When I read the part about slogans to keep students focused, the one that really caught my attention was "We need to read, not speed." It said that students only spend two seconds to assess and decide whether an article or website is worth their time. I am definitely guilty of this! I cannot even say how many times I have glanced at a website, decided I didn't like it, and moved on without reading more than a sentence or two. This slogan is one that I am going to focus on.
I agree that education needs to change and evolve with our transliterate society. Not everything needs to be electronic or on the internet, but our students do need to learn skills so that they can be successful in those areas. I think it is a balancing act and education needs to teach skills in all areas of literacy.
I completely agree that students need to be transliterate in order to be active members of society. I too take reading for granted because it is something that I can do without thinking, but when you begin to teach the foundations of learning to students, it becomes very clear how complex the subject really is. Writing, and therefore reading, is so complex because letters are simply an abstract idea that carries meaning to denote a sound. Getting students to become transliterate is a process, starting with them first learning to read, but it is necessary to the child's future success in life.
ReplyDeleteI definitely thought the same thing after reading this article! It is so crazy to think about all of the different things that we read in a day-and then to consider what we are actually processing. I definitely think that students need to be transliterate so that they can be active members of society and so they can learn. I talked about teaching students ways to use the internet in a safe way while also teaching them how to determine whether a site is accurate and reliable. I think goes along with the slogan you mentioned in your post-we want our students (and ourselves!) to read and take in the information, not speed and make conclusions without determining if something is accurate or reliable.
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