What+is+(or+counts+as)+literacy?

//Following Class 1: Kinds of Literacy//
__**Guiding Questions:**__
 * What is (or counts) as literacy?

Assignement:
 * Research and add (in your own words) the definition of each of these types of literacy. You can feel free to add to or adapt what is written.
 * Please post your resources under the Resources heading.
 * Using the discussion tab, write your following this research - using the guiding quesitons.

__**Suggested Types of Literacy**__ scientific literacy is the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity
 * Reading Literacy = to be able to decode words and to critically question the words read.**
 * Math Literacy**
 * Science Literacy=**
 * Media Literacy= the ability to read the "why" and "how" and "who" of media images, news, stories, and biases.**
 * Digital Literacy**
 * Information Literacy =** languages of technology

(feel free to add more)

Functional - languages of the street and life Academic - languages of schools and universities Workplace - languages of our jobs [as teachers may have some overlap with Academic] Constructive - languages constructed with the printed word Cultural - language that reflects the perspective of one culture Critical - languages that take us deeper into more complex understandings of the word and the world

__**//Add Resources Below Here//**__

Wink, Joan. //Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World//. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2005. Print. (p. 47-8).