After reading the ASCD Educational Leadership article Making Reading Social, identify the passage you found most significant. Share how you interpret this passage, its meaning to you, including any connections you see with your own experiences.
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The passage I found most significant is "Begin by recognizing that today's students are driven by opportunities to interact with one another." The way we educate today's student is much different from when we were students in the classroom because of the evolving technology. In the past 20 years I have seen a dramatic change in how to meet the educational needs of my students.
ReplyDeleteThe part I found most significant was that the author lost the ability to immerse himself in a book or lengthy article.
ReplyDeleteI understand the adaptation that we all need to make to identify with this technology-based generation, but what kind of example are we setting for them if we can't demonstrate the ability to attend to written text (and show some enjoyment)??
I love to read, and want to extend that love to my students. But, I recognize the importance of providing a well-rounded experience for our students- showing them the importance of written/published text as well as giving them the tools and resources necessary to "survive" in a technology-driven culture.
While I was reading this article, the part that stood out to me was when the author was talking about the defined roles in the conversations. This reminded me of the good, old-fashioned discussion groups we had our students do while reading books. This new and interactive way of having students read and reflect on their reading is very exciting!
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to read about ways to encourage reading during the adolescent years. I appreciated the comments about making the lines between fun and work blur.
ReplyDeleteA passage that stood out was; "So how can you drag the wayward brains in your classroom back to deeper reading? Begin by recognizing that today's students are driven by opportunities to interact with one another. Conversations"
ReplyDeleteThe message to me was: Motivate students to learn by allowing them to interact with their peers.
Rhonda Schafer
What stood out to me was the section explaining that students need to be instructed in how to make constructive comments.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that we often know what outcome we are hoping for and forget that (especially when using technology) we need to explicitly model what we want students to do. The extra instruction up front produces much better results down the line.
"I feel as if I'm always dragging my wayward brain back to text".
ReplyDeleteI relate to this. Having Diggo to draw kids back to opportunities to converse is huge.
Two things seem to be important to me : training the students in good conversation and etiquette when it comes to responding someone else's thoughts, respectfully disagreeing, etc. And, I think it will be intrinsically motivating - which is why the students were responding at all hours of the day and night.
ReplyDelete"As students highlight parts of the text they find compelling and add comments in onscreen threaded discussions, they challenge the thinking of their peers and even of the author."
ReplyDeleteWow! This is connects readers to each other and even the author, making the text live. It becomes a virtual "Book Club" without the coffee and dessert, but with much deeper conversations webbing from the original text.