All of the presentations had great lessons and content to help us understand complex themes of literacy. I really enjoyed the makers demonstration, and feel that one in particular would have appealed to me growing up, since I was not as quick to learn and behind in y reading capabilities. All of the ddemonstrations had excellent activities, that fill in the blanks that purely text based learning would leave out.

In my own project, the fairy tales group, I learned a lot about what different literature does to developing minds. Although fairy tales were the primary focus, the main point was that adults need to engage children about what they read, regardless of what that content is. Children (and adults, in my experience) learn best when they can discuss and clarify ideas gleaned from text. A child qho read Cinderella, will inherently absorb certain information without knowing it, and it is the responsibility of adults to ask “why is it import to be pretty?” Or “do you think she is smart?”

On another note, here is an upworthy link I liked.

http://www.upworthy.com/how-one-teacher-told-her-students-that-theyre-worth-more-than-their-test-scores?c=ufb1