The past month, for me, has been a whirl wind tour of what literacy and technology will be and is in the twenty first century. My journey began with a quick introduction to blogging and setting up a class blog in which students are commenting on topics we are discussing in class. Taking a leap into the world of technology with little understanding was confusing and frustrating at times yet exciting and inspiring. I felt a part of a community of learning when my Learning Through Teaching course at work, discussed how literacy in the 21st Century is changing due to blogs, wikispaces and more by reading a chapter in Adolescent Literacy By Kathleen Beers, Robert Probst and Linda Rief.
Upon attending the ACTEM conference in Augusta, Maine last week, I realized how important technology is becoming in our world today and how vitally important it is for our students to be learning the ways of the internet and Web 2.0. Through my new journey of wikispaces and the KMS Bloggers, I hope to discover the fasinating world of Web 2.o and achieve success in Literacy in the 21st Century as a writer and a teacher of Language Arts.
To my fellow KMS Bloggers and anyone else who finds this blog, I hope that our conversations and blogging will be exciting, inspirational and lead us into the technology world for ourselves and our students. I look forward to blogging with all of you!
-Julie Anderson
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