new literacies, new practices : media literacy and web 2.0 applications dr jackie marsh, ukla...
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New Literacies, New Practices : Media Literacy and Web 2.0
Applications
Dr Jackie Marsh, UKLA
University of Sheffield
New literacies, new practices• This presentation is based on the premise that
literacy is changing in a new media world (Kress, 2003; Lankshear and Knobel).
• We need to develop new educational practices that relate to children and young people’s out-of-school practices if the literacy curriculum is to be relevant and meaningful (Marsh and Millard, 2005).
• This presentation will focus on the use of web-based tools to develop media literacy, specifically the analysis and production of news.
What is Web 2.0?
Web 1.0 Web 2.0 DoubleClick --> Google AdSense
Ofoto --> Flickr Akamai --> BitTorrent
mp3.com --> Napster Britannica Online --> Wikipedia personal websites --> blogging
evite --> upcoming.org and EVDB domain name speculation --> search engine optimization
page views --> cost per click screen scraping --> web services
publishing --> participation content management systems --> wikis
directories (taxonomy) --> tagging ("folksonomy") stickiness --> syndication
(O’Neill, 2005)
(Angermeier, 2005)
Some of the most useful products and services for educators interested
in media literacy
• Blogger• Wikis• Podcasting• Syndication
How can Web 2.0 develop media literacy?
• Products and services enable manipulation of and reflection on data.
• Collaboration and participation are key factors – can encourage group critical reflection.
• Fosters agency and creativity of individuals e.g. citizen journalists.
Citizen journalism
……is the act of citizens ‘playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating information’
(Bowman and Willis, 2005)
‘Peoplerazzi’ http://www.nowpublic.com/
Wikis and citizen journalism
London bombings 7/7
Key question for pupils
What are the advantages and disadvantages of ‘citizen
journalism’?
News and blogs
• Many ‘news’ blogs maintained by ‘citizen journalists’ e.g. blog kept by Iraqi civilian Salam Pax, who was eventually invited to write a column for the Guardian on the Iraqi invasion
• Many newspapers now have blogs in addition to printed newspapers and online news
Folksonomic tags
Links
Blog archives, categorised by content
Comments facility
Readers can report on offensive comments
Identity of commenter and date comment sent stated
Key question for pupils
What does a news blog do that a newspaper doesn’t, and
vice-versa?
Syndication and news
http://www.frustratedcities.com
News and podcasting
http://mgsonline.blogs.com/geoblog/podcasts/index.html geoBlog: Podcasts
Evoca
http://radiowaves.co.uk/
Radiowaves
News and online publishing systems
Making the News
Monteney Primary: Making the News
Conclusion• Web 2.0 products and services have great potential
for work on the media.• Pupils can create blogs, wikis and webpages
relaying news as well as exploring the way in which news is created and reported across Web 2.0 platforms.
• Web 2.0 is changing the nature of journalism and the newspaper industry – contemporary pupils can be at the forefront of tracing these changes and their implications.
• New literacy practices are needed for new times – educators need to take risks and explore potential.