Jaci's Writings For the Soul

   After I finished the readings, specifically Turner and Hicks' chapter 2, I began to think about my past blog posts and other digital literacies. I didn't post hyperlinks or images or any other forms of multimedia because I never thought about their effects on my writings. It got me thinking about the ways I've used digital literacy in the past. As well as how I can use them in my future classrooms.     Chapter 2 talks about how hyperlinks can do more to enhance the information that you are presenting, especially in digital arguments. Hyperlinks can provide an added source of credibility and validity to your piece of work. I liked the activity that Turner and Hicks mention to do with students. I think that it is a great way to get students to not only use and interact with technology but they learn how to write digitally and support whatever it is they are writing. Images are another great way to have students support their claims in writing without much elab...

   I feel like I have seen so many different articles regarding technology in the classroom. In my SED 407 class, we are also reading about digital literacy and how to incorporate it, and get our students involved and interested in technology. I have always wondered how I would use technology in my classroom. I am not tech-savvy. I know how to use social media and I can find what I need to find. Finding a way to get my students interested in technology in an educational setting is something that I  have wondered if I would be good at.    Reading the article "Digital Literacy Can't Wait"', got me thinking about the school's I have been in for practicums, as well as my own schooling, and how we used technology. I was very privileged when it came to technology in my schooling. My elementary, middle and high school, had computer labs, with MacBook Desktops. The libraries all had computers for student use, and many classrooms in my elementary school and middle schoo...

This is an after the fact blog but, it still pertains to intersectionality.    While listening to Kimberlé Crenshaw's TedTalk, I was struck by how hard it is for those individuals who are at a crossroads in their life. I never realized how intersectionality affects all aspects of one's life. Maybe it is because of my "white privilege" that I never really thought about intersectionality before. It's not the first time I have heard this word but it is one of the first times that I have really thought about my own privilege. The first time that I really thought about my privilege and intersectionality, was during FNED 346. I was in a school in Providence. I was the minority. Their playground was a black top with a couple of ragged basketball hoops. I thought back to my elementary school, and rather my schooling in general. I come from a 98% white community. We had two elementary schools. My elementary school had not one, but two play yards, each with a jungle gym,...