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In the 21st Century, new collaborative tools are changing the way our students read, write, communicate, and participate. We will examine some of these resources, understand how to integrate digital literacy into the curriculum, explore how digital technologies are changing and enhancing students’ literacy, and uncover new methods for reading and writing in the digital age.
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Introduction |
Introduction Because of new technologies, our idea of literacy is rapidly changing in our society. No longer dependent upon print, paper, and pen, the tools that enable people to be literate are also changing, and yet most schools are still preparing students for a 20th century world of reading and writing--a world that no longer exists. How do schools catch up with society at large?
What does it mean to be a literate person today? Are there new expectations demanded by our technological age? Does literacy today demand
more than just knowing how to read and write? Are handwriting and penmanship still relevant skills today? What about grammar and spelling? Are we currently preparing our students to be successful participants in social, professional, and civic life? New literacies needed today require students to be readers, writers, producers, designers, editors, remixers, and more.
This course attempts to answer some of these questions, determine what 20th century skills are still important for today’s classroom, and prepare educators to begin to re-evaluate learning and literacy in the digital age.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: |
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Session One: Literacy 2.0 |
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Session Two: Reading in the Digital Age |
Overview
Reading is a very important skill in both traditional and digital literacy. A reader today needs to acquire some of the same skills as a reader 100 years ago--the ability to comprehend language and understand the meanings that words are meant to convey. However, digital forms of reading allow for new possibilities that print is unable to provide.
Print is linear and chronological. There is a certain order to things, a beginning, middle and end, chapters, and page numbers. Online reading sometimes carries those conventions from print, but the old structure is no longer necessary and can be a hindrance to new possibilities. Hypertext (the code that allows us to link to other web pages, audio files, videos, etc.) allows the reader to become more than just a “reader,” we can be researchers, viewers, and listeners, and as a result, engage more actively with a text.
Our behavior as readers has changed as well. Our tolerance for lengthy pieces of writing has lessened; we read full novels at an alarmingly decreased rate. Mobile devices allow us to carry hundreds of books within one SmartPhone or Kindle. And because digital text can be nonlinear, we can jump around to where we want to go and we can leave the text and return to any place in the story that makes sense to us. We are no longer beholden to the writer/author; instead, digital text allows us to create our own unique experience as a reader.
That said, has the act of reading changed so dramatically that we have lost crucial skills? Has our decreased appetite for the printed word affected the way we decipher information? In this session, we will examine new methods of reading digitally and examine those questions further.
Readings
- Read Literacy Debate: Online RU Really Reading? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html and the accompanying graphic, The New Readers http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/07/27/books/20080727_READING_GRAPHIC.html
- Read the article, Reading on the Internet: The link between literacy and technology http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/jaal/9-03_column/ and watch the video, The Future of the Book http://www.scribemedia.org/2008/07/30/the-future-of-the-book
- Read one of the hypertext stories found on Eastgate http://www.eastgate.com/ReadingRoom.html and be sure to click through to links to fully experience a hypertext story as a reader.
Reflection
In what ways is the experience of being a reader different when using digital forms of media versus print? Which provides a richer experience for a reader, print or digital writing? Explain your thoughts in detail, referencing the readings.
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Session Three: Writing in the Digital Age |
Overview
Incorporating the use of technology in the writing classroom can be transformative: multiple versions of documents can be written, saved, recalled, and shared; teachers and peers can read and comment on writing digitally; storing work online allows for easy access from any computer; the revision process is no longer as taxing; and, writing can be easily and instantly published to elevate students to the status of author.
But what is digital writing? Is it just an electronic version of text or does it allow teachers and students to do much more? How does writing change once students have an audience for their work outside of the classroom? Does the use of technology inhibit or motivate students once they know others are reading their work? How do writing assignments change when the audience is expanded from the traditional teacher-student conversation? Are grammar and spelling still as important?
We will be exploring these questions and more in this session, where we examine how writing has changed, expanded, and evolved in the digital age.
Readings
- On the Making the Most of the Web with Your Students CD-ROM, read the entire section on Online Writing Tools; view the teacher video on blogging.
- Listen to Writing in the Digital Age, a podcast on Teachers Teaching Teachers, in conjunction with the National Writing Project http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?p=192 (about 12 minutes in is the best place to start)
- Read the article, How a Computer Helped My Son with Writing http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/2059
Reflection
In what ways can digital writing motivate and enhance curricular writing assignments? Why do digital forms of writing excite and inspire many students? In what ways does the addition of technology change the act of writing?
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Assignment |
Write a recommendation to your school’s English department/principal/administration discussing the new literacy skills needed by students. What literacies are important to retain and what additional literacies need to be incorporated into today’s classrooms to best prepare our students? Cite at least three of the readings from the class to make your point. |
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