Literate Schools

Can you tell the difference?

Literacy means very little if you cannot discern the difference between the lies that are thrown in your face…

Literacy in the 21st Century

The term, literacy, can often be difficult to define. It’s often been used as a word that’s associated with being able to read and write. What most people seem to do is correlate these abilities with writing on notebook paper with a pen or pencil or opening up a textbook or some…

Redefining Literacy in the 21st Century

Literacy is “the ability to read and write,” or so I thought. This is a definition that has spanned many generations, and is still being taught in schools to this day. However, the latest technological advancements have brought about a new kind of learning…

Can social media sources be used in the classroom?

Making 21st Century Literacy Sound a Little Less Greek

My dad is probably the smartest man I know. His vast scope of knowledge absolutely amazes me. Not only is he freakishly skilled when it comes to math, he is just as talented at drawing, painting, gardening, cooking, you name it. In…

Creationism and Evolution in the Classroom

It was not until my junior year of college in a philosophy class where I learned about the theory of evolution in depth. Before then, Charles Darwin was about the only thing I knew about it because growing up, my teachers just kind of blew over it or did…