{"id":23,"date":"2025-09-13T16:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T23:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-09-14T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:29:38","slug":"task-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/task-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 1: What’s in your bag?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I dump out my bag, the story it tells is fairly straightforward: I\u2019m a teacher, a student, and someone who\u2019s regularly on the go. My MacBook and iPad are the heart of much of the work I do; they\u2019re ready when I plan lessons, write papers, and keep me connected. These are my main text technologies, tools that let me read, write, and communicate in ways that would have been impossible a generation ago. My AirPods let me move through the day with podcasts, music, or the occasional phone call, and of course I never go far without a charger, not just to stay prepared myself, but also to help colleagues or friends when their batteries need attention.<\/p>\n

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Mixed in with the devices are some everyday essentials: a granola bar for those long stretches between meals and my glasses, which I can\u2019t function without. My teacher ID card feels like a badge of identity, it literally gives me access to my school, but it also represents the community I belong to and the role I play in it. These items remind me that literacy isn\u2019t just about words and screens; it\u2019s about navigating spaces, balancing roles, and carrying the right resources with you.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the oddball item: a plastic toy spatula. It doesn\u2019t exactly scream \u201cprofessional,\u201d but it says a lot about me. It\u2019s playful, personal, and a reminder that I don\u2019t move through the world only as a teacher or student but that I\u2019m also part of a family, and those pieces of my life sneak into my bag (and into my day) whether I plan it or not.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the contrast between public and private really shows up. On the surface, someone seeing me with my ID card and laptop might assume my identity is purely academic or professional with little understanding of my home life. But when the bag is open, the picture changes. The spatula tells a different kind of story, one that\u2019s less polished, more personal, and harder to guess from the outside. It suggests that while I project a certain image to my students and colleagues, the private reality is more layered, blending work with family, structure with play.<\/p>\n

If you looked in this same bag 20 years ago, you\u2019d probably find notebooks, pens, and maybe a discman with tattered wired earbuds instead of sleek compact devices. I like to think that swap, from paper and physical music to tablets and digital streaming, demonstrates how our everyday literacies have shifted. A future archaeologist might find this collection of objects and immediately recognize the technology-dependence of our time, but I wonder what they\u2019d make of the spatula. Maybe it would puzzle them, or maybe they\u2019d see it as the most human artifact in the whole bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I dump out my bag, the story it tells is fairly straightforward: I\u2019m a teacher, a student, and someone who\u2019s regularly on the go. My MacBook and iPad are the heart of much of the work I do; they\u2019re ready when I plan lessons, write papers, and keep me connected. These are my main text technologies, tools that let me read, write, and communicate in ways that would have been impossible a generation ago. My AirPods let me move through the day with podcasts, music, or the occasional phone…read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105147,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","et-no-image","et-bg-layout-dark","et-white-bg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jduecketec540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}