Welcome to our Module 5 project! Since we are new to the blogging world, this will be a learning journey for all of Team B. I am excited to see where it takes us! The following is a video that will help set the stage. Enjoy!
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"Has there ever been a time when we have not been awash in a remarkable torrent of symbols and opportunities for reading and writing them?" (Kist, 2005, p.21).
This blog was designed to be a discussion center about the five characteristics of a new literacies classroom as described by William Kist in his book, New Literacies in Action (2005). It is a project that was created by EDT605 Team B at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
"...All voices in our classrooms need to be allowed to be heard, regardless of preference of medium" (Kist, 2005, p. 7).
"The Big Five"
- Multiple forms of representation daily
- Discussion of merits of certain symbol system usage
- Metadilogues by teacher who models the usage of symbol systems in problems
- Both individual and collaborative activites
- Achievement of "flow" state by students
- (Kist, 2005)
"It seemed that the nature of literacy as an inherently social practice was being talked about as much as were the new technologies" (Kist, 2005, p. 5).
Helpful New Literacy Links
"Literacy is deeply enmeshed in the culture, history, and everyday discourses of people's lives" (Kist, 2005, p. 6).
"My goal has been to share the work of classroom teachers and students (with their permission) who attempt to weave new literacies into everyday life in their classrooms" (Kist, 2005, p. 13).
"I am holding to a concept of new literacies that is not wholly dependent on technology" (Kist, 2005, p. 12).
"...Even such 'old-fashioned' forms as dance and painting can be 'read' and 'written'" (Kist, 2005, p. 12).
Kist on image-based communication after visiting the Cathedral of St. Bavo in Belgium...
"Has there ever been a time when we have not been awash in a remarkable torrent of symbols and opportunities for reading and writing them?" (Kist, 2005, p.21).
"...Depriving students of the designs that should be available to them deprives them of a seat at the table of literacies in this increasingly multimodal society" (Kist, 2005, p. 11).
"In sum, students should be able to both read critically and write functionally, no matter what the medium" (Kist, 2005, p. 11).
Reference
Kist, W. (2005). From polytychs to messages and back again. In New literacies in action: Teaching and learning in multiple media. New York: Teacher’s College Press.
6 comments:
I found that the New Literacy classroom theory to be very interesting. I think it is very important to prepare students with an education that integrates technology.
The video included on this website is a good way to introduce the importance of using a variety of media to teach children, especially integrating technology on a daily basis. I am interested in learning more about how the New Literacy theory would look like in a classroom today.
There are many teachers that need to see this video. As it said in the video, technology is a tool that will allow students to be engaged while learning. Unfortunately, the resources are not always available.
The video has some very interesting and eye-opening facts about how many teachers do not use technology in their classroom. I am very interested to learn some new ways to use technology in my classroom.
Students of today will need to be technologically literate to land a job when they graduate. As teachers, we need to find how to bring these new technologies into our classrooms, even if we are not already set up with 1 computer for each student. It may mean getting creative with scheduling to use media center computers or computers on wheels. It may mean using the ever dreaded cell phone and iPod. These can be used for podcasts and free mobile note-taking resources.
If the student knows technologies that a teacher has never seen, or is afraid to use, then who truly is the more literate?
For more resources on more free-note taking devices, visit: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=152
For a site that discusses technology in the classroom visit: http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=263
Ladies,
I just finished typing in some of my thinking but wasn't officially signed in :-( I will be back!! You, along with my own team have helped me to solidify so much from this module!! Please try to keep this going. I know I am going to need your help with this next phase in my teaching of reading and writing over the next few weeks!
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