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Social Media & New Literacies Classrooms

Social Media & New Literacies Classrooms. Teaching and Learning in the 21 st Century. Busting social Media Myths. Busting social Media Myths. Myth: Digital Media is contributing to Poor literacy attainment. Texting and Literacy.

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Social Media & New Literacies Classrooms

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  1. Social Media & New Literacies Classrooms Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

  2. Busting social Media Myths Busting social Media Myths

  3. Myth: Digital Media is contributing to Poor literacy attainment.

  4. Texting and Literacy • Text messaging is positively correlated with higher scores on verbal reasoning tests, spelling and writing attainment, reading speed and accuracy.

  5. Shauna • September 7 - 9:26 am hi • September 7 - 4:19 pm hey • September 7- 3:41pm hi • March 30 4:28pm hey wat r u doing? ask ur mom and dad if you can come to my B-DAY! • April 15 10:43 am HEY WHAT DID U DO @ UR GRANDMAS???

  6. Shauna • May 5 - 9:50 am • Hey Girl, • How is Texas? I want to go to Texas really bad! Is Texas hot during the winter? I have never been to Texas. What is your school like? Ours hasn’t changed much. We got a kid name Tyler. • For our concert our songs are ‘Tiger Tiger, Talk To The Animals,” The Goat, “ Music of Life,” and “Three Creature Feature.” • LOVE • Shauna • (P.S. I MISS U A LOT!)

  7. Gamming and Literacy • Expert players of online role playing are highly engaged readers of fantasy and historical fiction and draw on a wide range of textual and intertextual knowledge to inform their game playing practices.

  8. Blogging and Literacy • Teen bloggers are prolific writers both on and offline.

  9. Fan Fiction and Storytelling • Teenage girls writing for fan fiction sites, created intricate narratives that weave together both print based text and digital media to convey compelling narratives of their everyday lives.

  10. Gamming And the 21st Century Work Place • “If you and want to see business leadership may look like in three to five years look at what is happening in online games” (CEO for IBM, 2007) • Resources are distributed • Highly-competitive • Highly-collaborative

  11. Myth: Video Games Increases Isolation and withdraw from community • 76% of Teens play games with their friends in both on and offline environments. • -Digital Media environments are hyper social. • 52% Play games where they think about moral and ethical issues. • 43% Play games where they help make decisions about how a community, city or nation should run.

  12. Gamming & Civic Engagement • The majority of game players exhibit and increase in civic engagement: • Go online to get information about current events. • Attempt to persuade others how to vote. • Raise money for charity. • Young voter turnout in 2008 increased 103% over 2004.

  13. Kids Read • More pressure on kids to learn to read as • communication among peers becomes more text based.

  14. Kids Write • Digital technologies have sparked a resurgence of text driven communication and is inspiring a new appreciation for writing among teens!

  15. Kids Write

  16. Adventures of Tom and Jerry Ice Cream Stealer • One day in Louisville, it was so hot that Jerry almost melted. He went to the refrigerator in Betty’s kitchen and got one of Tom’s favorite milk bars. When Tom saw Jerry eating the bar he attacked Jerry. • Jerry started running all over Betty’s house. Jerry was throwing plates, cups, cheese, and anything he could find. Jerry even took a hammer and whacked Tom right on the head. • As soon as Jerry reached the back door he set a mousetrap and went outside to find Sparky the dog. When Tom reached the door he stepped in the trap and hurt his toe and hand. When he got it off his hand he went outside to find Sparky right behind himTom stared running and all of a sudden Sparky jumped on Tom and gave him a black eye. • All the while Jerry was eating fresh cheese from a picnic basket. After Jerry was done he ran back into the house with Tom right behind him. Before Tom could even grab Jerry’s tail, Jerry ran right into his mouse hole and got away, again

  17. Kids will Learn how do this on their Own!!! • Three concerns, suggest the need for policy and pedagogical interventions: • The Participation Gap — the unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow. • The Transparency Problem — The challenges young people face in learning to see • clearly the ways that media shape perceptions of the world. • Engagement and Relevancy - The primary reason nearly half of the young adults gave for dropping out was that classes were uninteresting, school was boring and school was irrelevant.

  18. What do 21st Classroom Look Like? • Provides opportunities for different performance modes both pint and multimodal. • Students are encouraged to share their varied perspectives in a supportive environment. • A balance of individual and collaborative activities. • Work centered around projects. • Evidence of a break down of traditional student teacher roles. • Evidence of student engagement where students experience “flow” states.

  19. Work centered around projects. • Project-Based Learning: Publish My Profile • Driving Question: How Do Others See Me?

  20. Skype • Social Media Profile Question: • 1. How can you tell if someone on a blogging site is really who they say they are? • 2. What information should a fifth grader put on their profile page? • 3. Should students be kick out of social network site for lying about their profile? • 4. Do you think cyber bullying happens often at Fairmont State? • 5. What would your reaction be if one of your students used a curse word in a social network site?

  21. Balance of Individual and collaborative Activities

  22. Students as Experts • Keep your head up high and stay in charge! • Always remember to have everything you need! • Never give up, no matter how frustrating • it gets! • Stay calm when a student forgets something. • Remember to speak in a calm voice! • Never be shy to mess up. • Be random and mix it up a little bit. • Remember subjects are not just facts.

  23. Pre-Service Teachers • I was nervous about doing the Magazine cover because I felt like my status was • at the will of these ten year olds, but I was happy to read the TONS of responses • I received. I was flattered actually. • I had no idea that there were such great websites available for teachers and ways to • incorporate technology into the classroom. • I learned that fifth graders are a lot smarter than I thought!

  24. Book Discussions

  25. Book Discussion

  26. Book discussion

  27. Sharing Perspectives in a Supportive Environment

  28. Encouraged to Use Both Print and Multimodal Text

  29. Evidence of student engagement. • Canadian Pen Pal Project • Skype Session/Sharing with Peers and Parents

  30. Call For Participation • Text us your email address if you are interested in participating in a collaborative project this semester! • Register for : • Digital Media , New Literacies , and Learning • Master’s Degree

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