MOSAIC SO YOU LIVE™ SEPTEMBER 2017
The September issue of MOSAIC SO YOU LIVE™ Family Magazine focuses on living strong. Strength comes when we are pushed past our limits. We encourage you to let your challenges become your motivation to overcome. No matter what circumstances you are facing, you can come out stronger than before when you press forward. We hope this issue helps you So You Live™ strong.
The September issue of MOSAIC SO YOU LIVE™ Family Magazine focuses on living strong. Strength comes when we are pushed past our limits. We encourage you to let your challenges become your motivation to overcome. No matter what
circumstances you are facing, you can come out stronger than before when
you press forward. We hope this issue helps you So You Live™ strong.
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Tackling<br />
media lit:eracy<br />
ONE FAMILY<br />
AT A TIME<br />
by Tiffany Rochonn of lmogireod<br />
Friday, September 8, <strong>2017</strong> marks the<br />
51 st anniversary of International<br />
Literacy Day. The day, founded by<br />
U nesco, was coined in an e ffort to<br />
expand awareness about the critical need<br />
for accessible literacy instruction around<br />
the globe. Since then, the organization<br />
and millions of educators, advocates, and<br />
administrators have been able to celebrate<br />
many milestones and successes.<br />
Literacy numbers are up across the board<br />
and despite the continual gap in mastery,<br />
advances in technology continue to fill<br />
the holes that need to be filled. Except in<br />
one key area, Media Literacy.<br />
Media Literacy has its share of<br />
definitions. For the most part, the term is<br />
weighed heavily upon one's ability to<br />
define media references in a way that is<br />
comprehensible. With the influx of<br />
fake news nowadays, it's critical that those<br />
of us who educate, especially parents,<br />
understand the affects of inconsistent<br />
deliberation. Simply put, our children<br />
deserve first-hand information that's<br />
substantive and perceptible. They need<br />
to be allowed opportunities to<br />
conceptualize world views from a<br />
world view.<br />
What that means for parents in a nutshell<br />
is International Literacy Day has to<br />
become a norm. The promotion of literal<br />
acumen as the way of life it should be an<br />
everyday thing. Outlining the differences<br />
in how information is disseminated in this<br />
country and across the world should be a<br />
regular conversation. Pondering how to<br />
solve some of today's most pressing<br />
challenges while walking in someone else's<br />
shoes should be daily contemplation.<br />
After all, society is only as well-rounded<br />
as the intellects within.<br />
Have a different conversation with your<br />
family this International Literacy Day<br />
about world views. You never know, you<br />
might just learn something new.<br />
Happy Imagireading!<br />
Tiffany Rachann is the developer of<br />
fmagiread, a mufti-dimensional Family<br />
Literacy Platform that creates and<br />
celebrates diverse reading experiences<br />
with today's family in mind. For more<br />
information about fmagiread, visit them<br />
on YouTube @fmagireading!<br />
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ead<br />
Imagination?<br />
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