Respond to this post with your first assignment. Remember to include a link to the article, a brief summary and an explanation of why you found this article relevant.
Don't forget to identify yourself. For example, if I'm in section 2 I'd sign my post KarenB2 or something like that.
http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/TA09CulturalLiteracy.pdf
ReplyDeleteThe above link will relocate you to an article titled, "Cultural Literacy, Is it time to revisit the debate?" by Bernard Schweizer, a professor at Duke University.
The article's relevance to the assignment stands not only in its direct diction but as well in its implications. Schweizer comments that while teaching his first freshman composition class he immediately noticed the deficit of cultural knowledge/literacy amongst his students stating, " they obviously have such a huge gap in general knowledge that four years of college education are not likely to make up for what has been missing since middle school".
I found myself agreeing with Schweizer's thoughts circumnavigating around the fact that cultural literacy holds not a place of pertinence but one of malapropos. If we as students, as people, and as learners fail to seek an education rich with cultural literacy then how can we expect to be intellectuals interacting on a level juxtaposed to individuals of the highest academia.
Just food for your thoughts. Cheers. MattR29
Olivia F Section .29
ReplyDeletehttp://www.literacynews.com/2011/01/literacy-activities-for-kids-will-improve-their-abilities/
This article describes a child's inherent need to ask questions and the connections to learning to be literate. If parents let their children ask questions and try to give answers this will help children become comfortable reading and comprehending what they read.
This article seems relevant to me because it is dealing with ways parents can help literacy flourish in their children's lives. This article is aiming to let parents begin to follow the motto "Speak to Learn". Basically by making themselves accesible to their children's reading activities this will make their children more successful and literate.
Matthew H Section 29
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/business/media/26adnews.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=literacy&st=cse
The article describes a public service campaign sponsored by the Library of Congress. This campaign includes several advertisments featuring the child book character Curious George. Each ad encourages parents to read to their young children to "...inspire a lifelong love of reading."
This article appears to be relevant because it seems to suggest that part of becoming literate for some is seeing and hearing the action of reading. Listening to a parent read inspires a child to become literate and read for themselves.
Jamie O Section 2
ReplyDeleteArticle link:
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li100.htm
The link above contains an article relating to the literacy needs for children. It explains how important it is to ensure literacy growth in earlier years of a child's life. Any practice helps a child learn such as writing, conversation, reading, and comprehension. Those four main components are easily learned at younger ages rather than putting much more effort into learning at later years in life, which could be realized in the Malcolm X article.
The article is relevant because even though it takes many years to become fluent in a language or in a way to communicate, it is best to start at a young age to develop habits quickly and make the learning process easier and more efficient.
http://www.topix.com/arts/literature/2011/01/do-we-need-laws-to-save-literature
ReplyDeleteMy article is very short, but very current. It poses the question of old literature being presented in current classrooms. Some of the books in question are Huckleberry Finn, The Color Purple, and Tom Sawyer. The article announces that the US wanted to rewrite them and take out the racial slurs.
Monica V, 2
ReplyDeletehttp://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7208
My article discusses how the our previous take on education must be changed because of the need to the children in the 21st century. Educators need to focus on making learning more meaningful for their students. They need to make reading seem important to their students, so they will be more motivated to learn. Educators also need to look past traditional methods of teaching. More focus needs to be put on oral-fluency in some parts of the country where English is usually learned as a second language.
This article is relevant in that times are changing and as a society we should embraces these changes in order to better our children in turn bettering our community.
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ReplyDeleteIrene Freire 1102.0029
ReplyDeleteArticle:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Bilingual-Literacy&id=5591500
This article talks about the beneficial aspects of being bilingual. How it has become important in modern-day education techniques. It also describes the difficulties that arises when trying to learn a new language. For example, grammar and pronunciation is very different in every language.
This article is relevant because it's important and necessary to know more than one language. In this modern world, a society with people from different places of the world has pushed us to learn more than one language. Even today, jobs are requiring the knowledge of a second language.
