This chapter focused on emerging the internet and children's literature through a variety of engaging upcoming tactics. While there was positive and negative sides to emerging the two, if done correctly and with thought-having children's literature can be a very powerful tactic for the literacy world. There comes a whole new group of terms that one must know and understand to fully utilize what is to offer.
There are so many amazing ways a person could use the internet to satisfy their love for literature, while sometimes we just like to be a able to hold the book and turn the pages in our hand. If you are open to new ideas and change, literature has become assessable at the tips of our fingers. There are even sites to visit that have over 200 free e-texts for all age ranges. Perhaps you or a student find a novel by a new author you just love, and want to see an interview or meet the author. However we all have crazy, busy lives, preventing us traveling sometimes to such events, now it is as easy as logging on the internet. There is a site to bring the author into the classroom virtually called WETA. This site has over 40 videos teaching children to learn along with author interviews for each of the stories read.
Over all the internet is taking literature to a new level and way of teaching a learning. It is important that children have a balanced experience of holding literature in their hands as well as experiencing it virtually. There comes pros and cons to each, however we must embrace all different point of views and take it for what is is-the future.
How cool that we can use the internet for our classes to introduce, discuss, review and create literature. I agree that correctly introducing web activities, we can change the face of childrens literacy. I can see where the aspect could be negative as well, by being used as busy work or when a teacher might not be prepared for class.
ReplyDeleteYou had mentioned taking it for what it is meaning that the internet at these resources are going to for sure be a part of future teaching. Something I feel that is very important to add to your post is that being cooperative with your team of teachers can be a great way to introduce activities. When we work with the team of teachers we are given, we can compliment each other in the classrooms, and build upon our skills together.
My fear in all of this is if something happens to the internet our our technology lessons, that teachers will not know what to do. In my internship, I experienced this, where a teacher's projector stopped working, and the students were not used to working with the book, and their interest was lost without the teacher knowing how to bring them back.
By reading your post and connecting to the text, it makes me think a lot about what is to come, and that as future educators we need to be open to changing with the times and being a part of continuing education. Thanks!