My Beliefs Regarding Modern Literacy by Dawn Castner https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7 “Society is made up of various collective groups, such as the family, community, organizations, regions, nations which as Burns and Egdahl state “can be considered to possess agential capabilities: to think, judge, decide, act, reform; to conceptualize self and others as well as self's actions and interactions; and to reflect.”[10 Burns, T.R. Engdahl, E. (1998) The Social Construction of Consciousness. Part 1: Collective Consciousness and its Socio-Cultural Foundations, Journal of Consciousness Studies, 5 (1) p 77. en-us 2015-01-30 23:28:45 UTC 2025-09-28 14:24:43 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d20uo2axdbh83k.cloudfront.net/20150130/870cfc29859d935dc75abaa30fed5549/Dawn_Castner.jpg http://youtu.be/rpGPzoaNVCU dawn_castner1 https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070444

Modern Literacy for Humanity

I believe, needs to provide opportunities in society to develop a global, collective consciousness that comes to value, support, and respect the differences, and similarities of all, that contributes to finding the common civil ground of acceptance, and understanding.

]]> 2015-01-30 23:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070444  Are Books People? Are People Books? dawn_castner1 https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070529 2015-01-30 23:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070529 The Following Three Clips Reflect my Philosophical beliefs and concerns... dawn_castner1 https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070592 I see Modern Literacy as the process of communication linking cultural understandings, and analysis, followed by creation.

]]> 2015-01-30 23:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070592 What are the child development milestones?by Susan Sherwood, Ph.D. dawn_castner1 https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070827

Cultural Differences in Milestones

Cultural differences in milestones have been observed in all developmental areas.

Once 3-year-olds develop a theory of mind (the realization that people think), then this cognitive ability can be combined with language and social skills. One result: Children begin to lie. They understand rules, actions and outcomes.

]]> 2015-01-31 00:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48070827 My Beliefs for Individuals dawn_castner1 https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48071170 Modern Literacy for Individuals

is a multifaceted communication system used for lifelong experiences of knowing, understanding, analyzing, and creating. Modern literacy's timeline for an individual begins before the first lifetime breath is taken and continues until the letting go of our consciousness.]]> 2015-01-31 00:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48071170 Teaching Literacy dawn_castner1 https://padlet.com/dawn_castner1/ki9d10vzvfl7/wish/48071624 As I consider the kind of literacy teacher I am and how I include media into these practices the idiom "wax and wane" comes to mind. In our district we work on incorporating a Balanced Literacy Program. There is a serious percentage of students below the 50% in reading and a three year goal is to lower this to 20%. Learning targets are an important component to consider, as Educate is being used to monitor targets. We are fortunate to have literacy coaches working together, analyzing data, providing suggestions, and assisting with assessment and next steps. I teach literacy within the umbrella labeled; be flexible, plan, do, assess, revise. I incorporate media as I can within this framework. I have access to laptops, i pads, a smart board, and resources in Educate. The use of media might include a short video related to the content, an interactive smart notebook lesson I may have compiled for phonetic skill practice, using a laptop to view an audio/video mentor text selection for comprehension. Children might use laptops to practice fluency or to capture certain moments. Last Monday, using IPads and Cameras some of the children took snapshots of their classmates in guided reading lessons and independently focusing on quality work.

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