Teaching Points Cycle 2 Action 1

• Readers/researchers differentiate between informational and persuasive types of blogs. It helps to ask ourselves, "Am I just learning about a topic, or am I starting to feel or think about my own idea?"
• Readers of blogs identify the perspective or point of view of the author. We do this by asking ourselves, "What is the author trying to get me to think or feel about this topic?"
• When we read blogs we need to make sure that we are not reading them in a neutral way. Sometimes it is helpful to put on a critical reading lens searching for specific examples in the text that helps us think and feel a certain way.
• Digital literacies, such as blogs, help us to partake in a global education and communication process by noticing the various perspectives of blog writers all over the world, and in turn using those perspectives to reflect on our own points of view about the topics.