Lidia R Section 29
ReplyDeleteArticle:
http://blogs.gainesville.com/723/texting-poses-student-literacy-problems/?pa=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar
This article talks about the effects that texting has taken on literacy. A relevant topic nowadays amongst Teenagers, especially those who have grown up with texting. According to this article Christopher Grant begins to investigate whether teenagers have begun to lose their literacy by texting. He mentions that teenager’s now a day have shifted their attention from learning grammar in class to a cell phone. As Amanda Shitama stated in the article “Students will use the letter U instead of spelling out the word”. They talk about how these misspelling may be caused by habit, or a more serious problem such as literacy.
I agree with this article and I think it may become a serious problem in the future if we do not find a way to mediate it.
John Houder
ReplyDeleteSection .29
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/world/africa/14sudan.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=literacy&st=cse
This article from the New York Times discusses an inherently controversial topic: voting. This article tells of a recent vote in Sudan in which the people voted on either to succeed from the north, or unify. The country had been wrought with war and this vote would decide the future of the north-south relationship. Since most of the country is illiterate, a different way to implement a vote was needed. It was decided that two pictures one of an open right hand, for succession, and one of two clasped left hands, for unity, were used to depict the voters’ decision. The voters chose succession, but the article also states that subliminal messages were used within the pictures of the hands.
This article is relevant because in the United States it is often taken for granted that the gift of reading is so wide spread. This article shows an example of cultural literacy that is unheard of in the U.S. To use such pictures in a vote in the U.S. would probably seem childish. Childish as it may seem here, the decision made in Sudan was important. The people were voting to be free from oppression, or so they thought. So often we here about “reading the fine print” but these people did not even receive any to read, and most of them could not even read it if it was given. This article also shows that those who are illiterate can be exploited for it. It is important to continue to strive for higher literacy rate at home, but as a service to mankind, it should also be a prerogative to help those who cannot read or write abroad for the in betterment of all of humanity.
William B Section 2
ReplyDeleteArticle: Connecting the Dots: Literacy of the 21st century
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/ConnectingtheDigitalDotsLitera/157395
This article focuses in on what literacy was before the 21st century and what it is becoming now. The article states that educationers have to throw out their traditional ways of teaching and follow numerous different teaching plans designed to give a child the numerous skill sets in literacy that are apparent in todays world. The skill sets mentioned are digital and visual literacy and how to polish and critique a students use and knowledge of that technology.
This article is useful because it outlines that literacy is a constantly changing evolution or practice. This means that as technology increases and new ways of learning are available, it is important now more then ever that these children learn these skill sets so that they can be successful in the modern world.
Matt Shields Section 2
ReplyDeletehttp://www.literacynews.com/2011/01/workplace-literacy-by-dr-sandra-folk/
This article stresses the importance of being able to clearly read and write in the workplace. While on a business trip to Texas, Dr. Sandra Folk came across a startling article that pointed out that in a certain Texas county 1 in 5 adults cannot read at a FOURTH grade level! Obviously this is a major issue that is strongly affecting job growth in the United States. Dr. Folk goes on to say that not only is reading and writing essential in the workplace, but skills such as communication, understanding an problem solving. The article ends with certain behaviors that may indicate “workplace literacy” problems. These behaviors include avoidance of training sessions, staff excuses, or even failure of training program. Cleary this is a major issue in our society that needs to be fixed, because our job markets are losing credibility and money.
I found this article relevant because “workplace literacy” is one of the several types of literacy’s in our society and is also one of the most vital. Being both a college student and a potential business major, I wanted to see just how important workplace communication was so that I can be more successful when I get my degree.
Andrew T section 2
ReplyDeleteArticle: Do you miss reading?
http://www.literacynews.com/2010/11/do-you-miss-reading/
This article is about how back in the days everyone had nothing else better to do then go to the library and read.Since internet came into existence, it is so easy to gather information. We have so much information, but we use it for the wrong purpose. We should go back to our old ways and learn through reading.
