Approaches to Literacy-       The big ideas and how they are connected.                By Amanda ...

1. Techno-literacy

1.1. effectively use technology to access literacy

1.2. create

1.3. evaluate

2. Critical Literacy

2.1. students use critical thinking

2.2. determining underlying message

2.3. looking at function of text

3. New Literacy Studies

3.1. multi-media

3.2. making real world connections

3.3. literacy that is occurring in everyday activities

4. Sociocultural Historical Theory

4.1. teachers are facilitators and learners

4.2. students take responsibility for their learning

4.3. knowledge  formed based on culture as it changes