EDX3270 Literacies Education

1. EDX3270Literacies Education Assignment 1_ Annotation e portfolio Catherine O’ Brien Student no:0061008675

2. Poulter, S. (2008, Jan 11). Smarter games dumber children, The Courier-Mail, 12. • This article discusses the damage to the brain and the learning difficulties that children can experience from playing fast paced video games before the age of seven. Poulter argued that children can become isolated and even commercially exploited by playing these games. The technology has the capacity to rewire the brain so learning difficulties can arise. He strongly advises on banning video games before the age of seven.

3. Barmby, S., Emmitt, M., Gebert, T., Jones, K., Morriss, M., & Nelson, A. (2000). Assisting learning : planning for literacy improvement (p. 6). Kensington Gardens, SA: Australian Literacy Educators Association • This article argues that ‘ a whole school commitment is needed’ if schools are going to take responsibility for supporting learners with literacy difficulties. He argued that policies need to be made that consider timely intervention when necessary so students can reach their full potential. Parental awareness should also be included in the policy especially the roles they undertake. Procedures and protocol and the professional support resource both internal and external should be included in the policy. Planning for literacy improvement should be on the agenda of every school for the benefit that all children achieve their full potential.

4. Strong, G. (2007, Oct 02). Has txt kild the ritn wd, The Age, (October), 1-2. • Texting is working it’s way into the English Language. Strong argues there is lack of emotional content with SMS because each message is usually limited to 200 characters. This can lead to the possibility of becoming emotionally stunted. However there are ‘ emoticons are also used in emails and chat rooms. This article discusses ‘ The Net lingo’ which actually assists people that are still trying to adapt to this new language. Each year 500 billion text messages are sent worldwide. A new book entitled ‘200’ characters is a book devoted to sms, computer technology has crept into mainstream speech.

5. Santoro, N. (2004). Using the four resources model across the curriculum. In A. Healy, & E. Honan (Eds.), Text next : new resources for literacy learning (pp. 51-67). Newtown, NSW: Primary English Teaching Association. • This chapter can assist pre service teachers and middle- years primary teachers develop appropriate literacy inclusive pedagogies. Teachers can map the literacy demands and expectations of their subject against their teaching practices using the four resource model. Santooro(2004) argues that if students take up the roles of a literate person( code breaker, text participant, text user and text analyst), that they need to effectively develop these skills . Subject literacy's or Curriculum literacy's are required by Middle School Students.. This chapter therefore assists teachers to understand the literacy's of secondary subjects and helps develop appropriate inclusive practices.

6. Years 3, 5 and 7 literacy test: a framework for describing reading items :Queenslandhttp://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/downloads/early_middle/3579_describing_read_items.pdf • The Literacy Testing Program for the Years 3, 5 AND 7 holds the view of literacy as multiliteracies. Multiple realities, discourses and multiple symbol systems are included in the multiliteracies. The QSA argues that we need to extend beyond a traditional focus of literacy but rather test students understanding of literacy in a context of multiple realities (Multiple ways to see and understand the world). Therfore the 3, 5 and 7 testing program considers a range of ways standard Australian English is used by Cultural groups. The test therefore is designed to identify literacies for all Australians.

7. Mils, K, The seven habits of highly effective people .National Conference for Teachers of English and Literacy. • This paper was accepted for the National Conference for Teachers of English and Literacy in Adelaide 2008. Mills( a former primary school teacher) argued that reading comprehension can be taught and that it is more often assessed than taught. She advised that Metacognitive strategies can be taught to help students monitor and improve comprehension. This paper provides a repertoire of thinking strategies for teaching reading comprehension with students in the primary and middle years, with practical classroom activities. Multimodal reading comprehension and critical literacy for the new times have been given special attention in this paper.

8. Literacy Education for the 21 st Centuryhttp://www2scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7208 • This article discusses literacy education and that it needs to go beyond teaching traditional reading skills and educators must look to multiple forms of literacy instruction to make learning meaningful. The University of Miami Assistant of education argued that literacy programs often neglect oral fluency for non – native speakers. He argued that re thinking traditional methods is needed. He added that because children are natural multi taskers we should deliver content in multiple media. Relationships with children also needs to be addressed because children will only learn if they want to learn it.

9. Learning and teaching article, Teaching primary literacy with ICT, 2009http :// www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/teaching-primary-literacy-ict-6996 • Thisarticle looks at how ICT resources can support different areas of learning at primary level and how they can benefit teachers. Guidelines indicate that ICT should be used to support learning in specific subjects as well as being a subject in it’s own right. ICT allows the teacher to produce and modify resources quickly and easily. It allows access to a wide range of information in various formats e.g. IWB( Interactive Whiteboard) ,Computers, software and cameras. However, the article argued that these should only be used when appropriate.

10. Westcork people , Parents to shop around for best back to school deals.2011 • This article discusses that the average cost of preparing Irish children for school is 400 Euros ( school fees separate). Parents are under financial pressure and Claremorris Credit Union partnered up with St. Coleman’s College to become the first digital classroom. The apple I Pad device replaced the traditional books and bags .The article is hoping that the Irish Government will observe the advantages of including ICT in the form of digital classrooms and Fee reductions for Parents.

11. Henderson, R. (2004). Recognising difference : One of the challenges of using a multiliteracies approach?. Practically Primary, 9 (2), 11-14. Retrieved from A+ Education database. • This article argues that multiliteracies should not just address technoliteracies but also address diverse social, cultural and literate practices of homes and communities. Henderson stated that this diversity should be integrated into every stage of our teaching. So, therefore the students strengths are the starting points for successful literacy learning . Henderson uses a lens analogy approach to identifying difference when it is not always viable. She advises on using multiple lens’s because it is not always easy to identify difference.

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