HOW TO DEVELOPDIGITAL LITERACIESIN YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

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THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE

1. THERE ARE 8 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES2. DEFINITIONS NEED TO BE CO-CREATED TO HAVE POWER3. GET STARTED! (THERE’S PLENTY OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU)

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PART 1LITERACY AND DIGITAL

LITERACIES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT?

TWO PARTSPART 2

SOME EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPING DIGITAL

LITERACIES IN PRACTICE

PART 1LITERACY AND DIGITAL

LITERACIES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT?

TWO PARTS

GESTURESJoão Machadohttp://vimeo.com/7338692

WHAT IS LITERACY?

8 ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES

4 SKILL ZONES

OVERVIEW5-STEP PROCESS MODEL

CONCLUSION & QUESTIONS

DO WE EVEN KNOW

WHATLITERACY IS?

UNESCO (1957)

“It is really not possible to speak of illiterate and literate persons as two distinct categories.

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CAN BE DELIVERED

NEED TO BE DEVELOPED

OBJECTIVE

SUBJECTIVEVIEWS OF LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

INFORMATION LITERACY

DIGITAL LITERACYELECTRACY

COMPUTER LITERACY

ICT LITERACYDIGITAL FLUENCYINFOTENTION

VISUAL LITERACY

CYBERLITERACY

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ACADEMICSLIKE THEIRUMBRELLATERMS

NEVERENDINGTHESIS.COMDOUG’S DOCTORAL THESIS ON DIGITAL LITERACIES (2011)

NEED TO BE DEVELOPED

SUBJECTIVEDIGITAL LITERACIES ARE

CoCommunicative

CuCultural

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CnConstructive

CiCivic

CrCreative

CfConfident

CtCritical

THE 8 ELEMENTSOF DIGITAL LITERACIES

“The nature of literacy in a culture is repeatedly redefined as the result of technological changes.”

Hannon (2000)

THE 8 ELEMENTS

CuCultural

“Functional internet literacy is not the ability to use a set of technical tools; rather, it is the ability to use a set of cognitive tools.”

Johnson (2008)

THE 8 ELEMENTS

CgCognitive

“[Digital literacy is] the awareness, attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital tools...in order to enable constructive social action.”

DigEuLit project (2006)

THE 8 ELEMENTS

CnConstructive

“Digital literacy must therefore involve a systematic awareness of how digital media are constructed and of the unique 'rhetorics' of interactive communication.”

Buckingham (2007)

CoCommunicative

THE 8 ELEMENTS

“Modern society is increasingly looking to [people] who can confidently solve problems and manage their own learning throughout their lives, the very qualities which ICT supremely is able to promote.”

OECD (2001)

CfConfident

THE 8 ELEMENTS

“The creative adoption of new technology requires teachers who are willing to take risks... a prescriptive curriculum, routine practices... and a tight target-setting regime, is unlikely to be helpful.”

Conlon & Simpson (2003)

CrCreative

THE 8 ELEMENTS

“Once we see that online texts are not exactly written or spoken, we begin to understand that cyberliteracy requires a special form of critical thinking. Communication in the online world is not quite like anything else.”

Gurak (2001)

CtCritical

THE 8 ELEMENTS

“The ability to understand and make use of ICT - digital literacy - is proving essential to employment success, civic participation, accessing entertainment, and education.”

Mehlman (2007)

THE 8 ELEMENTSCiCivic

Digital literacy is a condition, not a threshold.

Martin (2006)

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EVEN IF YOU DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND THEM

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DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES

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PART 1LITERACY AND DIGITAL

LITERACIES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT?

TWO PARTSPART 2

SOME EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPING DIGITAL

LITERACIES IN PRACTICE

TWO PARTSPART 2

SOME EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPING DIGITAL

LITERACIES IN PRACTICE

BABY THINKS A MAGAZINE IS A BROKEN IPADDo digital skills and literacies need to be taught?

http://youtu.be/APE8M9MeOWA

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WHICH ELEMENTS ARE INVOLVED HERE?WHAT IS PRESUPPOSED?

DOES THIS INVOLVE DIGITAL LITERACIES?(FOR THE PRODUCER? FOR THE READER?)

http://nyti.ms/uRU64gA (FAIRLY) RECENT EXAMPLECASUAL PEPPER SPRAY COP

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A (FAIRLY) RECENT EXAMPLECASUAL PEPPER SPRAY COP

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DEVELOPING

DIGITALLITERACIES

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CICivic

CtCritical

EXAMPLE 1: CONTRIBUTING TO A WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE

CoCommunicative

CuConfident

CuCultural

EXAMPLE 2: PARTICIPATING IN A CONFERENCE BACKCHANNEL

CrCreative

CgCognitive

CuCultural

EXAMPLE 3: CREATING AN AUDIO/VIDEO/IMAGE MASHUP

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RESOURCES MENTIONED• Belshaw, D. (2011) What is digital literacy? A Pragmatic investigation http://neverendingthesis.com

• Know Your Meme (2011) Casual Pepper Spray Cop http://chzb.gr/uVUECn

• Machado, J. (2009) Gestures http://vimeo.com/7338692

• Newman, T. (2009) Consequences of a Digital Literacy review: moving from terminology to action http://slidesha.re/nISdTV

• Stelter, B. (2011) California University Puts Officers Who Used Pepper Spray On Leave http://nyti.ms/uRU64g

• StormLogixLLC (2011) Baby Thinks a Magazine is a Broken iPad! http://youtu.be/APE8M9MeOWA

THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE

1. THERE ARE 8 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES2. DEFINITIONS NEED TO BE CO-CREATED TO HAVE POWER3. GET STARTED! (THERE’S PLENTY OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU)

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