This article explores the use of wikis in the literacy classroom. A discussion of the need for using new technologies such as these, an evaluation of wikis in regards to technology standards, example student wikis, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of wikis in the English classroom are provided throughout the article. Article Review: Sherry Sanden and Janine Darragh’s article “Wiki Use in the 21st-Century Literacy Classroom: A Framework for Evaluation” explores the use and effectiveness of wikis in the English Language Arts classroom. In the beginning of the article, the authors provide an argument detailing the connections between wikis and the technology requirements provided by the National Council of Teachers of English. The basis of this argument is that wikis adhere to the NCTE’s Position Statement (2008) promoting the use of new technologies that are “multiple, dynamic, and …show more content…
In addition to the potential for this global interaction, wikis also allow students to create multi-media documents by adding text, video, audio, hyperlinks, and images into one document. Due to their digital nature, students can access their wikis from virtually anywhere they can receive at least a 4G connection, making them much more accessible than the traditional word processing document. Wikis also track contributions by name, date, and time, which provides extra assessment opportunities for teachers, as well as
Lazaros, E.J. (2016). 21st Century skills: social and cultural police and detectives. Children’s Technology & Engineering, 20(3), 7-9. Retrieved from https://www.questia.com/magazine/1P3-3972498271/21st-century-skills-social-and-cultural-police-and
As technology grow and increasingly gets bigger and and better people are finding new ways to harness that information and use it to their advantage and learn from it. Clive Thompson suggests that technology is even helping literacy and this young generation. He states that “Young people write far more than any generation before them”(Source 7). You can thank Twitter and Facebook for the mass amount of posts and writing from teens. Thompson followingly says that “students were remarkably adept at what rhetoricians call kairos - addressing their audience and adapting their tone and technique to best get their point across.(Source 7)
Next, he supports his claim by addressing how writing changes an individual’s cognitive behavior and the cognitive effort generating text does to one’s memory. Thompson finally introduces the impact of the theory of multiples. In my analysis of Thompson’s text, I will examine, analyze and evaluate his central claims and the evidence he uses to support these claims to prove that the internet has helped us as writers. Thompson’s purpose is to persuade the audience that the internet is a central part of learning in order to improve the quality of
“In-Forming”, an app described as an individual 's ability to provide themselves with their own personal supply chain of information, knowledge, and entertainment, has impacted Danville by decreasing the amount of effort students have to put into their work and assignments, and by giving every person in Danville access to others in and out of the small town. Students of the Danville Area School District used to have to lug around large textbooks for every class, go to the library to find information for assignments, and write with actual writing utensils, but now, because of the world wide web, old standards required for learning have “left the building.” With a simple search for a textbook title on “Google,” students are able to access large
For Professor Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, online communication is not as devastating as some critics argue that it reduces people 's ability to read, write, and think in a clear, logical and critical way. They point out considerable problems like reductive abbreviations substitute for complete words and sentences in writing and the fast speed message exchange reduce the time for thinking. On the contrary, Graff and Birkenstein argue that the Internet is only another field that can expose some weak and unsophisticated writers (171). The technology itself has nothing to be blamed, but it is essential for people to step back and discuss how to develop new ability to face the challenge of the new technology. After all, technology improvement
Sawchuk, S. (2012). Many Teachers Not Ready for the Common Core. Education Digest, 16-22. http://proxy.ashland.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eft&AN=82981829&site=ehost-live Beginning this research I stumbled on this article which discusses the successful implementation of the Common Core Standards.
Michelle Thezin Kong 25233914 Section 103 Annotated Bibliography Resource 1: Literature Review Dibble A, Miller N, Hinds J, and Fryday A. 2009. Lichens and bryophytes of the alpine and subalpine zones of Katahdin, Maine, I: Overview, ecology, climate and conservation aspects. The Bryologist 112(4): 651-672. Maine’s tallest peak, Katahdin, is covered by vast amount of the alpine and subalpine ecosystem and vegetation. The region contains a variety of bryophytes and lichen that have been around since the mid-1800s and for about 16 days from 2001 to 2004, researchers have been surveying the lichens and bryophytes of the area.
Type of Article Dobmeier R. A. & Reiner S. M. (2012). Spirituality in the counselor education curriculum: A national survey of student perceptions. Counseling and Values, Apr 2012 57 (1) 47. Type of Research
I- Globalization is irreversible because embedded in the economy structure A. Globalization appears to be irreversible due to the dependence of economies vis-à-vis globalization. Despite a decline, due to the economic crisis, since the 90’s, the sum of exports and imports is now higher than 50% of global production; France for example double its trade openness going from 15% in the 1980’s to more than 35% in 2010. It traduces the dependence of national economy compare to the rest of the world, exportations being an essential component in the global demand. We can then consider that globalization is like embedded in global economy structure based nowadays on interdependence relations between nations. Another example of this dependence is the rise of the FDI stock that rose from less than 2 trillion dollars in the 1990 to more than 15 trillion dollars in 2015.
When students first start learning to read they must learn the shapes of the alphabet, the sounds they make, and many more iterative steps that develops a student 's proficiency in the traditional form of literacy. With the development of technology teachers are given more tools to teach students. In order for teachers to use these new tools properly they must know how to wield them properly. Websites, Wikis, Social media, podcasts, and video making are great ways of instructing students. While the old literacies are similar to the new literacies, new literacies take the building blocks of the old and use them in a different way.
Over the period, Internet usage has seen tremendous growth. The number of Internet users across the world increased from 394 million to 1.858 billion. By 2010, 22 percent of the world's population had access to computers with 1 billion Google searches every day, 300 million Internet users reading blogs, and 2 billion videos viewed daily on YouTube – Refer Fig 1.1 source International telecommunication union. India stands third biggest nation in internet usage, with high social & mobile audience.
Using this Weebly site, I provided links to the school web page, the website Rebecca’s Journal, and various articles. This website allows me to communicate important information to students on the class blog. It also allows students to comment and communicate with me, as well as their peers. Google Documents
Although, the internet actually brings numerous advantages to its users. It has a wide advantage in the education system. In the Pew survey, which was done in conjunction with the College Board and the National Writing Project, roughly 75 percent of 2,462 teachers surveyed said that the Internet and search engines had a “mostly positive” impact on student research skills. And they said such tools had made students more self-sufficient researchers (Richtel). Many teachers said that the Internet could be a useful in education for enhancing the student’s ability to make research and explore.
Academics in Sydney, Australia are starting to take a more serious look at Wikipedia. They've learned that students in higher education are simply not interested in the traditional way of learning and have embarked on an adventure to let their university students write and edit article on Wikipedia. This is a learning experience for the students and the lecturers at the University of Sydney. Students write articles and they look at the feedback presented by others that read their articles. This is a way for students in academic writing courses to receive feedback from peers, teachers, and others from around the world.
Technology connects people more together on the topic of writing and critiquing. Publishing works online will give you the most unbiased comments about how internet users feel about your writing. There are an abundance of teachers who promote students to publish their work on the web such as Diane Davis, a professor of rhetoric at Iowa. In the article she emphasizes that, “publishing her students’ work online improves their writing at all stages” (140). The internet plays a big role and I do not see this tool going anywhere anytime soon.