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Abeabc workshop powerful literacies
- 1. Digital literacies inadult literacy educationABEABC Annual ConferenceHarrison Hot Springs, BCMay 11-12, 2011
- 2. A “wiki-mediated”workshopLog in to the wiki for this workshophttp:adultdigitalliteraciesinbc.wikispaces.comUsername: digital_guestPassword: guest_password
- 3. Session overviewWhat aredigital literacies and who has access?Why digital literacies in ABE?A webquest: Explore and contribute tools and technologies in your practiceBuilding a digital literacy community of practice
- 4. What is digitalliteracy?Digital Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media (text, sound, images), to reproduce and create data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. According to Gilster,5 the most critical of these is the ability to make educated judgments about what we find online. -Jones-Kavallier & Flannigan, 2008. para 5.
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- 6. Digital technologiesBlogWikiVideoPodcastMoodle andconferencing platformsFacebookTwitterFlickr, RSS, voicethread(combinations of these: e.g. digital storytelling)
- 7. In small groups:Whatdigital tools and technologies do you currently use in your teaching practice?What are the benefits and challenges to incorporating digital literacies into your teaching practice?What do you most hope to learn in this workshop?
- 8. Digital literaciesAnchored ina Web 2.0 worldInclude: privacy literacies, attention literacies, critical information literacies, multimodal literacies…Capacity to craft texts for different audiencesRecognizes that some literacies are more powerful, and/or are “deeper” than others.What digital literacies do adult learners have access to?
- 9. Web 2.0“Read-Write web”Socialsharing optionsSocial networking optionsNon-linear (hyperlinked and networked)Opportunities for scaffolded practice: learn through play!Authentic audience (different literacies for different domains/purposes)
- 10. Implications for ABEPeopleare able to be producers and ACTIVE consumers of contentPeople construct knowledge collaboratively: Crowd WisdomThe meanings of literacy are expanded to include multi-modal meaning makingSocial interaction leads to knowledge creationThis is a “social constructivist” pedagogy
- 11. Why digital literaciesin ABE?Access to powerful literacies: social capital Reflect changes brought by a digital culture: how we communicate, learn and workInclusion: Universal Design
- 12. Web Quest: GuidingQuestions1. How would you describe this digital technology to another educator? In other words, What is it?2. What kinds of literacies/essential skills can students learn/develop? Make a list.3. Can this tool support student learning in your setting? If not, why? If yes, in what ways?4. What is the level of technological knowledge required to use the tools effectively?5. Any other thoughts?
- 13. Web Quest findingsTakenotes and upload them to the “Digi-literacies” WebQuestwiki pageChoose one or two key points/ideas to share with the workshop group
- 14. Examples: Incorporating digitaltechnologies in ABE/adult literacy
- 15. ACCESS!!Do adult literacylearners have access to “powerful” digital literacies? Share your views and experiencesWhat needs to happen or change?
- 16. Still and always(even more) important EngagementAffirmation, Discipline (practice)InspirationA purposeLove(Morell, 2010)http://ucla.academia.edu/ErnestMorrell/Blog
- 17. What next?Fill inthe web survey (print-based or electronically)Contribute to the “digi-literacies” wikiKeep in touch! Suzanne Smythe: [email protected]