We’ll use Perusall to annotate and read together.
Instructions for joining on the Assignments page.
Our course invites you to work with data collection and analysis, readings, and discussion around the field of literacy studies
The Hamilton article was a very interesting piece overall. After I read the article I scrolled through my camera roll to find out what pictures I had taken that involved literature. I tried to mentally categorize them and I discovered most of my pictures fall under the category “Interactions between people and written texts.” Hamilton …
I found the idea of mass produced literacy images intriguing. Those with literacy difficulties are almost always portrayed in negative ways in our social sphere. Hamilton talks about not being sure how this overall negative feeling towards the less literate has been achieved, but it certainly exists around us. “…but we were not sure how this …
I found this nifty picture here and thought that it was a very interesting way to show a couple of things. What do you notice first about this picture? A child. This child has made herself nice and comfortable on a stack of books for a chair so that she can read on her iPad. …
The section of the Hamilton article titled “Interactions between people and written texts” resonated with me for two main reasons. The primary reason I chose to discuss this section in my blog post was because I felt it was a relatively simple concept to grasp and relate to. Secondly, the image I selected fits in …
So much of this article points out how literacy shows up in unlikely places and literacy can be used to the most random of things. Before reading, I would not have even thought about the different ways literacy presents itself to the world. Hamilton states, “Showing that you are literate can be a statement of …
Proud to announce that our book, which focuses on teaching writing in the sciences, is available from TCPress and Amazon.
You will also find supplemental materials, including detailed lesson plans, on our companion site also called Composing Science.
California State University, Chico
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