Often i find myself clicking these 'quick story links' much more often than focusing on one long article to immerse myself in. I have a hunch that with the news-ticker, breaking news focus, twitterized chomps of streaming information we are now accustomed to digest, we are losing some of the more critically in-depth understanding that comes with reading a full news article in its entirety.
However, I'd like to study if there is a way to rope a more in-depth understanding and analysis of headlines from these 'quick story links' or if there's some literacy strategy that can help deepening 'speed reading' literacy patterns into a more holistic literacy practice.
Christin-
ReplyDeleteI think that that is a really great topic. I do the exact same thing when reading news articles because I'm constantly doing 5 other things. I think that this would also be a great way to tie that whole idea of an article of the week thing that we discussed in class. Students would not only get a better understand of the world surrounding them but also a dose of literacy understanding. I would love to see updates on this and how it's going so I can try to incorporate it in my classroom too.
Great topic, Christin. It might be that you look at how to read these articles. We want students to be able to both get the GIST, but also to read critically and as questions about the truth value of what they read. You have great options!
ReplyDeleteI really like this idea! It's so true that our world and our communication has become reduced to bite-sized information "nuggets". How can we fight against this without making technology our enemy? I agree with Jessica about the article of the week- what a great way to get students engaged in meaningful ways without forcing them to read overwhelming amounts of material.
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