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https://soundcloud.com/dubl-dd-1/audio-recording-feedback-and-assessment-within-my-classroom My recording can be found on Soundcloud 

Did you complete all the readings and reflect or annotate notes?     - I completed every single reading and annotated all of them. Then when I was going to reflect I would usually re-read them to make sure that I was pulling the proper and important information.  Did you submit artifacts that demonstrate mastery of each lesson? - I would like to think that I did, a lot of lesson plan drafts needed work but I would fix them up in accordance to the professor's suggestions/critiques.  Were you an equal participant in your groups? yes, I worked hard with my group to make sure that we completed all of the work in a timely fashion.  How active were you in our class chat rooms? - About as active as one could be during a summer course. I toned it back eventually because I noticed I was by far the most active and it felt a bit odd.  My Grade- Anywhere in the "A" range I would say. 

audio link I believe that this article took a very unique approach. It used a comparison to how humans and apes only have a 2% difference in their DNA but that small percentage lead to a huge difference in the development of our species. The article takes on the point that being able to have multiple ways of media very easily has changed literacy for the better. There are now ways for people to create media or literacy just by using the web; along with this, they can have multimodal literacies very easily with technology that almost every has, a phone. People process information differently depending on the means of communication that is being used. For example, someone may learn better from reading or someone may learn better from listening to someone read. There are also people who would rather watch a video that combines audio and visual literacy to get the message across. Another option could be the type of text that someone is reading, how the article is broken down, or literally

This was very interesting because I never noticed how different the advertisements for the two genders are. The male advertisements have a deep voice that sounds like it is going on a scary mission. The lighting of the graphics seems to be darker and more adventurous. For the females, the advertisements have a higher-pitched female acting like everything is flowers and sunshine. There is no scariness and it makes it seem like girls do not want to go on adventures. Very interesting tool, I have never thought about any of the lego marketing before.  If I were to look at this critically then I would also say that Lego is failing to look at how gender is a social construct. By creating toys or commercials like this then we are forcing the children to lean towards one behavior rather than the other. While some conservative-minded people might think this is good, we should also question why we even do it. Why are we forcing certain people to act a certain way because of their gender? Where d

Why did we decide college and career ready is more important than civic and community ready? What does this mean? I believe that as a society we are more worried about people being "successful" in the real world rather than them becoming a good citizen within their own community. The common belief may be that if someone is ready for college and ready for a career then they will be forced to be good citizens in the community. However, we can see that this is not always the case for everyone and people often focus strictly on the education aspect of getting good grades rather than learning from experiences. In order to create a better community, we need to change our goal, Beck says   " Critical literacy has as its goal the development of responsible citizens, able to confront social inequities in their many forms and take action against injustices." (Beck) I think it is important to create people who will positively affect the community rather than focusing on grades

What did you learn about the topic? I learned about the importance of spelling and its relation to pronunciation and reading fluency. Before learning about this topic I did not make the concrete connection between spelling and reading. If a student is able to spell by sounding out then they will also most likely be a more successful reader. I also learned that problem-solving techniques for spelling are very similar to reading. Spelling is also very important for writing and making sure that your audience is able to understand the points that you are making.  How did your group planning go? Very easy, we made an iMessage group chat and discussed what we should do.  Did you communicate well? Yes, everyone in the group said when they would be able to work on certain aspects of the project and it was easy to communicate. Everyone felt comfortable texting and it made it easier to communicate as we are always on our phones. We also all have similar schedules so communication was also conven

Moving Slowly https://soundcloud.com/dubl-dd-1/historical-poem-recording There was a dark and eerie feeling that day  January 20th, 2017 It was the Presidents' Inauguration. It was senior year of high school for me  And life was already feeling shaky. I had a teacher who dressed in all black Because she was mourning the victory. I was not into politics But the hatred would drag me in.  Why did everyone hate this man? What history was I missing? Little did I know about what was starting,  The instability would reach a high, The country would begin parting,  I was stuck in the middle  Already confused about my future,  Now I have a country in shambles And major protests to digest.  voice recording