transliteracy and flow

Transliteracy and Flow

Transliteracy and Flow

Presented by Lynn McCormickPitt Literacy Conference 2/28/2010

What is Transliteracy?What is Transliteracy?

TRANSLITERACY

Working DefinitionTransliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.

Credit: Translitracy.org

Components of transliteracyComponents of transliteracy

Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.

•read, write, (should this say type too?)•orality: "I have seen the enemy and it is myself"•Mass media : beware of bias

Why is it important to be "transliterate"?Why is it important to be "transliterate"?•Job search•Applying for student aid

What other things can you think of that can be done online only?

What are things that don’t have to be done online but are a whole lot easier to do online?

What is "flow" ?What is "flow" ?

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

Examples of Flow

•Reading a book•Painting a painting •Running• Sculpting•Writing a paper• Surfing the Internet

What do all these examples have in common?

Cultivating flow Cultivating flow

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Daniel Pink 

Cultivating flow Cultivating flow

•Punished by rewards“If then” or “now that”•The Goldilocks effect 

To see Daniel Pink talk about the concepts in his book go tohttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

PCC Library:Print Resources

•Magazines•Newspapers•Books

Sample catalog search at PCC Library:http://louise.nccommunitycolleges.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/nUXfB6MtRQ/PITT/109430143/60/1180/X

Sample search at www.worldcat.org

•Net Library - Ebooks•Learning Express – practice tests•My Ilibrary – •Audio Books –coming soon

•Media Collection-Videos

PCC LibraryOnline Resources: NC Live

“Other”

•Google Docs•Online grammar - http://roadtogrammar.com/ (mouse skills)•Reader’s Theater - http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/rtscripts/rtshobbit.htm

In closing,In closing,

Please feel free to visit me at the PCC Library. I will be happy to give you a personal tour of the library.Also, if you are interested in learning Google Docs, I'll be happy to give you a walk through of that as well.

Lynn McCormickLibrarianPitt Community Collegelmccormick@email.pittcc.edu orlynnmcco@gmail.com