CREATED BY:TAYLOR WALKER

ANGEL ARIASDANIELLE HABERMACHER

ASHLEY VANDERGRAAF

New LiteraciesTeaching with New Technologies

LRC 320

New Literacy

Definition “Generally refers to a new form of literacy made

possible by digital technology” (Wikipedia).

New literacies are used in today’s classrooms and benefit the entire learning environment for students of all age groups.

This includes media that has evolved over the last decade.

Examples of New Literacies

Television

Internet

Clickers

Skype

Television

Television, besides uses for entertainment, can be used as a way to convey educational information with educational channels such as: The National Geographic The Discovery Channel The History Channel

These channels offer a variety of shows such as: Documentaries on historical

events Geological information How stuff works/are made Etc.

Internet

The Internet is one of the most useful tools in this day and age.

Teachers can utilize the Internet in many ways Research Educational videos

(through websites such as YouTube)

Communication (Email) Helpful education

websites (such as PBS.org)

The Internet is an easy way for students to access information quickly.

Clickers

Within today’s education system, clickers are starting to become popularized and utilized more often.

There is a website that connects to the clicker: http://www.turningtechnolo

gies.com/

The clicker is used for: Attendance purposes Testing purposes Answering multiple choice

questions

Skype

Skype is a web-based application that is used for video chatting.

Since online classes are becoming more mainstream, this literacy is very useful for communication within these classes.

Teachers can use it as a way to conduct office hours for online courses.

The application is accessible at http://www.skype.com/en/

Costs

Television COX offers economic cable for $34.99 per month http

://ww2.cox.com/residential/arizona/tv/cox-tv.cox?campcode=gn_r_tv_coxtv

Internet COX High Speed Internet is offered at $29.99 per

month http://ww2.cox.com/residential/arizona/internet/preferr

ed-internet.cox?campcode=gn_r_internet_preferredClickers

$50 each Offered at the University of Arizona Bookstore