O'lan Genevieve Rodillas: ILA Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective Literacy Website #1

 

             AdLit (http://www.adlit.org) is a website dedicated to adolescent literacy. This website offers useful multimedia resources, tips to address and support literacy in middle school and high school students. AdLit is funded by a grant from the National Education Association. Its mission is to share literacy research and best-practice information via the Internet to assist with adolescents who struggle with literacy affected by low socio-economic backgrounds, ethnicity and disability.
                Exploring this website has so much to offer not only for educators, but for anyone who would like to assist adolescents who struggle with literacy. AdLit is organized into tabs that provide useful information about the organization, In the Classroom, Books and Authors and Topics related to adolescent literacy.
                In the Classroom tab contains some noted information such as strategies and Teaching English Learners. The strategies suggested are for both teachers and parents to support what their students may need assistance in literacy. Particularly, it showcases strategies before, during and after literacy strategies to implement with your struggling students. It gives you background information on the strategy, the benefits of using the strategy and how to use these strategies in our lessons.
                Another aspect that arise when it comes to adolescent literacy are those who are English learners. Presently our classrooms are more diverse, as students come from multicultural backgrounds and come from households that do not speak English as their first language. Literacy is a challenge when you are learning a language that is not your native tongue. AdLit provides articles and useful videos that give information and tips about teaching English Learners.
                The Books and Authors tab offers author interviews, a book finder and a diverse books project, just to mention a few things found in the tab. The author interviews are in video clip format so the students can learn more about their perspective. The book finder is another neat tool that can look up books that fit the categories that you may be looking for. The Diverse Books Project are recommended books that touch on various topics from cultural, political, historical and many more to pique the interest of students of various backgrounds.
                The Topics tab presents more resources and articles that range from various literacy topics. This tab contains information and resources about comprehension, fluency, writing and motivation and engagement, just to mention a few. These articles and videos provide information to gain more knowledge and suggestion to apply with students who need help in particular areas of literacy.
                AdLit is a gold mine for educators as this website provides these useful articles and resources to cater to a struggling student in literacy. I highly recommend this as an effective literacy website for anyone who would like to learn more about literacy and to apply these resources with adolescents who have struggles in literacy.