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The affordances/limitation of digitally mediated literacy artifacts is wonderfully described at the end of the Haddix and Sealey-Ruiz (2012) article, “Using digital tools does not exclude or supplant teaching the writing process, facilitating writing workshops, focusing on writing conventions and grammar, or preparing students for writing on demand. Instead, digital tools serve as a powerful way for teachers to draw on students’ out-of-school practices and talents when composing in school and on academic tasks.” (pg. 191-192) As teachers, it is crucial to find solutions to hardships instead of brushing students aside because the systems in place didn’t work. The affordances of digitally mediated literacy artifacts are providing students voice and an outlet that relates to their personal life. By bringing this into the classroom, you can provide space for students to “categorize and index themselves.” (Wargo, 2017). And to find ways to express themselves relating to wh...

  How am I making sense of these identity theories? This is a broad question and at this point I am left with further questions. These questions guide me through the mess of differences and comparisons among NLS, but what I'm really stuck on right now is how this is anything new? How are identity theories moving us forward when we still have not figured out how knowledge is created inside the human brain?                                                                                                      Bartlett (2007) suggest sociocultural approaches to literacy are...