A keynote address about digital literacies for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project: October 2012

1. Digital Kids - Digital
Literacies
Presented by Kevin Hodgson
Western Massachusetts Writing Project
October 2012

2. Gary Hayes’ Social Media Counter
http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/

3. Image from http://www.blogging4jobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/digital-natives-mobile1.jpg

4. Hold Up Your Fist
Release a finger if, in the 48 hours, you:
Used a cell phone or mobile device
Went online to the Web to find information
Sent an email or a text message
Watched a video (or parts of a video) on television or the Web
Used a social networking space (Facebook, Twitter, etc)

5. Curriculum
Standards Ask Us to
Address:
* Reading
* Writing
* Speaking and Listening
* Language
image from http://assets.pearsonschool.com/asset_mgr/current/201051/CommonCoreTree.jpg

6. But ...
What kinds of writing and
reading, and speaking
and listening, and
language mechanics are
taking place outside of
our school?
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7. My students talk about:
Gaming
Texting
Social networking
Video production
Music remixing
Fan fiction
eBook reading

8. from Doug Belshaw at http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/the-essential-elements-of-digital-literacies/

9. Digital Literacies Web Literacies
Cultural Exploring
Cognitive Authoring
Constructive Connecting
Communicative Building
Protecting
Confident
Creative
Critical
Civic
from Doug Belshaw: http://dmlcentral.net/blog/doug-belshaw/digital-literacies-and-web-literacies-whats-difference

10. Think About This
• “How can you make sure that
every student who walks on
graduation day is well Googled by
his or her full name?” -- Will
Richardson
- from Why School?: How Education Must
Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere

11. Consider ... Reading
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12. What Happens When We
Read Online?
Image from http://www.clickrmedia.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/google-golden-triangle.jpg

13. And When We Follow the
Link?
Image from http://users.jyu.fi/~koskimaa/thesis/chapter1_files/page11.jpg

14. A crowdsourced comparison
of reading characteristics
From http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/6958

15. So, How Do We Teach
Online Reading?
Help students track Use tools to avoid
their reading paths clutter and distraction
on webpages
Synthesize vast
information into Understand the
manageable chunks “weight” of a
hyperlink before
Explicitly teach
following the path
“scanning” of
webpages Navigate a path

17. Consider ... Writing
Audience
Typography
Space
Layout
Affordance Design
Image
Context
Video
Hyperlinks
Collaboration

18. Is “writing” even
the appropriate term
anymore?
Image from Peanuts comic strip

19. What Does It Mean To ...
Compose with video?
Allow readers to have a
Associate your text with
“choice” over what to read in
other text via hyperlinks?
your text?
Add images to your text?
Create multiple versions of a
Collaborate on a single single text for multiple
document with a group of audiences?
people (that you don’t
Think of “design” when
know)?
composing a text?
Add voice via an audio file?

20. http://4rowan12.edu.glogster.com/rainforests-by-rowan/
http://4abbe12.edu.glogster.com/digital-life/

21. Or Consider ...

23. Consider ... Speaking
and Listening
from the National Day on Writing

24. Technology and Voice
Podcasting
“This I Believe”
essays
Video
Debate/Opinion
https://voicethread.com/share/334997/
Note: this Voicethread project
by 4th graders now has had more
than 70,000 visitors!

25. Consider ... Language
and Mechanics
R U ready?
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27. What We Can Do
Explicitly teach informal language
Celebrate language in all of its forms
Establish expectations for formal
language and writing
Create opportunities for informal
language and writing

28. Where Do We as
Teachers Even Begin?
Image from http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/networked-teacher.jpg

29. And Let’s Pay Attention
to Our Students...
Image from http://mimiandeunice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ME_477_AttentionAttention.png

30. Want to Continue the
Conversation?
WMWP Inquiry Theme for 2012-13
“Student Voices in Digital Spaces”
DATE: Thursday, October 25
TIME: 4:15 - 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: Smith Vocational Agricultural High School
Computer Lab

31. Remember the Social Media Counter?
http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/