Links to my final project:
Citizen Journalism TrackStar
Citizen Journalism Photostory
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Weekly Reading #10
How does the project detailed in the video support research process consistent with the kind of research people encounter in the workplace?
What Wikipedia can teach us about New Media Literacies
New Literacies and 21st century technologies
ISTE 2012 Wednesday Keynote: Dr. Willie Smits with Christopher Gauthier (Full-Length)
http://youtu.be/U7-qjllPCOo
How does this project support new literacies?
- The Deforest Action project supports the research process consistent with the kind of research people encounter in the workplace by creating a real life engagement and a passion about the topic.
- Students realize that they can make a difference in the world and it gives them a global voice and sense of shared responsibility.
- This action project allows global participation and artistic expression on social networking sites which reinforces the social skills and cultural competencies that young people need to acquire to be full participants in the workplace and community.
- Connecting the students with online collaboration creates an interactive learning atmosphere to support and easily share new ideas.
- Students are motivated to help solve problems and take initiative to create positive change for the world.
- Students take a leadership role and are assigned particular pieces of the project to make their contributions matter and care about the outcome.
- This project supports new literacies by helping young people better understand their community involvement in this emerging digital culture.
- This project enables the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship.
New Literacies and 21st century technologies
ISTE 2012 Wednesday Keynote: Dr. Willie Smits with Christopher Gauthier (Full-Length)
http://youtu.be/U7-qjllPCOo
Weekly Reading #9
"Teachers need to play an active role when incorporating wikis in their classroom by discussing critical and ethical issues surrounding them and facilitating their use to encourage individual voices in collaborative ways" (Asselin & Moayeri, 2011).
I agree with this statement, because students can contribute their own content to a class wiki based on their opinion. This could cause other students to automatically trust the information provided by their peers and to change their own opinion, rather than contributing a new idea. This is a great opportunity to teach the students about bias and trustworthiness of online information. The students should research, validate, and cite all the information, then come to their own conclusion based on factual evidence. Teachers are responsible for demonstrating this process and encouraging students to discuss and work collaboratively.
I like this class wiki because it includes guidelines for the students and various helpful resources. I think this teacher is playing an active role by incorporating the class wiki and providing information related to critical issues involving online collaboration. This class wiki relays the message to encourage students' individual comments in an ethical way.
1. What makes a literacy practice a "new literacy"?
A new mindset about knowledge makes a "new literacy." It is a participatory knowledge to include creating and publishing content. Knowing how to locate information collaboratively and contribute with annotated web pages.
2. How does Citizen Journalism support the development of "new literacies"?
Learning how to read material with annotations is a new literacy skill. TrackStar includes annotations for the students to read and perform website validations. This helps them to become more efficient with searching and evaluating online information.
3. What is critical literacy and how does your Citizen Journalism project encourage critical literacy? How might you change your project to encourage critical literacy?
Critical literacy views information through a political, social, and economic mindset. Citizen Journalism can encourage critical literacy by allowing students to examine a community issue and their perspective on it. The project enables students to go beyond conventional skills of evaluating information and incorporate digital texts.
4. What problems may arise when students use Web 2.0 tools for learning in school and how might teachers capitalize on these opportunities to promote information literacy?
- Students contributions to social networking sites and you tube can be be controversial. It is important for them to learn to be ethically and socially responsible.
- Students are encouraged to view commercial sites critically and detect potential bias and become critical consumers.
Resources:
Asselin, M. & Moayeri, M. (2011). Practical Strategies: The Participatory Classroom: Web 2.0 in the Classroom. Literacy Learning: The Middle Years 19(2).http://ictandliteracy.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/practical-strategies.pdf
Collaboration - Social Studies Middle School Wiki
http://collaborationnation.wikispaces.com/home
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Weekly Reading #8
“Rapid advances in digital technologies have resulted not only in a proliferation of the amount of information available to students, but also in the packaging of that information in an increasing variety of formats”(Grafstein, 2002).
I agree with this quote, technology is growing and information is readily available. Students need to be taught the proper way to use digital tools and interpret this abundance of information available to them. Educating students to search and evaluate online information and use digital tools effectively is critical today. Technology is not helpful to students if they do not know how to use it correctly. Young people should understand that not all information that is available is accurate and they need the skills to determine trustworthy information.
This video demonstrates the ever changing technology in our society. I think to fully be participating citizens, students should have the critical thinking skills to evaluate online information and use new digital technology correctly.
Uploaded on Feb 18, 2010 by Joe McClary
Makes the striking case for how fast technology is changing our society.
The video is by Karl Fisch and Scott Mcleod.
1. What is the difference between IL and BI and why is this distinction important?
Information Literacy (IL) is more inclusive, expanding on a variety of information formats. Concepts are taught over time and its focus is not exclusivley in the library.
Bibliographic Instruction (BI) refers to instruction in traditional print or library resources.
2. Why should classroom faculty teach IL?
Information retrieval and source evaluation skills are required to locate and appropriately use information in any field. These skills are the essential characteristic of the process of information-seeking that apply across disciplines. Technology is advancing rapidly and students need the technical skills to effectively access this digital information and have the ability to understand it, evaluate it, and use it appropriately.
3. What is the role of classroom faculty in developing information literacy?
I agree with this quote, technology is growing and information is readily available. Students need to be taught the proper way to use digital tools and interpret this abundance of information available to them. Educating students to search and evaluate online information and use digital tools effectively is critical today. Technology is not helpful to students if they do not know how to use it correctly. Young people should understand that not all information that is available is accurate and they need the skills to determine trustworthy information.
This video demonstrates the ever changing technology in our society. I think to fully be participating citizens, students should have the critical thinking skills to evaluate online information and use new digital technology correctly.
Uploaded on Feb 18, 2010 by Joe McClary
Makes the striking case for how fast technology is changing our society.
The video is by Karl Fisch and Scott Mcleod.
1. What is the difference between IL and BI and why is this distinction important?
Information Literacy (IL) is more inclusive, expanding on a variety of information formats. Concepts are taught over time and its focus is not exclusivley in the library.
Bibliographic Instruction (BI) refers to instruction in traditional print or library resources.
2. Why should classroom faculty teach IL?
Information retrieval and source evaluation skills are required to locate and appropriately use information in any field. These skills are the essential characteristic of the process of information-seeking that apply across disciplines. Technology is advancing rapidly and students need the technical skills to effectively access this digital information and have the ability to understand it, evaluate it, and use it appropriately.
3. What is the role of classroom faculty in developing information literacy?
Teachers need to take an active role in developing information literacy. Students need to gain critical thinking skills through active and resource based learning by implementing technology to search and evaluate online information. Creating project based activities, such as blogs, wiki's, and citizen journalism videos can support digital literacy development.
Information formats are expanding and a variety of digital information sources are available to students. Students need to be prepared to use these new research tools effectively to include the abundance of technology and information available.
Resources:
Grafstein, Ann (2002), A Discipline-Based Approach to Information Literacy. Retrieved from
Fisch, Karl & Mcleod, Scott. (McClary Uploaded on Feb 18, 2010),
Makes the striking case for how fast technology is changing our society. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/kA2ytAcVsvg
Information Literacy Competency Standards and Student Learning Outcomes. Retrieved from
Sunday, July 7, 2013
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