Literacy Moves On

After reading Janet Evans Literacy Moves on I realized how much literacy has evolved in the way it is perceived by others. There was definitely a lot of information presented in the chapters I read, but I was definitely able to extract some very important points. I had previously thought that literacy strictly consisted to words, written texts, book, etc. After reading these chapters and having other conversations with other professors I have realized that I am very wrong. Text can be read from an infinite amount of places, situations, objects, etc. For example, a person can be read as a text based off of the clothing that is being worn. So many things can be read as a text and can be considered literacy if analyzed closely enough. I found it very interesting how many of the children were observed in the studies presented. I found it absolutely amazing that four year olds were able to use and navigate their way around a software program that creates animation clips. I found it stunning that Sophia was able to construct an animation pattern with movement and sound on her own with barely any guidance. I also think that it is eye-opening that all the responses of the children that involved their favorite out of school activity included some aspect of pop culture. I think this shows the importance of incorporating new ages things and activities into the classrooms today.