Week 7 Discussion Post

Discussion #1

One of the first things I would use will be the amount of time that children have increased their time spent on daily media usage.  The text not only mentions how this amount of time has increase by nearly 3 and 1/2 hours over a 10 year time frame from 1999 to 2009 but also the decrease in the amount of written text that they see.

I would include that new teaching standards or Common Core, incorporate more information around digital literacy, particularly in using digital books and not the traditional printed books that everyone is used too.

Finally, I think everyone should know just how digital media instruction will improve literacies across the board.  When examining these media literacies it can impact numerous other areas that parents, teachers and administrators feel are important to a child's development.

Discussion #2

I utilized the article presented on our course website as I am pressed for time.  However, I found it to be very informative.  I learned mostly that there are many different ways to get children excited about math and to work on math without the old, "drill and kill" methods traditionally used.  I love math and am teaching it currently and have been attempting as many different ways possible to get children excited about math.  I was impressed to see how they incorporated information about socially relevant topics.  The example about minimum wage is excellent.  My biggest concern as was the person's who completed the project is just how much time to devote to it.  School administrators and state administrators expect that you will touch on and educate children on all common core standards and time with children is limited at best.