This week I reached a moment of clarity thanks to Greb McVeryy's blogpost. "we must be constantly redefining what it means to be literate" http://jgregmcverry.blogspot.com/2012/01/reasons-why.html
Part of what teachers and schools are struggling with is that literacy is being redefined and many of us are uncertain or do not have a clear picture yet of what exactly the new literacies are nor how to incorporate them into our programs.
I've gathered a few links and resources that may help.
The first explains that when students and educators use social media in education they are developing "Network Literacy" - the ability to effectively tap social networks to disperse ones' own ideas and media products". I would argue that network literacy goes well beyond this. It is much richer in what it offers including the ability to make contact and engage with people outside of one's knowledge domain, the ability to engage in global discussion, the ability to respond directly to ideas and events, the ability to strategically develop network relationships in order to advance reciprocal learning and the ability to break through the noise so that your voice is heard.
The next resource is from the Western Canada winner of the Mindshare Learning digital classroom video contest, Shelley Wright. This is so worth viewing because Shelley outlines how to incorporate network literacy into the learning process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lBgAmeTNM
Lastly, is Steve Wheeler's slideshare, Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age. Slide 22 in particular should be viewed as it identifies the new literacies that fall under the umbrella of "Network Literacy".
Part of what teachers and schools are struggling with is that literacy is being redefined and many of us are uncertain or do not have a clear picture yet of what exactly the new literacies are nor how to incorporate them into our programs.
I've gathered a few links and resources that may help.
The first explains that when students and educators use social media in education they are developing "Network Literacy" - the ability to effectively tap social networks to disperse ones' own ideas and media products". I would argue that network literacy goes well beyond this. It is much richer in what it offers including the ability to make contact and engage with people outside of one's knowledge domain, the ability to engage in global discussion, the ability to respond directly to ideas and events, the ability to strategically develop network relationships in order to advance reciprocal learning and the ability to break through the noise so that your voice is heard.
The next resource is from the Western Canada winner of the Mindshare Learning digital classroom video contest, Shelley Wright. This is so worth viewing because Shelley outlines how to incorporate network literacy into the learning process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lBgAmeTNM
Lastly, is Steve Wheeler's slideshare, Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age. Slide 22 in particular should be viewed as it identifies the new literacies that fall under the umbrella of "Network Literacy".
One step further with another resource:
ReplyDeleteY. Rumpala, Knowledge and praxis of networks as a political project, 21st Century Society, Volume 4, Issue 3, November 2009, http://www.scribd.com/doc/85760369/Rumpala-Knowledge-and-Praxis-of-Networks-as-a-Political-Project-21st-Century-Society1
Thanks for adding this very useful link.
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