Digital Literacy Exploration

I have really enjoyed exploring different technologies. It is a great interest of mine to become more fluent in today's up and coming technologies, especially in their uses for classrooms and students. Although, I realize there are some frustrations that come with the territory, this is also part of the learning process. My particular exploration dealt with visual literacy and digital storytelling. These two components fit together nicely because the technology uses images to influence a viewer, a main purpose of visual literacy.

I also took a look at one of my peers exploration on social literacy with blogging. Blogging can be a very useful tool for students in a classroom. It can be used to create an online community, post upcoming assignments, and keep absent students up to date with the events of the classroom. These are all components of social literacy and create a technological/ digital community of learners.

Through this exploration I have been able to learn about different and new technologies and the various ways they can be used in classrooms. In my future teaching, I will be able to look back on this experience and use the ideas I have learned about. I have also become more well-rounded in my understanding of "literacy". There are so many different aspects of literacy that can be handled in thousands of ways. Students can benefit from the different literacies, and I am glad that I will be able to assist my own students in this area.