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Archive for September, 2016

Defining Literacy

September27

Literacy: More than the ability to read and write. Ability to comprehend secondary discourse (Gee). Ability to interpret text. Multimodality technology in the digital age. Graffiti. Critical thinking. Reading the world (Freire) using life experience. NLS (new literacy studies) (Street) new conceptualization power on the screen rather than the book. Connected to social context. Functional […]

Going Technology Free

September27

  My initial intention was to go literacy as well as technology free. I recognized that it is impossible to go literacy free because I will drive and read the road signs inevitably. This is only the first reason. I realized that going literacy free is impossible for a mother of two kids who need […]

Going Technology Free

September27

I was successful because I am a busy mother of two. It is easy to get involved in non-stop activities. I wanted to talk to my family back home but I could not. I missed watching my favorite show “Say Yes to the Dress.” I learned that I can not literacy free for five minutes […]

A Question Remains Unanswered

September6

I am eager to know the answer to the question raised in the movie. People have no control over their destiny. That is a lesson learned, but why?

Hello world!

September6

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Time Travel and Technology

September6

Make a blog entry focusing on the following: Primary Blog Question When compared, the two film clips help illuminate a key question for this course: How has our relationship to technology changed over time? Our relationship to technology changed the ways through which we perceive literacy. Literacy in the new media age is becoming associated to […]


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