I am not an expert, but as my post just moments ago indicated, it's how the kids read and function now. The whole my space, MSN chat, multiple windows downloaded and opened at any one time and the type of skim reading that goes on, is about the change our kids are going through. We are however, I believe, behind them. So, why did these kids who tested poorly in tradtional reading do well with online reading? Different skills are employed. But, I'm not an expert, just a teaching mother with an 18 year old. It's a great discussion.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dave Middlebrook Sent: Fri 4/18/2008 7:57 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Online Reading Comprehension I am particularly interested in Dr. Leu's finding that "...the kids who tested poorly in traditional reading actually scored the highest for online reading." Did he give you any sources/citations for this? Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. Dave Middlebrook The Textmapping Project A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! USA: (609) 771-1781 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Online Reading Comprehension > Yesterday I attended a lecture by Donald Leu, "How Reading Comprehension > Has Changed While We Weren't Looking." > > I learned that online reading has some novel literacy skills; however, > many connected back to Ellin's work. Questioning is very important. > Students must be able to identify important questions because in order to > do a search or analyze the results they have to know what question they > are trying to answer. They must citically evaluate the usefullness of the > information, or determine importance. They must synthesize the information > in order to answer their questions. Finally, they must communicate what > they learn to others. Dr. Leu asserts that your create your own text with > each click. > > The biggest problem he sees is that there is no correlation between state > reading tests and online reading. Evidently the US is way behind the rest > of the world in this respect. He showed us data that indicates that being > able to read online well is not correlated to high/low reading abilities, > and that the kids who tested poorly in traditional reading actually scored > the highest for online reading. He believes teaching online reading skills > to the less able readers is the way to go (rather than allowing students > who finish first to go online, he suggests starting the lowest readers > online, and allowing them to teach and scaffold their peers.) > > I join faculty, staff, and graduate students at NC State today for a > lunch discussion about the "New Literacies" today. I hope to learn more, > and make more connections. This is fascinating. > > Has anyone else had any experience with this? Do you see the things he > describes? > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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