This article is relevant because, since internet came out people read much less. As a result our reading levels are down greatly.If people go to libraries again and read more, we will be smarter as a nation and more educated.
Alex DeLoach Section 2
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/jan/13/behind-music-education-cuts
This article is about the link between music education and literacy. It suggests that not only does learning music help stimulate ones brain, but that having music classes in school encourages students to attend because they don't want to miss out on making music.
As a musician, I am very interested in the effects that music has on the brain, and I found this article very interesting because of the new prospective that it brought to the discussion. Normally articles like this just focus on how making music can make you smarter, and this is the first one that I have seen that goes further and comments on how music classes make school more enjoyable.
http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/c62/
ReplyDelete"N Is For No Letter of the Week"
This article is explaining the practice of some kindergarten and pre-k teachers of the use of a "letter of the week". Every week, a different letter would be the center of attention for the classroom. The children would learn different objects involving the letter, make snacks according to the letter, and do activities based around the one particular letter. The author of this article is arguing that this is too slow of a pace for teachers to use to teach the alphabet. The author suggests other ways to introduce new letters and practice them, such as putting different words into different categories depending on letters.
This article is relevant because if students begin learning at a slow pace, it could become a habit. For example, if a student learned slowly through elementary school, once they got to middle school, they could be behind in the curriculum. They could then be placed in remedial classes and not be able to learn good study habits. This experience would then carry into high school were the student would be very far behind and not do well in classes. Finally, if the student got to college, they would become very stressed because of the fast pace learning that would be taking place. I believe that the rate of learning in elementary school carries on through the rest of your schooling, so therefore, if the "letter of the week" practice stays, we will have less successful student in college.
Karissa K
ENC 1102
Deidre M.Section 2
ReplyDeletehttp://www.livestrong.com/article/76995-early-childhood-language-literacy/
The article I found is about early childhood literacy and what it takes for children to learn to read. Children need to aquire numerous skills before they are capable to read. Language and literacy skills come after reading and writing.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li300.htm
ReplyDeleteThe following article is all about how technology is being used to improve story understanding skills of younger kids. This was done by interactive media such as books and shows. This way, kids can get a better feel for what they are learning and also have a fun time doing this. They also want to improve writing skills and use such programs as word processing and multimedia composing.
This article is relevant because its bringing in a new aspect, technology, to help people better learn to read and write. Back in the old days, all we had was books, and that's it. Now we have newer ways to get people to read and better understand what they are reading, and the same goes for writing. The technology is making everything more fun, which gives the students a reason to want to learn.
Matt B. Sec 2
Christopher Nicholas, Section 2
ReplyDeleteENC 1102
http://www.healthliteracy.com/article.asp?PageID=8051
This article was about the importance of storytelling and listening. The author talks about Molly Catron who was able to implement story telling into her job as an internal organizational consultant for a manufacturing company. Molly was appointed her job because her boss saw that through her talent as a storyteller, she could successfully aid employees to understand what was expected and how to operate efficiently in the workplace.
I believe this is relevant to literacy because storytelling in itself is a literary art form and can be extremely effective in various applications. For instance, Molly used this technique to aid company employees.
Douglas Damaceno, ENC 1102, Monday,Wednesday,Friday 10:30-11:20
ReplyDeletehttp://www.literacynews.com/2010/09/the-importance-of-parental-involvement-in-reading-skill-activities-for-your-child/
"The Importance of Parental Involvement in Reading Skill Activities for Your Child"
This article talks about the importance of parents being involved early on in their child's process of learning to read. The article highlights how usually parents who are involved with their children at home with reading activities are a positive influence on their children. The article also talks about how the earlier parents become involved with their children the more “profound and longer lasting” the results are. It mentions how parents who introduce books to their children and read to them regularly at the preschool age lead to their children having better reading skills in the future and being more prepared for school in the future. The article concludes by stating that good reading habits begin at home and that parents are a very important influence on their children’s education in general and that it is important to be involved.
