International Literacy Day

today’s increasingly complex world. In the US, the education system makes great efforts to teach reading and writing, while refraining from teaching financial literacy. Although each financial literacy definition is varied, most have similar components. The President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy defines personal financial literacy as "the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of financial well-being." The most stressed subject…

History The mission of Fond du Lac Literacy Services is to affect community wide-change by improving literacy skills and increasing literacy awareness in Fond du Lac County. Our organization exists to teach adults the skills needed to survive and thrive in society such as reading, mathematics, writing, and learning English. Our vision is to see that everyone in Fond du Lac will have the literacy skills to help them succeed and survive in today’s world. Fond du Lac Literacy Services was founded…

This research explores some of the multiple types of literacies that instructors of Composition and Technical Communication should seek to build and support through their pedagogy, classroom environment, and assignments. The following articles not only attempt to describe multi-literacies, but also suggest methods and resources to incorporate them in practice. Cook, K. C. (2002). Layered Literacies: A Theoretical Frame for Technical Communication Pedagogy. Technical Communication Quarterly,…

in women’s literacy (Dolan and Scariano, 1995, p. 32). In spite of the growing need for teachers, women teachers were paid significantly less than male teachers, sometimes receiving only a third of the wages that the men received (Dolan and Scariano, 1995, p. 32). Though African-Americans legally gained freedom following the Civil War, education was far from equal between whites and blacks. The Freedmen’s Bureau helped former slaves gain their rights, and helped increase the literacy rate of…

OVERVIEW: I AM DIGITAL™ 101 The time to bring “I Am Digital™” literacy in the mainstream of American communities is now. Digital literacy can be defined as the ability to access, analyze and engage in critical thinking about the array of messages they receive and send in order to make informed decisions about the everyday issues they face regarding health, work, politics and leisure. Most American families live in “constantly connected” homes with 500+ TV channels, broadband Internet access, and…

This built on my belief that literacy is forever changing as individuals move through life, experience new things, and learn from people that they meet. We must understand the community in which we work in in order to have a better grasp on where the child comes from, how they have been taught, and what we can do to teach them in the most meaningful way. Avi (2010) explained a student and teacher conflict regarding misunderstandings in a classroom. This book showed what it was like for a…

The ‘Four Resources Model’ is the most relevant model for addressing the needs of 21st century literacy learners. The ‘Four Resources Model’ was developed by Luke & Freebody, in 1999. It is a literacy model which is divided into four distinct parts, which are not learnt in an heiherigary nor separate order, but developed and mastered alongside each other. Throughout the teachings of the model’s four segments, 21st century students are able to develop a range of skills, resources and knowledge…

affluent community in upstate New York. My early literacy skills and development were impacted in a multitude of ways due to my immersion in a traditional family, with a stay at home mother and working father who parented authoritatively. As the provider of the family with a superiority complex, my father did not always provide kind ways of speaking, and valued a close knit family, using the close proximity of the Adirondacks to strengthen literacy development and cognitive strategies through…

In Making Literacy Real, authors Larson and Marsh (2015) examine six frameworks and theories related to literacy education, these include: new literacy studies, critical literacy, digital literacies, multimodality and artifactual literacies, spatial theory, and sociocultural theory. The authors evaluated these literacies with respect to three key concepts: learning as changing participation, literacy as social practice, and discourse (Larson & Marsh, 2015). In synthesizing these frameworks into…

I believe Literacy is a KEY, which opens mysteries treasures with in Universe. Journey within life becomes more meaningful with the knowledge of literacy. Knowledge is a power, and if there is no KEY than there will be no access to treasures of knowledge. Also life will become meaningless moreover we will not be able to comprehend the meaning of life neither improve our self’s. Surely precious assets along with valuable and significantly important treasures need to be kept in are secure lock…