Harste (2003) has made a stand about he feels reading and language have an effect on children and our future. I agree when he says, "you do very little to help students understand how language works." I agree! Guilty as charged! When using other reading basals, the emphasis is on the skills perspective of reading. And I agree a bit. But what I am understanding Harste to say is that we need to move into a language experience approach to teaching literacy. I agree but I am a creature of habit. I think phonics are extremely important and its hard not to teach in isolation of other reading skills. I will learn to roll and adjust for the better of my students' learning.
As I am reading Riddle (2009), I am questioning my ability to "raise" children that are that competent, inspiring, and well-knowledgeable enough to complete these multi-task, multi-modal deep thinking, technology driven projects. I certainly want to!! All children...100%...engaged! They are deep thinkers! They are creators! They are authors! It's become more about visual literacy to express their understanding rather than the boring written products we previously asked for.
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