Literacy Snapshot Captions

There have been some questions about the captions I used on my Literacy Snapshot so I'll take this opportunity to explain them in case you decide you would like to use captions on your own literacy snapshot. I'll document the captions clockwise around the poster, beginning at the very top.

Traditional Texts - My bedside tabel is home to most of the traditional texts I'm currently working through. I read every night for approximately an hour, usually split up between readings for class and non-required reading. As you can see, I have a stack to work through.

Communication - I use my email to keep in touch with friends, events, and news. I check it, on average, twenty-five times a day, sending about twenty emails a day and receiving forty.

Other Forms of Literacy - I am a directionally-challenged individual so when I decided I would start my Saturday morning grocery shopping with Bloomington's Winter Market, my pulse raced a little at the thought of navigating the city. Luckily, I have superior MapQuest skills and only got lost once. I also scoured through the weekly ads to compile my grocery list after referencing cookbooks to plan my menu for the coming week. I tend to make a lot of lists: things to do, books to read, phone calls to return.

News - Throughout the course of the week, I rely on a variety of sources for information about the world. I read the NYT every morning, which is delivered to my email, as well as check an ever-growing list of blogs throughout the day. On the weekend, I catch up on the latest issues of The New Yorker and any extraneous newsprint I've picked up throughout the week.

Hopefully these captions from my own literacy snapshot give you an idea of how to structure your own. See you in class on Monday and, as always, comment with questions.