Our Initial Ideas About New Literacies:What are they? Where do we start?Carl YoungNLC Teacher Leader InstituteNC State University13 July 2009

Get ready…

1 Objective, 1 RuleTo get ideas out of your head and onto paper… quickly! Your ideas!

Literacy?Step 1: Define literacy in your own words. Take 2-3 minutes to freewrite or freetype what literacy is. What is literacy? What does it mean to be literate?

New Literacies?Step 2:What is/are new literacies? Define new literacies in your own words. Take 2-3 minutes to freewrite or freetype what new literacies is/are. This definition may be an extension of your first one or an elaboration to some degree.

Share & CollaborateStep 3: Now, in groups of 4, share your ideas about new literacies, and... 2 groups at each table (4 minutes)Step 4: Collaborate on a common working definition that is no longer than 25 words. (5 minutes)Step 5: Create a visual representation of your working definition that includes your words and any visual design elements that help convey your ideas. Post-It poster paper and markers provided!(5 minutes)

Initial Ideas About New Literacies Gallery WalkNext, post them around room!Walk and take a look at each other’s work!Note any common themes or images, as well as anything else that strikes you as you take a look.

Common Themes / Observations?Share: If time, add to presentation…If not, use these as a reference point to build upon over the week! John, perhaps this can be a tweet or Ning suggestion box…Archive: 1 volunteer from each group or tech support person at table, use Flip cam to capture group and poster.

Connections…New Literacies have connections to technology, but also to art, narrative, gaming, multimodality… creating!

Help us to represent ideas in new and dynamic ways…Preamble, 1987; Mike Wilkins

NLI Team’s Literacy Wordlehttp://www.wordle.net/

NLI Team’s New LiteraciesWordle

NLI Team’s New LiteraciesGlog http://slingtunes.glogster.com/New-Literacies/

Video: Thoughts in Progress on New Literacies

Thanks!Carl YoungNC State Universitycarl_young@ncsu.edu