Conclusion

//What have I accomplished in my Technology and Literacies for Second Language Learning class?//
====﻿I have studied the ideas of many experts, including, but not limited to, Courtney Cazden and the New London Group, who emphasized the need for a pedogogy for multiliteracies, and James Gee, member of the New London Group, who wrote about opportunities to learn in relation to multiliteracies. I learned from Bakhtin that "everything is dialogic". I also revisited L.S. Vygotsky's ideas and the Sociolcultural perspective through the lens of multiliteracies. I read about Michael Agar's ideas on languaculture and also Karen Risager's twist on Agar's ideas.====

====﻿I am also now able to navigate with some degree of proficiency using Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Wikispaces, Seesmic, Google, including Googledocs, and various search engines. I have made my own blog, gone on a webquest, created a photostream and photo group, and now have created my first eportfolio. I have contributed to several Googledocs, and spent hours searching for information on the Internet.====

//What do I understand?//
====﻿I understand that multiliteracies are multilayered, and that the trail can take a person in multi-directions. For example, from a blog, you may be linked to a Youtube video, From a webquest, you may land on a magnificent web-page with avatars, gloggsters, and wonderful graphics. You may find yourself operating on Moodle and Skype simultaeneously. You may find yourself communicating in the virtual world and the outside world at the same time. The possiblities are endless. The implications for my classroom are that I should be using technology in smart ways to afford my community of learners the best opportunities to learn about the world, the French language, and themselves.====

====I have discovered that just as I have my favorite woods to walk through, I have my favorite places to go to in digitaland. I love looking at French Youtube videos and exploring French websites. Though I haven't gotten hooked on Facebook, I have come to enjoy the blogging process and I plan to follow some bloggers when I get home. Twitter intrigues me. And I must admit, I really like Wikipedia, in spite of or maybe because of its constraints.====

//How did I get here?//
====Though I have not reached True North, I am well on my journey. I have reached the point I am at through a lot of hard work and hours spent in front of the computer. During the last three weeks, my cheery computer screen has been the first face I see in the morning and the last winking eye that ends my day.==== ====I have also gotten to this point with a whole lot of help from my MATSL community. Thanks to Peter Jones, Josh Greenlaw, and my fellow MATSL students for helping me. For all of the technology, it's still about the people.====