Hello,
The latest heated philosophical discussions on who teaches technology
and reading aloud has me thinking...what and why do we teach? If we're
information literacy teachers, on any given day, I teach PowerPoint,
atlases, fractions (yes, math), rarely, if ever, do I directly teach
reading; I scaffold and support it, but I teach it indirectly.
For those who question or oppose us teaching technology over our more
traditional role of reading to students, does that then make you a
teacher of reading? I think what we teach or emphasize is largely
defined by what our district expects of us and that puts us in a very
passive role within oft outmoded views of our role in education.
Shouldn't WE actively (re)define what we teach and why we do it? Does
anyone recall Floyd's latest post: "AASL has done a number
of surveys of the profession and the majority response indicated that
our future lies with some role in technology."
Any other thoughts on this?
Laura
Laura Brooks
Library Media Teacher
Amerman Elementary School
Northville, MI
brooksla@northville.k12.mi.us
"Unless someone like you cares a whole lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not."
-The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
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