Seminar 1 for the Truro and Halifax cohorts

1. Literacy & New Technologies GEDU 6353.80/81 Research Seminar in Curriculum Studies Colin Lankshear & Michele Knobel

2. Slideshow available here: www.slideshare.net/netgrrrl

4. The logic of research p. 29 of textbook

5. Nature of this course 1 . Work in self-selected groups/teams to produce a digital media artifact and collect detailed data on what transpires. 2. Collectively write an academic research report that discusses the process and experience of producing your digital media artifact in terms of one or two key concepts from current, relevant theory and research pertaining to “new literacies”.

6. In short…. You will be learning to be(come) teacher researchers by (1) producing a digital media artifact and (2) systematically analysing data you have collected in the light of the idea of engaging in new literacies.

9. Writing good fieldnotes Fieldnotes Preliminary patterns/hunches/analyses I located a useful website that helped with converting files Tuesday 11:03am I searched with google using the phrase “file conversion” and located a blog (http://everydayliteracies.blogspot.com) that recommended a free online service called Zamzar (zamzar.com). Zamzar is fully online which means I was able to …… BAD EXAMPLE Conceptual: Accessing distributed expertise a la Jenkins’ “participatory culture” Technical stuff: media files need to be compatible with the editing software Other: Web 2.0 – free software service located entirely online (cf., shift to webtop from desktop)

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