Students in todays classrooms are becoming more increasingly technologically literate by the day. They spend endless amounts of time online, playing video games, and in general working on the computer. This article provides the right ideas and know-how in order to give a budding teacher a place to begin with their students. Len Unsworth gives us a plethora of websites, and electronic media materials for us as educators to get our hands on. The article also brings up the point that many teachers out there are not utilizing the technology that is right in front of them. There is definately a digital divide among students and educators. The article posed the problem that we are not reaching our students through their interest, and therefore we are doing a disservice to not utilize it.
I agree with the article, whole heartedly, and was quite impressed by the resources that were listed. I like the thought of utilizing online children's books that read aloud to your students. This I feel.. can help students build fluency, and will provide individual help to struggling readers. This will help all of the students feel included in stories that otherwise would leave students out. I felt that not only were the early students involved, but their were opportunities for older readers, such as through the book Mice and Men by Steinbeck. I also, took in consideration the idea of using the Middle Earth website to have students act out a book. All in all I felt that this article was filled with interesting information on different websites and activities through media, and is an important read.
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