Wk. of Sept. 10 - Post 1

In chapter 1, on page 5 (bottom of the second paragraph), I thought it was interesting when I read, "Still, it is much more difficult to make changes in my pedagogy that affirm the ways in which students come multiply literate and to build scaffolds and instructional tasks that will leverage and build on those literacies."  What is a strong strategy for guaging where a student's literacy level is at, or what their strongest literacy is?  It also got me thinking about the array of literacy types, how different students learn, and how different teachers teach- what a web!

• functional literacy
• cultural literacy
• multicultural literacy
• information literacy
• media literacy
• biliteracy
• visual literacy
• computer literacy
• mathematical/numberacy literacy
• new media literacy
• technology literacy
• global literacy

I have an interest in ELL and I think a lot about how culture effects the way students learn, like I mentioned in class.  Different cultures have different values, and there's different values between people in the same culture- some ideas I throw around:

• try to find out where their values lie, education wise (Do they get help at home? Do they study?  Are they motivated?  What areas are they strongest in?  How can you make the material relatable?  What is a hobby of theirs- can you bridge that with their material?)