Transliteracy was a concept I had not really heard of before joining this master's program. I came to learn that transliteracy means brining reading, writing, math, science, and technology together and giving all students equal access. I find myself constantly thinking about transliteracy when I plan my lessons, like how can I include a little bit of science and technology with the current reading piece. When I incorporate transliteracy methods in my class I see more student engagement. I am using a lot of GLAD strategies that has transliteracy methods embedded in it. For example I like to start the new reading unit with a pictorial of the main character and the visual of drawing the character in-front of them really gets their attention. As the days go by I go back to the pictorial and start adding student input of specific character traits. The visuals help those visual learners better understand the reading lesson. GLAD strategies really help all students better understand the content. The CCD chart is a graphic organizer that I like to use for my vocabulary and really helps students. It's more than just the word and definition. It includes prediction, picture, actual definition, and oral sentence. I also use chants that include new vocabulary and the chant helps those audio learners. GLAD strategies include a variety of different modalities in which children are exposed to new information in all different subject areas. Thus using strategies such as GLAD strategies is helping all my students across the subject areas. Transliteracy is essential in 21st century teaching because as educators we must try to help all of our students understand and connect to our lessons and we must use various modalities to get them there.
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Samuel Urena
9/11/2018 09:32:23 pm
I was introduced to transliteracy the same way as you did, through this program. I am slowly but surely getting a better grasp for it through this program as I collaborate with our fellow cohort members but my school site is also having similar goals this school year with our students. One thing that really struck with me as I read your blog was how you understand translitearcy to be “bringing reading, writing, math, science, and technology together and giving all students equal access.” The words equal access is important. Our students are so diverse in how they take in information and so diverse personalities that it’s so cool to read a little bit of how you support them in your classroom. I am definitely excited to learn more about your research and your project since I am focusing my research around my English Language Learners. I hope that I will be able to learn some of the strategies you use in making sure that transliteracy is also present in my classroom.
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Kendra Parsons
9/13/2018 02:38:28 pm
I think it is wonderful that you try to incorporate other content areas into your classroom; it is important that students realize that the things they are learning about do not live in isolation. I wonder if the definition of transliteracy is even deeper than the idea of multiple content areas. I am also just learning about this idea and the understanding I got was that it was the ability to communicate using different methods and digital tools in addition to our traditional writing and speaking. I am hoping as we continue having these conversations, it becomes more clear to me. I would love to see what does it look like to be transliterate? What success criteria do I have for that?
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