“As documented by Renee Hobbs (2006), using these digital tools in a high school media literacy program improved students print-based reading/writing test scores.”
This quote spoke to me because teachers need to realize that incorporating critical media literacy will help improve test scores. So many teachers are caught up in WestTest preparation that they neglect to teach the students other important skills. The majority of students use technology everyday, whether using a smart phone or using social networking sites. Students enjoy using these tools, so why not embed them into the curriculum if it benefit’s the students and the teacher?
The article reminded me of the use of book marking websites. Teachers can use these websites to mark their resources to share with others and look up other useful websites. So I chose to use Delicious as a related source. This is the current number one social book marking website.
Beach, R. (2011). An american perspective: Justifying uses of digital tools to foster critical media literacy . Journal of Media Literacy,
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://delicious.com/
WesTest preparation is controlling our curriculum and it's terribly disheartening. Standardized tests are counterproductive to many students for a variety of reasons. Let's start focusing on tools and techniques that will benefit our students in the future.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter and I were talking last night about some of the new technology (her new Iphone). It's amazing what's out there and that the students know how to use it. I got a new touch screen phone and finally took it back to the store because it's just too complicated for me. The clerk looked at me like i was an idiot.
ReplyDeleteYou picked a great quote. If we can reach the students on their level of understanding and through their medias we have a better change at helping them understand better and learn more. Thus if they are engaged in the learning process and excited about learning they will retian more information and excel on standardized testing.
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