This is the first textbook that I have read that has been intriguing and not just facts based on research transformed in a paragraph form. I thought Dr. Kist did an amazing job with integrating different activities in the text that can be useful in my future classroom. The concern I did have while reading this book was my lack of expertise in technology. As future educators, we are learning that it is vital that we integrate as much technology as possible in our classroom because we will be teaching digital learners. It is alarming because technology keeps advancing and it is hard to keep up with it.
Dr. Kist talked about us becoming "new literacies teachers," but I would not even know were to begin to become such.
There were a lot of activities listed and described in the text, but one of them that stuck out to me was the Online Literature Circles. I have participated in Online Literature Circles last semester. I honestly thought that it was an amazing idea and I would love to use this activity in my classroom. Online Literature Circles encourages participation from all students, but it also allows students to get information and opinions of the text that they may have missed.
The Vanity Fair article An Oral History of the Internet was a drag to read. I found it to be really boring as it got into the dynamics of the people who contributed to the Internet and the technology involved. I found it so hard to relate and furthermore to even become interested. Finally toward the middle of the article, I became intrigued by how people were kind of hesitant about the Internet. It reminded me about new technology today. The older generations in my family are always weirded out by how advanced we are becoming in technology as a nation. It is funny when I started thinking about the evolution of computers and technology. I remember a time when to have a computer was considered a luxury, but now it is surprising when someone says they do not have a computer of some form. This article ultimately made me excited about what is to come with technology.
The Vanity Fair article An Oral History of the Internet was a drag to read. I found it to be really boring as it got into the dynamics of the people who contributed to the Internet and the technology involved. I found it so hard to relate and furthermore to even become interested. Finally toward the middle of the article, I became intrigued by how people were kind of hesitant about the Internet. It reminded me about new technology today. The older generations in my family are always weirded out by how advanced we are becoming in technology as a nation. It is funny when I started thinking about the evolution of computers and technology. I remember a time when to have a computer was considered a luxury, but now it is surprising when someone says they do not have a computer of some form. This article ultimately made me excited about what is to come with technology.
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