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A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies

Danika Barker

Welcome

•Who am I?

•What are we going to be learning about?

Danika Barker

• Website: www.danikabarker.ca

• Twitter: @danikabarker

• Email: dbarke2@uwo.ca

Course Overview

•Owl

•Readings

•Assignments

Classroom Overview

•Goals: Immersion in Multiliteracies

•Modelling a variety of instructional strategies

•Gradual Release of Responsibility

•Context

What does it mean to be literate in the 21st Century?

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

setting a Purpose for Viewing

“squared” with me

“peaked” my interest

still “rolling” around in my head

Learning to Change

Changing to Learn

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are needed to see this picture.

History of “Literacy”

The new Economy

Multiliteracies?

technological change

social change

economic change

Next Week

1) Read Chart for Analysing a Text2) Read Rodd, Zoe, and Jaclyn’s blogs (links all in syllabus and posted on my blog)3) Complete the literacy survey and think about how you would redesign it for use with your students in your next placement.