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

  1. Setting a purpose or asking a question
  1. monitor comprehension & use strategies for clarifying
  1. critically evaluate the content and sources
  1. 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

  1. 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.