"Such transferecne would depend both on the students' own capacity to identify opportunities for innovation and the way that such innovation was encouraged in school." (pg 130)
This quote from chapter 7 got my attention because it reminded me of our previous blogs and discussiongs about not all students having the same access to media or new technologies. Digital learning, if not taught in school, is the responsibility of a student in a sense. These students need to have creavitiy and innovation and then maybe educators would be more prone to using technology in schools. I am aware that everyone has different access-- making this sort of an unfortunate cycle.
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"...demanding that student-teachers design a text using visuals, print and audio, is consitant with Kress's (2000) argument that literacy education in a digital age demans 'a very differnt pedagody and a fundamentally different notion of learning'." (pg. 144)
Having young educators who are learning how to go out into the field of teaching create these types of lesson plans to stimulate the brains of young students. This new pedagody is going to hopefully help young students learn digital media in schools more than they are doing now. It is a gradual process and implementing new ways of teaching with college-age studend teachers is a great way to start and hopefull create a snowball effect.
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"For example, in the multimedia workshop environtment, students share pictures, music tracks and tips for creating particular effects for others' projects to a degree that I have not experienced with students respond to print texts alone". (pg 160)
This excerpt from chapter 9 demonstrates the feedback students receive when digital media is added to curriculum. They can share so much more and broaden their opinions and work when multimedia is included. Printed text is so limited to the amount of review can be done with it. Students are contained to a set direction of where to go with their feedback. Having multimedia included allows for so much more creativity.
Using digital literacy outside of school can be many things- social media, creating presentations for work, or just organizing your own digital life. There are many apps that can help with all those things. I feel prepared after taking this course about showing my learners, someday, about the world of digital literacy. I feel like it is an ongoing project, though, because this world is ever changing. To feel more prepared I would need to keep up to date on the media world. I also think I would definitely have my students prepare digital projects to show their understanding of content. It may be beneficial to them in the learning aspect- some students are visual, some aren't. It can incorporate all learning styles in some way. Also having them create digital means of understanding will benefit them in the real world. They will need to have these skills when they graduate from school and find a job.
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