Module One: Activity 2

WHO is in our class? What do you KNOW? What do you WANT to know?

Complete the readings for this module.

Using a modified KWL strategy, answer the first two parts (the “L” Section will be completed in Module Six).

K = What do you Know?

W = What do you Want to Know?

L = What have you Learned?

Thinking of your students, what do you already Know concerning two categories of their reading behaviors:

  1. Positive Literacy Behaviors: What are some encouraging, effective reading or literacy behaviors and habits you have noticed among your students?
  2. Negative Literacy Behaviors: What are some discouraging, ineffective reading or literacy behaviors and habits you have noticed among your students?

A "reading or learning behavior" includes a literacy or aliteracy habit such as frequency or amount of time students spend reading, topics read, and motivation to read.

Let’s get acquainted by introducing ourselves on the discussion board by sharing the following information:

  1. Your name
  2. Teaching assignment, (elementary, middle school or secondary)
  3. School name and location, whether it is urban, rural or international
  4. Your response to:
    What do you Know about positive and negative reading behaviors?
    What do you Want to know?

Subject Line: What do you know? (your name)

 

Little Albert EinsteinTech Tip:

Past students have indicated frustration with the university server timing out or a home wifi connection stopping when in the middle of composing a posting on the Discussion Board.

Here's a way to eliminate losing your posting.

Write the assignment posting in a Word document and save the file. Then copy and paste the text into the Compose box on the Discussion Board.

Example: Copying and Pasting a Word Doc into Discussion

 

After you post your introduction to our Discussion Board:

  1. Be sure to read your classmates' postings as this will initiate and build a sense of online community.
  2. Respond to at least one of your classmates' introduction postings to practice using this communication tool. This will also get you started in meeting the requirement of at least one posting per activity.

Don’t be overwhelmed! This icebreaker discussion forum will have the most activity and greatest number of postings for the entire course. You are not expected to read every posting. Make connections with other course participants, but there is no need to say “Hi!” to everyone.

Please read Tips On Reading During This Class and the tip explaining how to mark all postings after you have read them. This will save a lot of time when you login to the discussion board the next day.

Just a reminder...

When a reading opens in a new tab, find the tab in your browser and click on the X when you wish to return to this page.

Close new tab

 

Continue your work in Activity 3.