From exploring everyone's new literacy projects and from being in this class for the past few months, my understanding of literacy has changed and grown. Before this semester I thought that literacy was just reading, writing and knowing how to do the two. I did not ever really think about the deeper side of literacy and all that it has to offer. I now am full of information about literacy that I can apply towards my own classroom and my own lesson plans. I now have multiple ways to teach about literacy from all of the new lit projects that I viewed. I feel like I can look back at all of these projects and have tons of ideas for lesson plans. These lesson plans will be much more exciting and interactive than they would have been before doing to project.
I know that I will encounter many diverse students and schools in my future, and I feel better prepared for this now. By knowing all of these different ways to teach literacy to students I feel like I can reach out and teach any student. By knowing all of these diverse literacies all of my future students will have a better chance of enjoying literacy because I know so many ways to help them and encourage them. With so many choices you are bound to find something that will work. I think that any of these technologies and literacies can be used in any grade with all students. I am in a kindergarten classroom and I know that they would be very entertained by many of these projects. Anything that involves music and pictures gets them excited and motivated.
My project was on social literacy using digital storytelling. This technology was new to me because I had never made a moving, talking, show before. It was really interesting to work with the digital storytelling program and make lots of different changes and alterations before I submitted my final project. The literacy that I focused on was also new for me. It was exciting to learn about students sharing their knowledge with other students around the world. It was also really cool to learn about all of the different ways in which they do this. I would be impressed by any student who could use any of those technologies. I struggled with making my project and I am an adult. It took a lot of time and effort and I had to have previous knowledge of uploading photos and adding music, etc. I think that all students should have the opportunity to work with technology like this. It would require a lot from the students, but the types of projects and presentations that they could come up with would be amazing. I know that students today are becoming more and more technology based, and I think that it is my responsibility as a teacher to stay on top on that. I want to be able to keep my students attention and once in a while maybe even “wow” them. I definitely think that all of these technologies and literacies can and should be used in the classrooms because they are important for students to use and important for everyones learning.
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