In doing my New Literacies Exploration project I chose to research social literacy. For my new technology I chose to do blogs. I chose social literacy because it is something I am very passionate about. I am a very social person and any means of communication and expressing and sharing of ideas I am for. I felt that because I had only a handful of experiences on blogging (which come from blogging in this class) had lead me to make my own blog and display its importance of social literacy.
In my blog I created a visual display of the importance of social literacy and provided various examples of various technologies you can add to your blog. I can honestly say I enjoyed doing this project.
Even in the beginning of the year when making our Literacy Concept Maps, I had no idea about the numerous types of literacies that there are. I was so focused that literacy only consisted of reading and writing that I was enthralled after reading the article, "Literacy for the 21st Century Language Learner". I learned so much from that article and my knowledge grew even more after looking at my classmates' exploration projects. (Which were all so informational and well thought out!)
But, in doing this project it made me realize the importance of social literacy. That we all have ideas and feelings and for one to express them why not use technology. This class is a great example of incorporating blogs and social literacy. As students and future teachers we are able to post our knowledge, thoughts, feelings, ideas, ect on a page that not only our classmates can view but people around the globe. We are learning and creating valuable knowledge from other's blog posts. Plus, you are not only limited to reading such a blog post but you have the opportunity to add comments. I think this is a great way to start conversation with one another and extends the social literacy aspect again.
Thinking ahead as a future I know I will want to incorporate blogs in my classroom. Although younger elementary studens may not grasp the concept of blogging and of course the idea of typing comes first I could always have a blog as an informational Classroom Page. It could be News from Miss.Brewer's Class or something like that. Just adding information about what is going on and letting not only the students have access to read and maybe add something but being able to keep the social part/communication alive between the teacher and parents.
Also, if I am wanting to do high school special education I could definitely use this as another classroom news page or have the students work with blogging and sharing their own ideas and feelings. Options are not limited with blogging and voicing one's ideas.
Overall, I think this has been a great exploration. I have learned a lot from classmate's ideas and their projects. I am very happy with the new knowledge I now have and will definitely incorporate these new literacies in my classroom. Also, it is important not to lose focus on the various technologies that we have explored. Doing this project has shown how crucial it is to incorporate technology into everyday learning. With technology and literacy emerging it is our job as future teachers to stay on the rise and use what we know and learn to teach our students.
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It sounds like you are developing a great philosophy about teaching with technology that you should hold onto, and especially think about when you go to interview for a teaching job. I agree with you about keeping up with the technology as teachers. Today's generation of students have been born into a technological world, where as our generation grew up while technology was growing up as well. So, we have to catch up and keep up so to speak. Another good idea you can add as a dimension to your future classroom blog, is keeping absent students up to date with the events and assignments of the classroom while they were gone. If you are placed in a younger classroom, it is possible to expose students to blogging, but I think it would require one-on-one time, which is sometimes difficult to fit in. I really like your ideas Ashley and I think you will be very successful when you want to implement this in your own classroom!!
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