418+-+Agenda+1.14.16


 * Guiding Questions**
 * 1) What does it mean to be literate in 2016? In what ways does school reflect, support, or detract from this definition?
 * 2) In what ways do language and literacy function to mark, include, and exclude people? Is "academic language" a social justice issue?

Notetaker: Lauren Uhl Education 418 January 14, 2016

What does it mean to be literate in 2016? i. Operate computers ii. Adapt to cultural standards i. Poor connotations of sheltered ii. Temporary, isolated classrooms iii. Students are vulnerable
 * 1) 1. Group definitions:
 * 2) a. Group 1: Being literate in 2016 means one can read and communicate in dynamically and also be able to understand cultural and social expectations behind the words
 * 3) b. Group 2: To be able to read, write and use technology to find meaning, communicate and make connections to find a purpose
 * 4) c. Group 3: write, read and communicate with grammatical accuracy
 * 5) d. Group 4: being able to do all communication required in a certain setting
 * 1) 2. Reflection on these definition:
 * 2) a. Being literate is not limited by language, yet it seems to be in our society…
 * 3) b. Sheltered instruction:
 * 1) 3. Define “text”
 * 2) a. Anything that we are asking our students to make sense of
 * 3) b. Examples: visuals, audio, music, videos, scorecards
 * 4) c. ***These are involved in every discipline

Wiki Articles/ Videos i. Rewiring of the brain i. Being a part of the journalism club teaches you to succeed in journalism as a writer, but it doesn't necessarily prepare you for what is to come ii. Instead of learning how to think scientifically, we are encouraging cramming for tests, reading Cliff notes and what not
 * 1) 1. “Bored and Brilliant.”
 * 2) a. 1/3 people spend most of their time checking their phone
 * 3) b. This implies that because we are on our phones, we aren’t bored and when we are bored is when we are the most “brilliant.”
 * 4) c. We never let or brains stop and we hardly go to that space in our brain where brilliance comes from
 * 5) 2. “Serious Reading Takes a Hit”
 * 6) a. Online reading has made us skim and it makes us miss the important information we skip
 * 7) b. We aren’t built to read big books anymore: our attention span is that much shorter
 * 8) c. à Forming pathways in our brains that make it so that its harder to pay attention
 * 9) d. This implies that students are beyond bored with the classics because they’re so long!
 * 1) 3. “Multitasking”
 * 2) a. When you’re multitasking, you're more likely to make mistakes
 * 3) b. Takes you twice as long and you have 50% higher of a chance for mistakes
 * 4) 4. “Why Doing School Undermines Learning.”
 * 5) a. We are failing our students for the wrong reasons: we are subjecting them to communities of practice that are not as constructive as we think
 * 6) b. We are teaching them to “do school” and not really learn
 * 7) c. We are preparing them to do well in the school system, not in the real world
 * 1) d. Instead, we should inspire participation

Holler

1:15 - 1:30 - Welcome & Syllabus

1:30 - 2:00 - What does it mean to be literate in 2016? (Follow up from 1/12 exit task)
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2:00 - 2:30 - //Holler// discussion
 * What does this reading have to say about literacy, academic language, identity, and school?

For Tuesday, 1/19:
 * Housekeeping:**
 * DUE: Zwiers, chapter 1
 * Create a one-slide summary of the key concepts of the chapter using only images - Write your interpretation of the visual representation in the "notes" section at the bottom of the slide. Also, write down two questions for discussion on a second slide. Upload slides to Blackboard.**SAVE the presentation with this filename: Lastname_Zwiers1**
 * On Tuesday, you will also meet with your supervisors and get your placements.