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CINDY: This online project focuses on

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documenting and preserving the

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personal literacy narratives. In the

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literacies of communities through

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project, we describe why first-hand

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narratives are very useful vehicles for

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documenting the literacies of a

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community, and we offer a blueprint for

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working with community members: helping

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people record their first-hand accounts

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about reading and composing, talking

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about the roles such activities play in

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their lives, and preserving those

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narratives in the Digital Archive of

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Literacy Narratives, the DALN. For the

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purposes of this iTunes project, we also

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offer an example: a case study class

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entitled "The Literacy Narratives of

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Black Columbus," which was taught at Ohio

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State University and focused on the

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literacy practices and values in

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African-American communities and

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churches in Columbus Ohio. From 2009 to

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2012, this case study course was taught

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as a second level writing class at Ohio

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State University, one that was fashioned

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in collaboration with local leaders,

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community members, undergraduate and

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graduate students, and Ohio State

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University's African and African Studies

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Community Extension Center. This case

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study course was designed to document

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and preserve the literacy narratives of

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black citizens in Columbus Ohio, stories

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told in their own words, based on their

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own experiences and histories, and

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documented for their own purposes. We

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think this course offers an example that

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other communities and groups can explore

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in preserving their stories. Now the goal

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of this online project is to encourage

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other people to take the bones of the

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course that we've taught at Ohio State

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University and to modify the framework

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to suit other community literacy

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projects, projects that are defined by

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local interests, local neighborhoods,

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towns, and communities. We also want to

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encourage others to use the Digital

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Archive of Literacy Narratives to

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preserve these literacy stories. Such

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projects are going to differ widely

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depending on the

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local context within which they happen,

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the needs of the communities of which

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they are a part. So we encourage you to

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use your own talents and modify these

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materials. We encourage individuals to

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use and modify any of the materials in

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the project for the purposes of your own

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projects, attributing this iTunes course

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appropriately. In this section, we will

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describe what a literacy narrative is,

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and we'll provide some examples of such

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narratives. We'll also talk about the

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Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives,

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the DALN, as a repository for such

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narratives. We'll also explore the

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challenges of working with and for

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community partners. And we'll think about

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how to prepare volunteers or students to

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undertake such a project. We'll also

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discuss the forms and the scheduling and

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the logistics involved in such a course,

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and we'll give some hints about

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uploading literacy narratives to the DALN

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so they can be preserved for history.