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=Group 2: Revisiting New Literacies! =

Our revised ideas about new literacies informed by the new literacies readings in class. This page features our revised individual definitions and a revised collaborative definition that takes into consideration the main messages from these readings, as well as our New Lit DV Sound Bite 2 which also reflects an understanding of these readings.


 * REVISED INDIVIDUAL DEFINITIONS OF NEW LITERACIES INFORMED BY OUR NEW LITERACIES READINGS & CLASS DISCUSSIONS**


 * **Lauren** - Literacy is changing and evolving dramatically with time, particularly impacted by the development of technology. Instead of literacy being limited to simply reading text on paper, it now includes things from text messages to interactive websites. Being literate, as an educator, involves being able to use new technology tools. Through this understanding, an effective educator should be able to incorporate this use of technology to fuse together pedagogy and content for additional success in the classroom. In order for these students to be "literate" when they leave the classroom, they also need to have a good understanding of new technologies and be literate themselves.


 * **Kay** - The value of new literacies is based on the notion of comprehension of emerging technology. Literacy evolves faster than one can fathom, especially with the easy access and availability of technological devices and programs. With modern teaching strategies such as the Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) and the New Learning Ecology that fuses hi-tech tools into teaching, technology can be fused with learning into an educational context. As future educators, it is imperative to be fully aware and capable of the use of technology in the classroom, which will, inevitably, change the dynamic of contemporary education.


 * **Wes** - As technology is changing so are the students and environments in public schools. I believe that New Literacies relate to a student's ability to be techno-savvy to compete with an ongoing environment of ever-changing technology throughout the globe. I am convinced that New Literacies involve a students willingness and eagerness to investigate how to utilize a variety of tools in the classroom including: laptops, document cameras, flip cameras and the variety of software that goes along with the hardware. In order for students to be literate in an evolving instructors must facilitate this by being tech-savvy themselves and to promote technology usage throughout the classroom setting and to encourage the usage on individual assignments.


 * **Caroline T.** - New Literacies encompasses TPACK in a new-learning ecology. A one-to-one laptop environment is essential in expanding a student's ability to be critical and aware of online resources. I believe that as technology is evolving, it is bridging the gap between traditional teacher-based learning into a student-centered learning. This segue or transition allows for students to be involved in their own learning and have an actual affect on the outcome of their evolution as a student.


 * **Hannah W**. - Some new literacies have arisen in part thanks to technology. There are new media outlets that can improve students’ reading and writing skills such as twitter, facebook, itunes, etc. This widens the reading and writing approach giving students quick and easy access to information. Technology not only allows teachers to present information in new and interesting ways, but it also allows students to do this as well.


 * OUR REVISED COLLABORATIVE DEFINITION OF NEW LITERACIES INFORMED BY OUR NEW LITERACIES READINGS & SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION**


 * New Literacies affect more than just the teacher and his/her classroom, it affects the students and their ability to comprehend, understand, and build upon information that is facilitated by the teacher. We believe that through resources like the one-to-one laptop initiative, the new-learning ecology and TPACK a teaching professional is able to bridge the gap between what is traditionally viewed in a classroom setting into something that is evolving each day. With the usages of technologies, students are able to find answers to their many questions regarding learning, they're able to create final products on their own using resources that are provided by the instructor


 * OUR NEW LIT DV SOUND BITE 2**

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