Chapter 10 Blog 2

Hannah Bontrager
Prof. Schurman
18 January 2012
Blog 2


I really enjoyed reading chapter 10. I like how if first addresses the different types of literacy skills, it really helped thinking about them when i had a more explained version to help develop my thoughts. It was also really interesting to see how many different types of literacy skills there were, I guess I really did not have an idea of how many different skills students could, or could not, possess. I was really interested in when Friedman had to say about what kind of people we will need in coming years, and how he goes on to give the different examples of what students will need to be great at, "collaborators and orchestrators, synthesizers, explainers, leveragers, adaptors, green people, personalizers and localizers" (Beers 152). The chapter then goes onto explain what all of these areas mean in terms of how they can be used. Then the author give several examples of how we, as teachers, can help our students to develope these skills in the classroom. Things such as using group work, having students re-do assignments using different methods to find different answers or having students change seats every few weeks so that they hear and learn from different students from different backgrounds. Overall, I really enjoyed this chapter, I especially liked how it gave examples I could use in my classroom to help my students grow, not only as individuals but, as members of society that are prepared for their future and for the world that awaits them.