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
When I tried to find an image that describes people reading and writing, I thought I could show you a kind of literacy practices in Japan. I visited the website of high school I graduated from, and looked for usual class scene in Japanese high school. It was on a page in the catalog for …
There were two quotes from the Hamilton piece that really stuck with me. The first was, “Photographs are particularly appropriate for documenting these aspects of literacy since they are able to capture moments in which interactions around texts take place,” (Hamilton 17). To me, this quote is the embodiment of the phrase, “A picture is …
At first this article wasn’t that interesting to me. I reread it a couple of times just to make sure that I didn’t miss anything because I knew that the article didn’t have my full attention. After reading it the third time this line stuck out to me and it really started to get me …
This is my photo of choice. I left to Mexico for a missions trip for this winter break and spent a month there. It was the most incredible experience where I learned the beauty of community, the meaning of family, and how even though literacy is a true gift truth and love transcends literacy. This …
“Literacy practices are being mediated, both by the producer of the image and by the technological form of the image itself: we are always looking at representations.” (Hamilton). I found this line in the article very interesting. I hadn’t thought much about the images we see in newspapers, magazines, pop-ups on websites or in passing …
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
Website: kimjaxon.com/me
Email: kjaxon@csuchico.edu
Email for sharing Google Docs:
kjaxon@mail.csuchico.edu