[MOSAIC] Mosaic Digest, Vol 7, Issue 13

[Jennifer Morgan Frigon]

Bill,

Have you tried using what your students are interested in and having  
that be a starting point for strategy instruction?  Students today are  
so into technology that this may be the avenue you want to pursue.  I  
noticed that you said that learning occurs in waves throughout the  
generations.  Times are not what the used to be and students are  
learning things differently today that you and I did.  Though we cant  
address is all in the classroom, it would be doing our students an  
injustice to not acknowledge some of what they are doing.  I know that  
teacher monitored blogs are big in classrooms now.  Maybe using one of  
these will help reach some of your students?  Maybe take articles from  
magazines, books, or even video games that your students are using and  
form mini lessons from them?  Multiple Literacies are HUGE and showing  
your students how the things they do outside of school can be looked  
at with a strategic comprehension lens could be a powerful tool.

Just some thoughts!

Jenn