I felt that this was a relevant article because it addresses literacy and learning to read. I also thought it was relevant based upon my own personal experiences. At a young age my parents were not really involved with me when it came to school and did not contribute much to me learning to read. They had only lived in the United States for two to three years themselves and did not have the knowledge necessary to help me. This greatly affected my learning and I feel that it did set me back and hindered my learning. I know the importance of parental involvement first hand.
Rafael Fernandez seccion 29 http://vogmae.net.au/vlog/2008/07/sport-as-literacy/
ReplyDeletethis article is relevant to the above mentioned topic because as with many topics in life everything has an specific way of understanding it. in this case it talk about the literacy in Sports it makes reference to news about the tour da france and how its highly unlikely for someone who doesn't fallow cicling to understand the terms beeing mention in that certain news report.
the author takes time to explain how without the knowledge in certain topics in this case specificly sports, one finds it very difficult to trully understand it, or better yet talk about it.
http://leonabodie.com/free-articles_288.html
ReplyDeleteWhy Reading Aloud to Your Child is Important
by Kent Johnson
The given article explains how children would much rather watch television or engage in activities other than reading in their spare time. Naturally, a parent would prefer their child to perhaps read a book and gain knowledge instead. One way to open up a child's mind is to read to them aloud. It is proven that there is a direct relationship between reading aloud to your children and the national literacy rates. Doing so will aid in the growth of their minds and their imagination for years to come. Unfortunately yet unsurprisingly, children would much rather watch television than sit down and read a good book. Reading aloud can be the passageway to children reading voluntarily.
I find that this article is relevant due to the fact that not many people in general, let alone children, enjoy reading in their free time. I believe that if you start at an early age and read aloud to your children, they will have a better understanding and appreciation for the English language and the art of literature. Once reading is a part of their everyday lives, children will be able to enjoy reading on their own, and hopefully learn from the books, articles, poetry, etc. in which they will engage.
Rachel Lee
ENC 1102-2
Ryane A, 29
ReplyDeletehttp://missourifamilies.org/features/childcarearticles/childcare3.htm
This brief article from the University of Missouri explains the importance of early literacy and how to promote it. It starts off comparing children that had difficulties reading with ones that were skilled. Skilled readers understand letters, use background knowledge, and can identify words easily; readers that have difficulties have lower language skills and trouble connecting sounds to letters. Key points in early literacy are phonological awareness and phonemic awareness; both have to do with understanding the sounds and meanings of letters and groups of letters. Some ways to enhance early literacy in young child is to model using literacy, read together, and practice using writing tools. This article is directly related to literacy because it explains a few aspects of young children learning to read and write.
Latoya D. Section 29
ReplyDeleteENC 1102
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/your-money/08money.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=computer%20literacy&st=cse
This article talks about a new course being offered at Champlain College that teaches financial literacy. It talks about how some of the reasons for the nation’s current economic status are due to the fact that we as a whole are financially illiterate and it may be due to the fact that we are not being taught this form of literacy in college. It explains that some curriculums teach students these skills at a age where they will not be practicing them for many years. Most college students go off into the world without the formal knowledge of what benefits they have and how to effectively choose which loan is right for them. Champlain has decided to offer a few courses that allow students to gain financial literacy and budgeting skills.
I feel this article is relevant to the assignment because financial literacy is a form of literacy and it is something that many people lack. Learning how to be financially literate could help not only the individual in everyday life, but also the nation’s economy as a whole because citizens will know how to effectively spend and save they’re money.
