Reflection Week 8 EDUC-67121I-1 Supporting Information Literacy

Because of the class EDUC-6712I-1 Supporting Information Literacy and Online Inquiry in the Classroom, I have learned many new things about the teaching of new literacy skills. Although it is difficult to teach the new literacy skills in my math classroom, it was something that I found to be very intriguing and there are things that I can use in my math class when doing projects. I guess that the most striking revelation that I have had is the fact that the students do not always know what a good or bad website is, so we must teach them how to weed out the good from the bad.




This knowledge will allow me to move forward in my classes by adjusting and now beginning to think about the students’ previous knowledge of a topic before working on it. Most of my students will find a website and use the first one that pops up even though there might be something better out there. I will work with my students when doing a search engine to determine what is the best way to possibly search for this topic and how I can make it more generalized or more specific. I want my students to be able to take something from my class and be able to apply it to their futures in college or where ever they may end up.



One professional development goal that I will like to work on is going to more professional development programs. I want to increase my knowledge of the new literacy and technology skills so that I can better assist my students. In order to do this, I will research programs that I would like to see and get approved by the board of education in order to be able to go. I would then like to teach my peers about it so that everyone can have a better knowledge of the new literacy skills.