Literacy Lives JournalOur first major assignment for a course entitled, Teaching with Text and Technology, was to take a look at the importance of literacy in our own lives, where we want to go in the future, and what goals we need to set now in order to accomplish our goals. Over the course of three weeks, we challenged ourselves to meet these challenges. My goals were to: 1. Read a newspaper at least three times a week, skimming for articles related to education, English, anything that could possibly be incorporated into a classroom discussion/journal activity, and/or articles related to youth (i.e. their development, studies done, etc.) 2. Read one full-length non-fiction selection aimed at empowering me to be a leader both inside and outside the classroom (i.e. "Death by Meeting" by Patrick Lencioni) 3. Read one full-length fiction selection that broadens my knowledge of another culture through the eyes of a teenager (i.e. "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok) 4. Read the assigned literature for my American and World Literature courses and reflect on how these readings could provoke discussion or render readings of other texts within a middle school or high school classroom. 5. Read and reread materials from the chapters/links for EN 350 t3, Teaching with Text and Technology. I'll admit it; I didn't fully accomplish my goals, but then again I never really think a person can or should accomplish their goals. Rather, what is unaccomplished challenges the individual to try harder, reach farther, and continue to strive. This is exactly what I learned during the course of this assignment. I learned to challenge myself, and I learned how important literacy is to me, a future educator. The following three links provide insights into my weekly progress towards meeting the above five goals. Feel free to e-mail me with your thoughts by clicking on the following link kayla.becker@wartburg.edu I challenge you to write three (or more) literacy goals of your own, to keep a daily log, and to reflect on your progress, such as what you have read, what you have learned about yourself, and what you have learned about your commitment to literacy, or to write about all three. What you learn about yourself will be surprising, challenging, and motivating. Do you accept the challenge?
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