SCED 4200 Course Synthesis

I cannot believe it is the end of another semester! It seems the closer I get to graduating, the faster the time flies.  This course has been eye-opening as I have explored literacy in all of the content areas.  A few ideas I have for my own FACS content with regards to literacy are to provide diverse types and forms of literacy, and encourage digital literacy in each of my classes.

I believe that variation is the key to a lot of elements of life.  One thing that benefits from diversity is text selection.  I would love to have as many types of literacy that I can think of incorporated to my classroom.  Blogs, textbooks, novels, magazines, apps, catalogs  webpages, social media, and tutorials are all forms of literature that I expect to have in my curriculum.  I want to start collecting these things now so that I can have an impressive set when it becomes time to use these literacy forms.

Another big take away from this course for me is digital literacy.  At the beginning of the semester I was not knowledgeable at all about digital literacy and all of its greatness.  Throughout the past four months I have sincerely grown to love it and all of the benefits it brings.  I have caught myself looking for the "latest and greatest" Family and Consumer Sciences websites, blogs, apps, and other ways to teach digital literacy just for fun (and it really has been enjoyable for me!)

I have appreciated the opportunity to express my thoughts of FACS related topics through this blog and plan to update it as time goes on.