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ReplyDeleteSamantha Hatch
ReplyDeleteENC 1102 M/W/FR 11:30-12:20
http://hw.libsyn.com/p/1/7/e/17eb384a955c2297/new_literacy.pdf?sid=e3ced94d96ecca3031738a210dce9cfc&l_sid=23347&l_eid=&l_mid=2109987
This is an excerpt from an article I found from Author Jackie Marsh called, "Popular Culture, New Media and Digital Literacy in Early Childhood". Marsh explains how in present day, children are acquiring their literacy techniques less and less from conventional "Beginning to Read" books and more and more from pop culture. Marsh uses one example in particular, the game of Pokemon. She says that although the game of Pokemon is based on trading cards of imaginary characters and battling each card's own powers, it is actually very beneficial in literacy. The game itself is actually pretty complex she says, but that children are engrossed in the game and that motivates them to keep playing. Marsh wants to point out that society can bring in popular aspects of pop culture (such as Pokemon cards) as a powerful tool in teaching children about literacy. She also points out that not only does incorporating pop culture text into literacy promote learning but it also promotes learning to be social.
I found this text to be incredibly relevant considering majority of my age group grew up with Pokemon cards being the coolest thing to own. It goes to show that conventional methods are going to be used less and less in the future and pop culture is going to become a main focus for literacy. Not only does it encourage kids to want to read and interpret, but it also encourages the process of literacy and learning to be a social one.
Nastasia Boutros http://m.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.php?c_id=6&objectid=10435042http://m.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.php?c_id=6&objectid=10435045. This article is about fashion literacy. It gives a description and definition of many words in the fashion "dictionary" which we, who are not involved in the fashion industry do not generally use. There is a unique language in the world of fashion which millions of people belong but which we in the world of education seldom recognize. I find it interesting that for those of us who are not members can hardly have a fashion conversation because we don't understand much of what they are saying. I think this article is relevant because fashion literacy is just as unique as medical literacy and scientific literacy. It takes time to learn and understand and can be very confusing with an extended vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteDylan S, 29
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/6464
"The Politics of Literacy" was published by the free-market Hoover Institute as an overview of federal education policy of the past few decades. The authors explain how debates over how to teach reading have become increasingly politicized, as more and more federal funding has been spent in literacy and literacy testing programs.
Literacy can be a means to power, and that makes it a political tool. Behind the debate over how to teach reading (the "whole language" approach versus phonetic drills) lies a debate on the purpose of teaching literacy--is it to encourage intellectual growth or produce competitive workers for a global economy? Increasingly, politicians use the latter justification for their reading instruction programs.
Sharita P section 29
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/12/20/2010-12-20_boy_oh_boy_is_the_world_in_trouble.html?page=1
This article is about the low literacy rate of boys compared to girls in 40 states along with 65 other countries. Between the years of 2000 too 2009, the number of points boys were behind girls has changed from 32 to 39. It turns out that parents are not engaging their boys literacy skills as much as they are girls. Also, the study showed that boys are more interested in sports because the find reading as girly as well as their proferred reading material, graphic novels etc., are not necessarily good for literacy.
I feel this article is relevant because children are our future; if a child or even a boy does not know how to read, then how can they read to run our country. I feel boys should be more encouraged to read all sorts of text as well as encourage them to read for various reasons.
Precious H. 29
ReplyDeletehttp://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/articles/Early_literacy.html
The article begins by explaining the idea of emergent literacy or knowledge of reading before the process of reading has begun. The articles explains that before a child can begin to read there are certain skills that they must know beforehand. A child must know how to orally communicate properly, know the alphabet, and be exposed to written words before being handed a book to read. The rest of the article gives tips on how parents can aid their children in being properly literate.Among these things were reading books daily and asking questions that intrigues the minds of the children making them want to learn how to read and choosing books with simple stories.
I think that this article is relevant because literacy in schools has become very important with the latest realization that most high school students do not know how to read or comprehend properly. I personally think that literacy does not begin when a child steps into the classroom for the first time but when parents first communicate with their child. It should not be left up to a teacher to teacher a child at 5 or 6 years old the basic steps of literacy when these steps should have and could have been learned in the last 5 or 6 years. The article can make the process of becoming literate less stressful for their child if they took 30 minutes out of the day to read and follow the steps in this article with their child.
