In Flaherty’s The Elements of Story stated, “Good stories are a brisk journey, and the reader can always feel the breeze in his hair” (Flaherty, 2009, p. 70). I felt the breeze in my hair after reading this story. I didn’t read it in an old book of tales or parables. I read it in a blog written by a school superintendent.
I started reading blogs while taking a digital media class. As part of the class, I was introduced to Lankshear and Knobel’s (2007) New Literacies Sample . This book changed my understanding of literacy learning. The authors wrote that the technologies that we use and the social practices in which we engage are wrapped around one another, and the practice of blogging is part of the newly emerging area of digital literacy.