Literacy for the iGeneration

I’m not happy with the way class went tonight. The first half hour the students discussed the readings using a venn diagram I created intended to review the four different literacy perspectives discussed in the Larson & Marsh book. The other class then joined us and we watched the documentary “A Life Outside.” We asked [...]

Last night’s topic was critical literacy and media literacy. It’s a juicy topic I love, but I’m not quite sure the students feel the same way.
We started off by doing a little writer’s workshop. I wanted the students to share their learning from writing the essay and to identify elements of what makes a good [...]