Christina Paul - Section 2
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/victor-dike/tackling-nigerias-dwindling-literacy-rate.html
The literacy article that I chose is "Tackling Nigeria's Dwindling Literacy Rate," written by Victor E. Dike. This article sheds light on the fact that the literacy rate in Nigera has declined dramticly in the past twenty years. The article asks the obvious question, "Why is the rate of literacy declining in this country?" The answer is a combination of poverty at home, no access to an education institution and little or no help from the government. This is a huge problem because there is no way for a country to develop unless its people are able to drive the economy. If the people of Nigeria are not able to read and write, there is a slim chance that they will be hired by potential employers, and with no workers, the country can not develop. The author's proposed solution is to adequately fund schools and provide the teachers with the tools necessary for teaching. These changes could ultimately bring Nigeria up to a higher standard of education.
Emily Grider- Section 2
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=2151.957.81.0
The literacy article i chose was " College Students Lack Key Literacy Skills". Basically the topic is explained in the title, our generation of college students lack the basic skills of literacy. I agree with this topic, not because I personally lack these skills but it is a reasonable idea because of our generations focus on technology and the cyber world. In order to build literacy you need to read, write, and and do things on your own. In todays world we have spell check, texting lingo, watching a movie rather then reading a book, and much more. These things all take away from our goal in college of building literacy.
http://www.healthliteracy.com/article.asp?PageID=8051
ReplyDeleteThe literacy article that I chose was "In Other Words...Tools of change: Telling and Listening to Stories," written by Helen Osborne. This article depicts the idea that literacy can be obtained beyond reading and writing. As expressed in this article, storytelling is just as effective. The telling and listening of stories focuses on communication effectiveness, something that lacks in other communication methods. The facts and emotional context that stories possess, influence behavior and change. I agree with the idea of this article that telling the right story at the appropriate time can help in the understanding of adhering to a desired idea. When people listen to stories, they do their own processing. Thus, people that tell stories are facilitating this processing. The audience can then decide "I'll change me," exemplifying the strength of stories.
Josh Strausbaugh, Sec. 29
Ezequiel Perez, Section 29
ReplyDeletehttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEED7113FF93BA15756C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
The literary article that I chose is about the illteracy of college and professional athletes from a variety of sports such as football, basketball, and hockey. Colleges seem to play a significant role in the illiteracy of student athletes in order, by giving them a "free pass" in their education so that they may remain eligible to participate in the university's or college's sports team. One reason why colleges commit to such an act is to produce profit and obtain a respected reputation through their sport programs.
This article seems relevant because it focuses on the aspect of the educational side of high-profiled and college athletes. There have been cases, such as the one of Dexter Manley, where professional athletes ranging in age from 18 to 30 years of age, who cannot read or will have a reading ability similar to that of a fifth grader.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7208
ReplyDeleteThe article I chose is “Literacy Education for the 21st Century,” written by Maureen P. Ryan. The article is relevant because it is talking about literacy education in the 21st century, which is now.
The article talks about how literacy education needs to go beyond teaching traditional reading skills and also, educators must look to multiple forms of literacy instruction to make learning meaningful. I agree with both of these ideas. Teaching traditional reading skills are not very appealing to children of the 21st century. I feel that educators need to find new, more appealing ways in order to have kids engage further into literacy more. Also, I feel that educators should use technology to help teach such as computers and ipads because student of the 21st century will respond in a positive way.
Michael Smith
ENC1102
http://www.kidseq.com/
ReplyDeleteAnita Bonsi
Enc 1102.sec 2
I find this relevant mainly because I disagree with it. Its almost humourous to see the level that par$enting has died down to. There is almost no such thing as parenting anymore at least not done by the parents. The scary part is that the media thinks they know the best way to raise a child. This article is about a children learnig device called KidsEQ. It apparently teaches children how to recognize and understand emotion. I dont know any parent who would take this article seriously. Most parents would not depend on a book or video to teach their children how to be happy,adventourous or loving.