| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | “What is literacy”?
Of James Paul Gee |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | My initial reaction to Gee’s article was surprised with his definition of “disclosure”. He wants others to think of disclosure as, in his words, an “identity kit”. Think of it as something that gives you instructions on how to talk, speak, write and act. Gee’s informational youtube video helped me understand his message more. He is trying to advance the educational world by informing educators on the new possibilities of teaching. He uses video games as an example. He is apart of the older generation, the baby boomer generation, so he suggests that they don’t understand the world of technology and video games. The world of digital media is advancing and Gee suggests that digital media works like books and from what we know and learn, we can use. Gee didn’t know how to play a certain game so he read the manual. He then tells us how he played the game ”terribly” but, eventually he understood the game, looked back at the manual and couldn’t comprehend it anymore. Educators should either use digital media as a tool for better learning or improve their teachings to make learning more efficient and fun for kids to understand. Gee stated he couldn’t understand the manual after playing the game because he saw “an image, an action, an experience, a goal, a dialog” that fit the words in the manual. In other words, visual aid made possible by digital media and in particular, video games, can help allow kids to enjoy learning in new ways. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | -hierarchical
-instantiate -trivialize |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It relates to a lot of the other readings we’ve read in class because it all relates to the different ways to improve learning. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | How would one specifically use disclosure in a modern way to learn? |