Blog Post 5

        As for the reading in the NES textbook, I found the information on how to create, edit, interpret and understand different forms of media in daily activity to be very valuable.  I think it is very important for students to learn how to interpret or “read” all forms of media.  This is a skill that will help students to thrive in todays society that revolves around media and new technology, this is pivotal in a multitude of careers.  As a teacher, one is constantly using multimedia platforms throughout the day for educational purposes.  I know that in careers all over the United States media is not only a key component in running the company, but the company could even be founded on this specific media source.  All over the U.S. today media is used as a tool in some way or another in every single career.  I am a barista at Wake Up Call, and even at a coffee shop I am constantly learning and using all sorts of media on a daily basis.  As a teacher it is so important to help students learn tools that are pivotal in the society we live in today.  I found the information in the text to be valuable and educational in this process of becoming a teacher.
“The standards also lay out a vision of what it means to be a literate person who is prepared for success in the 21st century.” (Common Core State Standards).  I kept reading this over and over and over again and it just didn’t sit right with me.  I really don’t like how this was stated on the website.  Does this imply that the previous standards (before Common Core) did not properly prepare individuals to be literate or prepared for success?  I did not have common core standards until middle school or high school, does this mean that I am not completely literate or prepared for success?  I found this last sentence so insulting, especially as the last sentence on the page.  However, despite this one off-putting sentence, this webpage did offer some insight as to what the goals and ideas of what common core curriculum would like to achieve.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog Post 3

Blog Post 3         The passage from the NES English Language Arts 301 textbook reminds readers how important it is to stay conscious of all aspects when participating in a discussion, especially if facilitating the discussion. On pages 134-135, the text dives into all aspects that involved members of the discussion should be contributing successfully to the group. The headings, that were broken down by paragraph and elaborated on to explain a why they are important and how they can be displayed were: posture, movement, gestures, eye contact, voice, volume, and pitch. I think each and every one of these characteristics is important when trying to achieve a professional and successful discussion amongst students, peers, etc.  I also really enjoyed the information on page 130, Skill 16.1 “ Understand purposes of listening, listening strategies, and challenges to effective listening”. I thought this portion of the text was stated beautifully and in a wa...
Read more

Blog Post 7

For today’s reading, I found all the information to be extremely helpful to me.  I have yet to take a grammar or linguistics class and so the first 15 pages of the assigned reading in the textbook was new to me.  I especially found this information to be beneficial to my education and expand my personal knowledge of proper grammar.  I appreciated the examples and the pace at which each term was explained.  I thought the way the book examined each term by giving the definition, examples of words and phrases that fall under its category, and then examples of how/where it is used really helped this new information click in my head, even though it was my first time learning it.  Overall, I enjoyed the read, even though it was hefty, it was truly beneficial to me. As I read further into the assigned reading, more and more of the information became familiar to me. I did know the ins and outs of persuasive and informative writing prior; however, this was a great re...
Read more

Blog Post 1

      Blog Post 1       After reading the standards that are required for teachers to know and apply in their classrooms, I have found quite a few that I need to work on myself. The first standard that I need to begin applying and learning on a deeper level in order to someday use in my classroom would be: 2.B Understand and articulate how to use metacognitive processes of reading for a variety of purposes, including strategies useful before, during, and after reading. This brought to my attention the lack of understanding I have on all the points mentioned. I may understand the reading for a variety of purposes as well as the strategies, but not how to apply them to students before, during and after. Also, the strategy used will differ from student to student, so being familiar and comfortable with several strategies, their purposes, how to apply them before during and after in a beneficial way to a student is going to take time. Not only time, but ...
Read more