The New Literacies & English Learners, Peregoy and Boyle, Chapter 4
Merrill, Emma
Info on the internet is supported by...
icons
cartoons
hyperlinks
music
photographs
voice
graphs
pictures
4 basic assumptions
New technologies require new skills, strategies, and social practices for information and communication.
New literacies are central to full participation in a global community.
New literacies regularly change as their defining technologies change.
New literacies are multifacted and benefit from multiple points of view.
Internet Literacy Skills
- Setting a purpose or asking a question
- monitor comprehension & use strategies for clarifying
- critically evaluate the content and sources
- reconstruct and represent the info for themselves & others
can be referred to as 'boundary crossing'
supports open-mindedness & social futures
teachers must teach students how to verify credibility & reliability
this allows the scholar to carefully choose key search words
Helpful websites referenced
Simple English Wikipedia
Making the Net Easier (Spoof stories to help students evaluate erroneous information)
deeper engagement comes from scholars researching their OWN questions
West Ed's online entry: "Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners"
Web 1.0 (research & information-based)
Internet Scavenger Hunts, WebQuest.com, Group Projects
Web 2.0 (more interactive sites)
blogs, literature response journals, wikis, podcasts & videos, social networking
Any 'spoof stories' available in Spanish?
Reminds me how the iphone has ushered in things like emojis, or apps on phones
However, it seems like as new literacies and technologies develop, this marginalizes poorer populations even more.
Reminds me of how Myspace developed into Facebook which has made global communication so expedient
- reading for meaning to answer the question
I think it is sometimes helpful for scholar who is an ELL to clarify information by translating it into their native language
I think the teacher must decide upon the best way students will present information on a topic and train them on how to do that.