Literacy Course Reflection

1) Throughout the course, one of the most helpful things was hearing your personal stories from different times as an educator in relation the topics of the week. It gave us perspective on the topics we were reading about and it often felt easier to comprehend when hearing it through your own experiences. Another strength from this course was learning about Out of School Literacies and how almost any material can be implemented into our lessons. Watching videos on how students incorporated rhymes and music to learn about science was engaging and fun. It gave me ideas on how to incorporate outside sources to create a thoughtful and challenging way to get my students engaged with concepts. Lastly, I felt that the weekly forums were a huge help in understanding the topics. The questions that Landon posted allowed us to think about our own perspectives of the articles that we read and gave us insight on what other students thought as well. …show more content…
Going into the week on Out of School Literacies, after reading “Writing for something: Essays, raps, and writing preferences”, I felt that it was probably the first time I definitely understood the point of the article and what it meant to incorporate material from different sources. The other articles I enjoyed reading were from Week 12 when we studied the Current State of Literacy Education as it provided a better insight on what we have been dealing with and will continue to deal with over the years. Prior to reading those articles, I had an understanding on how most individuals needed higher education to pursue a full time job, but did not fully grasp why that was. Reading about how there are more graduates than there are jobs summarized that idea very