Literacies Narrative Reflection

I'm glad we had this project, because I honestly never would have remembered the thing my whole story revolved around without it. Only after sitting in class and making our literacy timeline did I remember the couch forts and the stories that my dad told my brother and I, and thinking about that time made me realize where my passion for creative writing might have come from. I knew all along that wanting to write creatively had led to my development of literacies in web posting and Word processing, but I still felt uneasy when I thought about writing simply about how I loved to write. Tracing my interests back to their roots made this piece more personal, and more effective for me.

By doing this project and seeing my classmates', I've also come to realize how invaluable an early start in literacy is. My interest in writing was instilled in me sometime before I was seven years old. Many of us had an early interest in music or reading that had similar effects. When children are exposed to new literacies in early life and come to love their different literacies, they will grow and benefit from them immeasurably when they get older.

I'm also glad for the multimedia remix because it taught me a technology I never would have explored otherwise. I don't own a Mac, so really the only way I would have explored iMovie more would have to be because of some kind of assignment. I'm glad to have another technology under my belt, and possibly one I can add to my resume.