New Media Literacies - ICE conference 2009

2. “Understand the word, understand the world” understand the world”

3. Rationale : LITERACY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Literacy, simply put, is about meaning-making Quote taken from the Québec Education Program

4. To be literate, we must make meaning from all the information that is available to us - multi-modal information audio graphical visual tactile symbolic/representational

5. Two Modes Writing = Governed by logic of time Image = Governed by logic of space

6. Learning Sciences Studies in memory have shown that the visual is recalled more easily and more frequently than text One researcher, Paivio, has hypothesized that pictures yield a “dual coding” system: perception + visual

7. Some Principles Regarding Effective Use of Images and Text Richard Mayer (2001) Multimedia Principle Students learn better from words and pictures than from words alone.

8. Modality Principle Students learn better from an animation accompanied with spoken text, rather than printed text VoiceThread

9. Redundancy Principle Students learn better from an animation accompanied with spoken text rather than animation accompanied with spoken text AND printed text

10. Groupings of Literacies Operational Literacy: Skills related to making meaning from text Cultural Literacy Critical Literacy: Information literacy

11. These tools offer affordances for students to making meaning

12. Reality-Based Learning Learning situations that empower students to take action for the promotion of societal change

17. The need to include “visual grammar” into our frameworks of literacy

19. Rationale - need for reflection Taken from Québec Education Program

20. Taken from Québec Education Program

23. What are the learning activities and situations that will reflect the development of competencies of multiple literacies?

24. Essential Question: How can Canadian students use technology to promote education in developing nations?

26. Karin Muller: Take 2

29. Shared online learning spaces provide opportunities for students to "be human together" (Siemens)

30. It’s all about AUDIENCE Moist Continental LCC Blogs

31. Meg’s Journey as a digital learner

37. (Tapscott) Whereas previous generations value loyalty, seniority, security and authority, t he NetGen’s norms reflect a desire for creativity, social connectivity, fun, freedom, speed, and diversity in their workplaces.

38. How do we go about best evaluating these competencies? New Wine in Old Wineskins Formative Evaluation?