New Literacies in Schools

Charles Pierce, Alex Swenson, Nicole Baggerly, Karen Aranda

Charles Pierce

Intro

• New technology will continue to advance.• ‘Avoiding’ technology is no longer an option.• Students must be able to use this new

technology to succeed in future academic programs.

• As teachers, its important that students know how to use these New Literacies.

Charles Pierce

Definitions

• New Literacies – New forms of literacy made possible by digital

technology developments. • Wikipedia

Charles Pierce

Examples• Emailing–Gmail (Google Email)

• Social Networking–Facebook

• Sharing Photos and Videos–YouTube, Shutterfly

Alex Swenson

Costs• Gmail accounts are free!• Facebook accounts are free!• Sharing videos on YouTube is free!• Sharing photos on Shutterfly is free!

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Benefits

• Broaden students cognitive skills• Students are more engaged in their work• Collaboration in the classroom– Learn the value of working together

• “Real-world” skills

Nicole Baggerly

Links to Examples

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/• Gmail:

https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?service=mail&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F&ltmpl=default

Nicole Baggerly

Alex Swenson

Potential Problems• Social Networking as forms of Communication– Online bullying, lack of formality, distractions

• Reading/Finding information– Danger of plagiarism, accuracy of information

• Emailing– Hackers, personal information theft

Charles Pierce

• New literacies at school – Social Networking

• Facebook, Instagram, Wechat– Cost: Free– Benefits: – Problems: Cyberbullying

– Emailing• Yahoo, AOL, Gmail

– Cost: Free– Benefits:– Problems: Personal Information theft

– Reading/Searching for information • Wikipedia, Ebscohost, Jstor

– Cost: Free– Benefits:– Problems: Plagiarism

• Final Thought• Schools will no longer have boundaries, instead It will be seen as a global center of information and

communication.

Closing Ideas