Tag Archives: Literacy
Literacy Inquiry
THE BOOMER GAP
Differentiating Genre Characterization
Overall, I feel like I understand genre. Genre is every way we interact with others, almost like a Discourse. I feel like Genre, however, attempts to categorize Discourses from their functions socially, rhetorically, dynamically, historically, culturally, situationally and ideologically. Our … Continue reading
Me vs Technology: The Saga Continues
“’Technological Literacy is the ability to use, manage, assess, and understand technology’ (Gallop Poll, 2004, p. 1). ‘Technological literacy encompasses three interdependent dimensions: (1) knowledge, (2) ways of thinking and acting; and (3) capabilities’ (Technically Speaking, 2006, p.1).” –Ball State … Continue reading
A New World of Literate Communications
My literacy vignette this week explores my actions and feelings as a 7th grader who just received his first cell-phone. This vignette takes you through all the functions of the technology, with it all being very new. This describes me … Continue reading
Facilitation 1: Stereotypes and Discourse
Facilitation 1 High School Stereotypes: Jocks “What’s up bro?” Cocky Popular Athletic Attractive Potheads “Trying to smoke?” Chill Hungry Creative Open-minded Lazy Nerds “According to my calculations” Smart Studious Socially Awkward Fashion “OMG that is so fab!” Opinionated Put together … Continue reading
My Lost Skill
My Lost Skill V2Below is a look into my life as a sophomore in High School. A time when I was deeply invested into my skills as a guitarist. Much has changed since then, but regardless, enjoy! My Lost Skill … Continue reading
Literary Discourse Freewrite
In different writing situations, such as an engineer writing a blueprint, a doctor writing a prescription, a student writing a resume, etc.) there are different standards, or Discourses if you will, for acceptable writing behavior. Take for instance the engineer. … Continue reading
The “Discourse”
As I opened “Social Linguistics and Literacies, Ideology and Discourses” by James Paul Gee, I first attempted to gain an idea about what the text would be about. I looked at the title along with the illustration on the title … Continue reading
Good Writing
Good writing is very relative to the genre an author is imposing him/herself in, but I would like to characterize “good writing” as having three main features; good grammar, good spelling, and good structure. Without any one of these things, … Continue reading
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