Literacy In & Beyond the Classroom

  Ebooks?  We all knew there would come a time when everything would switch to being all virtual. We know that kids love having access to tablets and the internet, so why not find ways to educate them with it? Ebooks can be downloaded from the computer and read online. These are books that kids have access to all the time when they are connected to the internet.  Personal Experience?  From the website, Epic, I was able to download and read the following books:  Hank the Pet Sitter  Can I Bring Wooly to the Library, Ms. Reeder The Three Little Pigs Harold and the Purple Crayon  Little Red Riding Hood  I enjoyed being able to read all of these books online and didn't have any issues getting them to download. The pictures were good quality and the story still looked like a real book. I think that is was a pretty simple website to use and I was able to navigate it and find the books without any issues. I do see how this could become an issue for some ...

What are the new literacies?  To be literate by definition means you are able to read and write, however, it also is the capability to comprehend. The new literacies are traditional literacy, informational literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, computer literacy, network literacy, and digital literacy.  Why do we include the new literacies?  As educators we need to include the new literacies. We are teaching children who are constantly keeping up with the new technology. These students have hardly ever been without screen time. Students will be more technologically advanced than we are for this reason. What do I personally think?  I am not scared of teaching the new literacies in the classroom. I do believe it could become challenging, but everything can have obstacles. The biggest issue I could see arising from the new literacies would be the distraction it can bring some students and it will become difficult to keep up with technology because it is always chang...