[Air-L] Your Opinion

[Pam Brewer]

Elaine and all--

I, too, think that digital literacy is of primary importance for K-12 
but with emphasis on "literacy."  I would also add critical thinking 
with regards to digital literacy. 

As to the discussion of individual vs. group pedagogy, I will speak to 
my own experience as a teacher.  In the classroom, I have found that I 
have to teach to the group in order to accomplish goals, but the 
classroom is not the beginning and end of teaching; the individual 
student is.  In order to be truly effective, I have to open channels of 
communication with individuals, and the challenges to doing this are 
different when the contact is digital rather than face to face.  
Recognizing the roles of group and individual experience, I think, are 
the greatest challenge to great teaching.  I'm still working on it.

Best!
P

Pamela Estes Brewer
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Appalachian State University
phone 828-262-2351
fax  828-262-2133
email  brewerpe at appstate.edu



Elaine Studnicki wrote:
> Colleagues, 
>
> I have hovered in the background for quite some time reading your extremely
> rich and diverse areas of interest/research. As a K-12 educator/doctoral
> student I am interested in the connections between higher ed. research and
> the daily classroom instruction/environment that composes our national
> educational system.  I am compelled to ask this question:
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> In your opinion what do you currently think is the most important area of
> research or perhaps the most important area "needing" research for our K-12
> educational system?
>
> Thank you for your help and time,
>
> Elaine
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