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Consider the voices or identities that are not well-represented among your textual/multimedia influences. Can you push yourself to explore new voices/identities? What might that push be? Why is that push important in your role as a teacher?

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Which categories are well-represented and which are not as well-represented? Why do you think that is?
Whose identities are well-represented here? Whose voices did you listen to most as a child?
Whose identities are not well-represented here? Whose voices may have been missing from the texts/media you consumed?
Why does this matter to you in your role as a teacher?
What other thoughts come to mind as you look through your past multimedia influences?

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Step-by-step directions for creating your own Padlet

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Step-by-step directions for creating your own Padlet

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A little firecracker with a love of talking, I was very curious about the "why" of life. My mom called me "motor-mouth." I loved to read and pretend and was not afraid to perform what I had learned in front of others. I read to get information, to inform my daydreams and imaginings. I read for fun and for the important parts of life: recipes, my mom's paperwork, checkbook, grocery lists. Due to my southern heritage, reading moods, faces, body language, situations was an everyday occurrence.

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I remember the beautiful shaded illustration of this, my favorite book. It was read to me until I could read it on my own.

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These books were fun because I was also interested in the illustrations that were unique to each book.

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We were so proud of this set of encyclopedias. There were endless topics to read about. I spent hours looking through the pages. Words upon Words!

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Pictures and words to describe them-that's how I approached this text.

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artistry in expression: words, questions, statements, metaphor!

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1 of several newspapers always in our home

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Music and News

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Album covers had multiple pages! Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack!

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Album covers were a treasure trove of words!

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Album covers were a treasure trove of words!

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I absolutely loved John Travolta and stared at this multipage album cover daily! Reading through every word of the Liner Notes, I stared at the pictures, matching moods and emotions with song lyrics.

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Hip Hop took word play to another level!

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Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick - La Di Da Di (1985)

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Mainstream and crossover

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BET- news that you could relate to

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Historical perspectives and the feeling that accompanied it

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Historical perspectives and the feeling that accompanied it

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My Godmother bought me a subscription every year!

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My teacher read it aloud and I was motivated to continue reading the series on my own!

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Humanities and Academic learning when children's television was still striving to be educational.

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I discovered my mom's romance novel stash

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I discovered my mom's romance novel stash

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I discovered my mom's stash of romance novels way too early! Fabio was the draw and the salacious details that I read in the pages made me a devoted fan.

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Impact was resounding!

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Broadened the scope of my world.

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A continual source of reading

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Mainstream knowledge source

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So many words, never enough time

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My family and I tuned it when it was broadcast on television

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My family watched together

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Weekly! I wanted to change my name to Krystal Blake!

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I kept a diary from the age of 9 until forever!

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I loved to write poetry and started at an early age

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Participated in Children's Theater for several years and continued in the Drama Club in high school

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Frequent Family Road trips to our southern home

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We took frequent road trips to my mom's homes in New Orleans and also Mississippi. My job was always to read the maps to help my mom.

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In the backseat of the car, I read all the signs that we passed.

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Magikist- Chicago history

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Reading for Fun!

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Cultural literacy