new literacies in schools
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New Literacies in Schools. Charles Pierce, Alex Swenson, Nicole Baggerly , Karen Aranda. Charles Pierce. Intro. New technology will continue to advance. ‘Avoiding’ technology is no longer an option. Students must be able to use this new technology to succeed in future academic programs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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New Literacies in Schools
Charles Pierce, Alex Swenson, Nicole Baggerly, Karen Aranda
Charles Pierce
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Intro
• New technology will continue to advance.• ‘Avoiding’ technology is no longer an option.• Students must be able to use this new
technology to succeed in future academic programs.
• As teachers, its important that students know how to use these New Literacies.
Charles Pierce
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Definitions
• New Literacies – New forms of literacy made possible by digital
technology developments. • Wikipedia
Charles Pierce
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Examples
• Emailing–Gmail (Google Email)
• Social Networking–Facebook
• Sharing Photos and Videos–YouTube, Shutterfly
Alex Swenson
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Costs• Gmail accounts are free!• Facebook accounts are free!• Sharing videos on YouTube is free!• Sharing photos on Shutterfly is free!
$$$$$$$Alex Swenson
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Benefits
• Broaden students cognitive skills• Students are more engaged in their work• Collaboration in the classroom– Learn the value of working together
• “Real-world” skills
Nicole Baggerly
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Links to Examples
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/• Gmail:
https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?service=mail&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F<mpl=default
Nicole Baggerly
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Alex Swenson
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Potential Problems• Social Networking as forms of Communication– Online bullying, lack of formality, distractions
• Reading/Finding information– Danger of plagiarism, accuracy of information
• Emailing– Hackers, personal information theft
Charles Pierce
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• New literacies at school – Social Networking
• Facebook, Instagram, Wechat– Cost: Free– Benefits: Be able to engage and socialize with others– Problems: Cyberbullying
– Emailing• Yahoo, AOL, Gmail
– Cost: Free– Benefits: A way for communication – Problems: Personal Information theft
– Reading/Searching for information • Wikipedia, Ebscohost, Jstor
– Cost: Free– Benefits: Broaden students cognitive skills– Problems: Plagiarism
• Final Thought– Schools will no longer have boundaries, instead It will be seen as a global
center of information and communication.
Closing Ideas
Karen Aranda