Double Journal Entry #7:

In my future English classroom I want to provide students with disabilities, such as dyslexia, the opportunity to compose papers that are up to par, or on the same level as their fellow classmates. I feel that one way to do this is by integrating technology into the classroom to support my dyslexic students. A key technological tool that I would use to do this would be a screen reader. By providing my dyslexic students with the support of screen readers, not only will they be able to better understand the assignment or task, but they will also be able to produce an assignment on the same level as their peers by having the use of the spell check and other additional applications that are incorporated within the screen reader.
Source:Spelling and Writing Strategies

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Voki Digital Story Review & Critique

After creating my Voki and listening, I corrected three mistakes in my work.

1. 2nd sentence was a run on sentence (separated it into two sentences: 2&3)

2. Omitted the word discussing (used it too many times)

3. added two commas (after comprehend and after eating)

Double Journal Entry #6:

The relationship between media literacy skills and traditional literacy skills is for the most part fairly simple, they go hand in hand. You must obtain at least some sort of learning or education in traditional literacy skills before you can properly utilize media literacy skills.

Quote: Can schools provide the skills students need to become media literate in a digital world (David, 2009.)?

After reading this question it took me no time at all to answer it. In my opinion, no. Schools cannot provide the skills students need to become media literate in a digital world, and my reasons are thus. First, most schools do not have enough computers for their students and computers are a key necessity to media in a digital world. Secondly, the way the school systems are banning so many websites from the classroom soon, there may not be much of the digital world that students can associate their skills with or learn from. Lastly, how can we teach and provide our students with the skills to become media literate in a digital world when some of our teachers lack the skills of media literacy and also cannot function properly in a digital world themselves?

Youtube is a site that is blocked/banned in most school systems, even though it has a part of the site that you can visit for strictly educational videos. Most school systems cannot even access the educational sect of youtube due to the security certificate blocking anything that has a youtube site address or is connected with the site in any way. This video shows why youtube should be accessible in the classroom.

Sources:

David, John L. "Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Teaching Media Literacy." Web Article. ASCD. Mar. 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.aspx.

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Portfolio Word Search & Editing

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That:6
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