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Hi Everyone,

I hope you are becoming more aware of your own stories related to literacy as you explore those of others.

This week we begin our work as literacy anthropologists: for the next few weeks, we will explore the …

Hi Everyone,

I look forward to reading your week 3’s quizzes and literacy narratives, both due by tonight.

In week 4 we enter into new literacies–it will be up to you to list them, define them, and decide on their …

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In week 3, you will explore some literacy issues in the US. Quiz 1 will give you a chance to process what you have learned, as well as to make your own contribution to …

Hi Everyone,

I hope your first week of classes feels like an accomplishment, as it should. For me, this past Tuesday was the first time teaching face to face since March 2020. I had been excited and nervous at the …

Dear Students,

I have enjoyed reading all the literacy narratives. Thank you for sharing a piece of your story with me. Some of you wrote about your journey of learning to read as a child, and some of you wrote …

Hi Everyone, and thank you for all your posts and discussion in week 2. As Seyitnazar says, “Proficiency, as per Szwed, comprises five fundamental parts.” Vera lists them here as “texts, context, function, participants, and motivation.” Armani states that “For …

Hi Everyone–quick reminder that Week 1 ends at 11:59pm tonight and Week 2 begins this morning (there is always an overlap between the corresponding weeks). I look forward to seeing more Flipgrid introductions and to reading Post 1, and this …

Hi Everyone, and welcome to the first week of the class. Please complete all activities listed in Week 1 by the end of this weekly unit. I look forward to seeing you on Flipgrid and to viewing your work on …