Documenting my online learning

After my research about these topics, as a future educator, I understand that creating a positive classroom climate and culture is essential for student learning and well-being. But how can we achieve this goal in an increasingly digital world? In this blog post, I want to share some ideas on how having an information-intensive environment, including a variety of developmentally appropriate print and digital texts, can contribute to a positive classroom climate and culture. What is an information-intensive environment? An information-intensive environment is one where students have access to and use a wide range of sources and formats of information, such as books, magazines, newspapers, websites, podcasts, videos, games, simulations, databases, etc. An information-intensive environment also involves the use of digital technologies, such as computers, tablets, smartphones, interactive whiteboards, etc., to access, create, communicate, and collaborate with information. Why is an informa...

In this blog, I'm sharing some of the benefits and strategies of creating an information-intensive environment for students. An information-intensive environment is one that encourages active engagement and interaction with texts, leading to enhanced vocabulary acquisition. Students are exposed to a wealth of print and digital texts from various genres and subject areas, which introduce them to a wide array of vocabulary and provide opportunities to encounter new words in different contexts. This helps them to expand their vocabulary breadth (the number of words they know) and depth (how well they know them). Some of the benefits of having an information-intensive environment for vocabulary development are: It fosters students’ curiosity and interest in words, which motivates them to learn more. It helps students to develop word consciousness , which is the awareness of and sensitivity to words and their meanings. It enables students to learn words incidentally , which means learni...