Literacy for the iGeneration

On Tuesday Allison Bosworth came into class to discuss our field experience for this semester.  She had a powerpoint and she had made copies for us to follow along with.  We discussed how we will be placed and when, which will most likely be next week and come in the form of an email.  If there is any other questions about field experience I am sure she would gladly answer them through email or a by a visit to her office.  After Allison explained the field experience Dr. Jacobs introduced a varitey of books we could choose from to read by the due date 10/23.  Whichever book we chose put us in a literature group with the others reading the same book.  Lastly, we discussed concerns about the syllabus drawn from the online survey we completed as our first assignment.  The major concerns were the podcast, blogging and lesson plans but Dr. Jacobs assured us we will be fine!

On Thursday we further discussed the readings from our text books by having students writing on the smart board what resonated with us as we read and what connections we made.  We had a class discussion about our ideas.  Next we read through the McInnis piece in our table groups and underlined with different color crayons where he defined literacy, examples of literacy and interesting/confusing language he used.  We then discussed patterns in his writing as well as our ideas about the article as a class.  Lastly, we brainstormed ideas in our table groups of what we thought the nature of literacy is with examples based on the McInnis piece the texts and our own personal experiences.  This brainstorming will help us prepare for our own literacy story which is due in draft for Tuesday.  There are a few more assignments and readings as well so be sure to check the course Wiki.