My name is Renee Bacchus.  If I were to write a book about myself it would probably be called, "On This Journey to Success".  I've been on quite a journey that never seems to ever end.  Nevertheless, I'm enjoying the journey.  A joke I've heard was: " what did the ocean say to the beach?...............Nothing, it just waved".  I have been teaching General Education for over ten years now in the elementary education school setting.  This is my last required class on my pathway to reading certification.  I do know something about teaching language arts since I teach it to my students weekly. I understand "new literacies" to be the integration of  information and communication technologies into the curriculum.  In this course, I am concerned with keeping up to date with all of the new technology applications required. However, I do hope to learn from my mistakes.