Today's Literacy

My definition of literacy is to be able to read write and comprehend a particular language. For some their definition of literacy might be different. Applicable to me is the English language. I feel that our definition of literacy should be broadening to other Medias and methods due to our constant changing society. Many of us today do not prefer to read, and use other sources than books for entertainment or to become aware of what is occurring in the world. I know for me I prefer to stalk facebook over picking up a newspaper of book. By broadening the definition of literacy it would increase student’s interest and perhaps encourage them to write on their own. I know when I am more interested and passionate about my topic my writing reflects this. I think blogs, such as this, are a step in the right direction for new innovative ways for people to express themselves through literacy. For our Enc1102 blog I feel that a way to keep the class interested in this type of expressive literacy would be to allow a different student to pick a topic each time that they feel needs to be talked about, rather than being assigned a boring topic.