”
Chapter 9: Global Citizenship
How do the roles and responsibilities of being a global digital citizen affect our decisions locally, nationally, and internationally? Digital citizenship has the paradoxical effect of allowing people to show their true selves to the world at the same time it provides many incentives for people to lie. Truthfully, as a digital citizen, you shouldContinue reading “Chapter 9: Global Citizenship”
Chapter 8: Virtual Communication in the Classroom
What are some other ways global virtual communication can be used as a classroom tool for learning? Virtual communication in education massively exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools were shut down and students were quarantined at home. During all this chaos, educators worked to stay on mission. I think the future of education will lookContinue reading “Chapter 8: Virtual Communication in the Classroom”
Chapter 7: What is 21st-Century Literacy?
How would you define literacy in the 21st century? How would you define modern-day collaboration? Twenty-first literacy should be divided into public production literacy and private consumption literacy. Production literacy needs to understand how large masses of people use technology because messages need to be made to fit the audience. One example of this understandingContinue reading “Chapter 7: What is 21st-Century Literacy?”
The Role of Technology in Language Class
ChatGPT has been in the news. School districts around the world are scrambling to handle a massive shift in education. Students can now use ChatGPT and similar software to instantly produce believable and competently written essays. ChatGPT is not the focus of this post, however. Instead, I want to hone in on simpler translation appsContinue reading “The Role of Technology in Language Class”
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