Media literacy

their education, but not about knowledge geared toward typical school learning. They chose to learn about financial literacy. These boys worked for a genius in the financial field, commencing their journey to being financially literate. Beginning to work at this void of knowledge for the greater majority of americans at such a young age, set them up for greatness. Financial literacy has forever been, and still is, a huge problem for americans. This financial illiteracy for americans will impact…

essential skill in the real world I agree that it is crucial to succeed in life. Writing goes hand in hand with reading. As a prospective teacher it is my duty and responsibility to make advancing my students literacy my key focus. Under New York’s Common Core guidelines teaching and promoting literacy skills is a “collective responsibility” of all content area teachers. It is our job to ensure the academic success of the children in our community. (Allyn 2013, 4-5; Clark Page 5) Writing truly…

in her narrative. Hayes touches upon several controversial topics in her narrative, particularly how socioeconomic status is denied to minority groups who don’t have functional literacy. Knoblauch dissected literacy into four components, as an ominous definition cannot be agreed upon. One component is functional literacy, the understanding…

Imagine that you have a friend named Jelly. You want to ask Jelly out for lunch and text her, “let’s eat jelly,” but what you meant was, “let’s eat, Jelly.” One who doesn’t know the importance of grammar in writing wouldn’t understand that these two phrases mean two different things. Many times we don’t realize how important writing and grammar are. Some might say it is only important for those studying English because they use it. What some of us may not realize is that English extends beyond…

My digital literacy journey can be credited as the ultimate source of the technological knowledge I possess. As a result, technological literacy has given me the ability to work independently, to work in collaborations, to be responsible, effective and appropriate in using diverse technologies that keep changing over time. According to Iinuma, (2016), technological literacy is the ability to effectively use computerized innovations. My digital literacy journey was facilitated by my sponsors…

In this essay, I will be critiquing “The Learning Potential Of E-Books” written by Lotta Larson. In Larson’s piece, she presents an easy-to-follow layout and examines the adoption of E-Books in educational environments and their benefits. She explores advancements in technology that allow E-Books to give an interactive reading experience for students. Larson argues that E-Books allow for a more customizable learning and reading experience in schools. In addition, Larson stresses the benefits…

The Importance of Literacy During the time of slavery, literacy was not a given right to African American slaves. The idea of slaves learning to read and write deemed impossible by their white owners. As a result many African Americans were seen as illiterate and inferior. The willingness in wanting to learn and the ability to self teach were the start of a new journey to being literate for slaves. Literacy is of importance because it increases one’s knowledge, open doors for opportunities to…

how many people are literate. This information was told to me constantly as a child and I believe knowing this shaped me into being the appreciative person that I have become. I’ve always kept this knowledge in my head to make sure I never take my literacy for granted and this transformed me into having an adoration for literature and a fondness of writing. I was born into a family that fortunately…

Brazil’s flourishing economy makes for a productive business venture from foreign investors. Due to its high GDP, Brazil proves to be a moderately certain potential asset. Ranked 8th overall by cia.gov, with a GDP (PPP) of over 3 trillion U.S dollars, Brazil economically dwarfs all of the other south American countries it competes with. This combined with a low cost of living and operating makes it a great place to do business. Since 2008, Brazil has become a net external creditor and all three…

Literacy is so very important for every human being, I think that goes without saying in this modern age. We tend to take for granted that everyone knows to wash your hands after going to the bathroom, or before eating. However the reality is that there are many people who have had less opportunity or have less ability to improve their literacy. I am astounded that we still have people who cannot read, but we need to be aware of this fact. Relatively few Americans are considered proficient…