Literacy In & Beyond the Classroom

 Digital Audio Why do we use it?  We may use digital audio for many reasons in our classroom. We might listen to age appropriate podcasts or audio books. This may give the students the chance to hear better or maybe it'll get them more engaged in a topic.  How would I use it in the classroom?  Personally, I feel like I would use audio books a lot in my classroom! I think it is a good way to keep students engaged and interested in a story. I believe sometimes students find more it more interesting when someone else is reading to them instead of reading to themselves or the teacher reading. I also think when you listen to a story with different voices as the characters it gives the students the chance to visualize and come up with their own image of each character.  The audio book I chose to insert is Charlotte's Web because well, it's a classic that I think we've all read before! https://youtu.be/TgsD-xdJdoM

  How do images influence us?  We've all heard the saying "A picture is worth a thousand words." Two people can look at the same exact image and see two completely different things! I think we often use images to get students ideas and to get their brains thinking. I think we use images to influence the way our students will look at something. We can use different images to get children to express their feelings. As teachers we should be able to use different images in our classroom to get our students talking and thinking. We can use different images to get the students to talk about different topics or feelings as well. As the teacher it is our job to use the images to influence the conversations that we can to take place in our classroom.  Personal Thoughts?  I think teaching students with images can be extremely beneficial in the classroom! I think sometimes students need another way to communicate and express how they are thinking. This can be done through images or