New Literacy and ELLs: Tools and Projects for Educators in ELL

ClassroomsNick Mancini

April 27, 2016

Multi-Modality and New Literacy

Old, boring, dying literacy New literacy

Student Interest New literacy, technology, multi-modal

information and assessment Most media produced today is multi-modal

Students need to learn to think critically about multi-modal sources, not only traditional ones

New Literacy

Wikis Webography Fanfiction Digital Storytelling

Strategies for ELLs

Democratic All people are producers and consumers of

information Collaborative Writing exercises

Wikis

Wikipedia.com

Web based bibliographies Helps students evaluate online sources Students practice evaluating sources on

topics they have lots of prior knowledge about

Webographies

Fanfiction

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High Motivation and Background Knowledge Allows ELLs to practice the writing craft on a

topic they know and like Enter at comfortable level

Students can still be an important, included part of fanfiction without actually authoring (and thereby learn from model texts)

Fanfiction

Digital Storytelling

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/111182684520928248/

Ideally about topics students know well Uses multiple medias to bridge the gaps in

English for ELLs

Digital Storytelling