Chapter 2: A Framework for Literacy 2.0 Thinking

The title for Chapter 2 is called, "A Framework for Literacy 2.0 Thinking” and it is such an informative and useful resource that focuses on the teacher’s use of technology and how it became so important in the classroom. Well reading this chapter you well then notice that there is a focus on the Common Core Standards and the useful of technology that is intertwined.

This chapter starts off with stating, “Two frameworks will be discussed in this chapter, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), developed by Koehler and Mishra (2008) for thinking about the integration of technology into the curriculum and NCTE’s 21^st Century Literacies Framework for thinking about planning and supporting, and assessing student learning” (pg.15) As I continued to read this chapter, I found that it is important that the technology that schools are providing for the students can develop many important traits of literacy for children in ways that the traditional print can not provide to the student. As a student in college, I remember always using a computer in elementary, middle, and high school. Technology and using computers have also been around us. Now that I am in college, I have learned so many different ways of using technology and learning different websites. This online class is my second online class I have ever taken at BSU and I have learned so many ways to upload and post on discussion broads on Blackboard which is something that I didn’t use back when I was in middle school or high school. All of my professors had some type of training while using Blackboard because if they didn’t we as college students would not be exposed to it. Blackboard is such a useful site in which professors can post assignments and handouts, quizzes, links to other online sources, and etc. This website is golden for students who are taking online classes.

While I was continuing to read this chapter, it came to my attention that it talked about how teachers would inform their students about using the Internet. This is important because as teachers we wouldn’t want our students searching anything that isn’t relatable to what we are talking about in class. I agree with that the teacher should do a model of how to use the Internet and model for them what the expectations are when using the computer. I have done this with my classroom in a summer program that I work for on campus. As an art teacher assistant, we had the students do their projects on the Macs in the classroom. The teacher asked the students whether they knew how to use the Mac and also if they had ever used the website called Edmodo which is like a Facebook but for students. If she noticed that some students didn’t know how to use a Mac for this website, she would go over how to use it and when to use it with the students. During their homework time, I would have to model to them what they were expected to do and asked them questions on what they should be doing step by step. This chapter was an interesting chapter to read and it gave a lot of information about technology within the classroom.