Promoting reading

 International Children's Digital Library.  T he digital library provides a fantastic first impression. As I was scrolling through their webpage, I was able to understand and engage with their design. One of my favorite tools was the simple search segment. The reader can find the section by clicking read books under first-time visitors. According to Young, Bryan, Jacobs, and Tunnell (2019), an advantage of a classroom library is quickly finding self-selected reading for clarifying personal questions as well as questions emerging from classroom dialogues. As a visitor, I could see that advantage within the website.  The title of the "International Children's Digital Library" perfectly fits the description of the website. The site provides literacy from a variety of cultures. International books are those that illuminate children of global societies. The publications on this website can connect the reader with different cultures, other country traditions, and planet ea...

  Selecting and Evaluating Literacy Resources  I have learned that there are two definitions for a good book, quality, and personal taste. People that have knowledge and skill in literature are the ones that create fine books. The quality of a book is measured by different components such as style, language, characters, plot, pacing, setting, tension, mood, tone, point of view, theme, accuracy, illustrations, design, and layout (Young, Bryan, Jacobs & Tunnell, 2019 ) . The definition of personal taste is easier to describe. A book that the audience loves. Based on this, my criteria for a good novel is a piece of literature that satisfies the previously mentioned components and satisfies the reader. The person picking the book needs to be able to provide a positive evaluation of the specified components. A book can be well-written and well-illustrated. Both of these concepts are major indicators for selecting and evaluating literacy resources. For this reason, I decided to ...

  Plato is known as a crucial thinker in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his notable student, Aristotle (Gutek, 2010). He has also often been called one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality. Plato was born in 427 B.C. and was descended from distinguished Athenians of royalty. Plato lost his father while being an infant. After this event, his mother was remarried to a friend of the great Athenian political leader Pericles that meant that Plato was familiar with Athenian politics from childhood (Murphy, 2015). Plato founded "The Academy" in 387 BC, the first institution of higher learning in Greece. It became the intellectual capital in Greece and the equivalent of the first university in the records of Europe. The ultimate object of all exercises at "The Academy" was to achieve the final philosophic truth. The method of teaching was by question and answer, argument, lectures, oral discussion, ...