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What do I want to know about the new literacies?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Marlene Asselin Jun. 7, 2008.
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Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Stratford
- About Me:
- I love teaching and spending time with my family which includes my husband, son and daughter, two dogs, a rabbit (rescued from the Humane Society) and a green-cheeked conure. I like to read, knit, walk on the beach and bike.
- School Name & Location
- Eliot River Elementary School, Cornwall, PE
- Teaching Assignment
- I am a teacher who is currently teaching grade five and six students in French Immersion.
- Favorite Authors/Illustrators
- I love to read children's literature. My current favourite authors include Kenneth Oppel, Deborah Ellis, Avi, Lois Lowry and Rick Riordan. I love the illustrations of Graeme Base, Ron Lightburn and Chris Van Allsburg. I loved reading Anne of Green Gables to my two children last summer.
- Best Things about our School Library
- I am able to take out as many books as I want! There are lots of new books in both French and English.
- My Hopes & Dreams for our School Library
- I hope to introduce the Guided Inquiry approach to learning in my role as teacher-librarian there in the not so distant future!
Slidshows
Here is the URL of the slideshow which depicts a digital ethnography of the students in 611L answering the question: "As you are approaching the end of this course, how are you feeling?" I have uploaded it as a private slideshow on slideshare.
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/JDBle9GXn6UqSN
This is a second slideshow which I prepared for our group project to introduce Ethnographic Research:
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/n0U5qgjAlFTAJB
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/JDBle9GXn6UqSN
This is a second slideshow which I prepared for our group project to introduce Ethnographic Research:
http://www.slideshare.net/secret/n0U5qgjAlFTAJB
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I see you've left two messages for me. Sorry. I just read the one from Sept. 30th.... where was I that I didn't get it?
I read an article and will soon attempt to summarize it. That's as far as I've gotten. My partner just became annoyed with me because I couldn't follow the ruler he was bending in a particular shape to get the curved lines he wanted to put on the house plans he's working on. He was, I felt, effectively putting me down and I walked off saying, "It's not my fault or maybe I'm just useless." I predict that when I go back down stairs he'll be huffy and pissed off at me. I'm not biting. I'll go over and ask if he was able to create the line himself. Then I'll get supper ready.
Hmmmm, I'm probably telling you more than you want to know. I'd rather he was reading a book like Ian is....he wouldn't need any help with that and there would be no reason to berate me.
Oh well, life goes on. Back to the article. Lots more to read. Sounds like you might need to take a break...it'll all keep and at least we don't have to have it ready for Tuesday if we can't. That was a load off my mind. I was beginning to wonder if I should quit the program.
Haven't heard from Jan for a long time. She sent us those emails with website links quite a while back but I was so busy at the time I never responded. I felt bad....I really wanted to stay in touch with the two of you. Last year wasn't a good year for doing that with anyone.
Better go.
Take care. Give your brain a rest.
Rosemary