Tag Archives: digital natives

Fairy Tales for Twentysomethings

Posted on November 29, 2012 by mcquaid

Sleeping Beauty was lying in bed checking Facebook from her phone, just feeling so completely alone in her depression. Then she came across a post from an acquaintance about how sad he was, it was a darkness that made him … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0 – A dream in education

Posted on November 28, 2012 by deannas

In the article ‘Web 2.0 and Emergent Multiliteracies’ by Bryan Alexander (2008), many issues surrounding digital literacies in our current education system are presented. While he does recognize that there are teachers embracing the need to incorporate new technologies and … Continue reading →

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The Latest Meme: Multiliteracies Emerging, Mainly Everyday (and what to do about them)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by mcquaid

The recent form or state of the Internet is often referred to as “Web 2.0”, which signifies a large change in form and use since it was first used widely. In his 2008 article, Bryan Alexander defines Web 2.0 as … Continue reading →

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Using Multiliteracies in the Classroom

Posted on November 24, 2012 by anne

In Web 2.0 and Emergent Multiliteracies, Bryan Alexander (2008) discusses the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms in order to meet the needs of today’s digital native students. One of the digital strategies he looks at is social software … Continue reading →

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Digital Literacy and Digital Natives

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Rocky Lam

In our current information age, the sheer amount of data presented to viewers in digital space is simply overwhelming. Although digital natives successfully integrate themselves with new technologies, digital immigrants must continue to adapt to a new environment of literacy. … Continue reading →

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Digital Literacy: The Need to Prepare Students for the 21st Century Workplace

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Deborah S

Dobson & Willinsky (2009) noted that the “digital aspect of literacy, invisible to the naked eye, is the very current that drives the global information economy” (p. 1).  The need for a digitally literate population is critical if Canada is … Continue reading →

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Digital Immigrant Instructors: Not Obsolete Just Yet

Posted on November 23, 2012 by joypenner

Introduction As early as 1962, Englebart (1963) pondered how learning (and by implication, education) might change if knowledge could be easily accessed and associative learning made possible. Though these concepts are now ubiquitous we continue to consider the same issue … Continue reading →

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Remediation: Making Artists of Us All?

Posted on November 11, 2012 by jenniferschubertubc

The Writing Space In theory, the writing space is an abstract concept which starts with the inner workings of a creator’s mind, is followed by the act of expressing those thoughts onto a material to be viewed by others, and … Continue reading →

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The Internet: Burden or Blessing?

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Deborah S

Postman (1992) suggested that technology is both a burden and a blessing. The Internet is a prime example of a technology that has benefits and drawbacks. While the Internet has vast amounts of information on any given topic, access is … Continue reading →

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