In creating this blog and lesson plan I have responded to different sections of the various readings.
- After reading Knobel and Wilber's Let's talk 2.0 I changed my original idea from a powerpoint presentation to creating a blog. Blogs speak in the language of a literacy now made up of technology. This blog presents a visual discourse that is, I think, more inviting/familiar to a younger audience and also invites a response from students through posting and 'participation' (2009, 21). Consequently this gave me the idea for the ABC3 lesson plan so students could 'actively produce[ing] media' rather than 'simply consume' it (Ibid).
- If this blog is one of Gee's 'discourses' (1991, 24) it is the discourse of me as teacher and can be seen as 'ultimately opposing' (Ibid) the video of me as TV host. This allows me to become external to the discourse and critique my teacher identity. As an English teacher I present books and playwrights I like rather than exploring the wonders of yoga mats, second hand shops and puppets as I do in Twiggy's Big Breakfast Adventure.
- After reading about Jaques in Lankshear's Literacy and critical reflection the idea of an introductory project was cemented. By asking students creative questions and getting them to tell me about themselves through technology I subtly become 'researcher' (Lankshear 1998, 119) in order to try and contextualise literacy for my students during the rest of the year. Reading Lankshear also saw me extend my questions to make sure my activity would be more inclusive and purposeful to the wider world; eg. selling yourself in a job interview.
'Would I use a blog in my teaching practice?'
YES
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