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Connections
The blog in this course provides an interesting timeline of understanding. A way to know in what ways we’ve changed over this short period of time. The first posts I made were rather nerve wracking as others have stated. For … Continue reading
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Tagged bias, multiple literacies, technology, technophilia, text
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Connections: From Papyrus to Blog Post
Throughout the course my focus has been upon the impact that the evolution of text has had upon my work, my world, and myself. In looking at the development within the realm of text, however, I have not simply gathered … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolter, communication, connection, education, hypertext, Ong, technology
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Making Connections
(Avenia, 2012) I, like many of my classmates, find the resources and advice that have been shared throughout ETEC 540 to be of immense value. The conversations through Vista, Wikis, and the Weblog have captivated my attention and taught me … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, culture, digital literacy, education, literacy, technology, text
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Fairy Tales for Twentysomethings
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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Tagged books, communication, culture, digital literacy, digital natives, media, reading, technology, text, Twitter, writing
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Technology and the Resurgence of Orality
Features of orality are resurfacing with modern technology. Writing has been the overwhelming technology for recording information for centuries. At its inception, writing was criticized for how it would affect our mind. (Postman, 1992) It removed discourse, much of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolter, discourse, Future, goggles, hypertext, image search, Ong, orality, postman, remediation, rhetoric, technology, text, Twitter
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Web 2.0 – A dream in education
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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Tagged digital divide, digital literacy, digital natives, education, literacy, technology, web 2.0
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The History, Present and Future of Educational Technology: Web 2.0 and Beyond
Educational technology is a catchphrase on the tongues of many educators of the digital age. It is a conglomerate term that suggests an updated teaching pedagogy, a transition to a student centered classroom and a combination of tools that are … Continue reading
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Tagged digital literacy, Future, multiliteracies, technology, web 2.0
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The Latest Meme: Multiliteracies Emerging, Mainly Everyday (and what to do about them)
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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Tagged communication, digital literacy, digital natives, education, information retrieval, literacy, multiliteracies, technology, text, web 2.0
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Digital Literacy: The Need to Prepare Students for the 21st Century Workplace
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
Educating the Net Generation
In educating the net generation it is vital to show awareness of their unique educational needs, without which the benefit of their education is questionable. Both educators and the tools and techniques they use must rise to the challenge of … Continue reading →