Reflection of New Literacies and the Internet

As I reflect upon the most recent course I took as part of my master's program curriculum, there are several things that come to mind. I learned a lot of things about literacy and its relationship to the internet. I think the most shocking revelation I had was that so much about using the internet is related to new literacies. I never realized that simple tasks such as suing a search engine and evaluating the effectiveness of websites would help students develop their literacy skills, but after taking this class... I am totally convinced.

I think that after this course, I will rely more on using technology to teach some literacy skills rather than attempting to teach them with more "old school methods. I would like to take my students to the computer lab more and try to put these methods to practice.

One thing I would definitely like to do in the near future is try to use at least one part of the unit plan I created for this class. To accomplish this, I will need to look at the pacing guides and the needs of my students to see which section of the plan to use and when to do it. Then I will have to make sure all of the resources are organized and ready. Last I will schedule a few time slots in the computer lab and teach the lesson. My hope is that my students' literacy skills will improve if I can accomplish this.