Writing in a Digital Age Composing with Media in the Classroom Joe Bellino, Maryland Writing Project Betty Collum, Mississippi State University Writing/Thinking Project Kevin Hodgson, Western Massachusetts Writing Project Peter Kittle, Northern California Writing Project

Today’s Presentation Introductions by Kevin Writing into the Workshop – What story would you tell? Case Study One : Collaboration with Audio I (Connecting with ELL students) -- Joe Case Study Two : Collaboration with Audio II (Using Voice for Publication) – Betty Implications for classroom and Writing Project site and quick share at tables Break Case Study Three : Student Research with Video (Multimodal Composition at the College Level) -- Peter Case Study Four : Fostering Professional Learning Communities with Video (Web 2.0 Storytelling) -- Kevin Implications for classroom and Writing Project site Final Reflections – What are you doing at your site to integrate technology/media into offerings for teachers?

Introductions by Kevin

Writing into the Workshop – What story would you tell?

Case Study One : Collaboration with Audio I (Connecting with ELL students) -- Joe

Case Study Two : Collaboration with Audio II (Using Voice for Publication) – Betty

Implications for classroom and Writing Project site and quick share at tables

Break

Case Study Three : Student Research with Video (Multimodal Composition at the College Level) -- Peter

Case Study Four : Fostering Professional Learning Communities with Video (Web 2.0 Storytelling) -- Kevin

Implications for classroom and Writing Project site

Final Reflections – What are you doing at your site to integrate technology/media into offerings for teachers?

Writing in a Digital Age According to a recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life project (Lenhardt & Madden, 2005), more than one-half of all teens have created media content, and roughly one third of teens who use the Internet have shared content they produced.

Content Creation by Teens 57% of online teens have created some kind of content online, which includes Photos Video Writing, stories Artwork Songs, music 19% have a blog 38% read the blogs of others 76% of social network-using teens leave comments on the blogs of friends Self-expression and feedback From Pew Internet and American Life Project -- http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/105/presentation_display.asp

57% of online teens have created some kind of content online, which includes

Photos

Video

Writing, stories

Artwork

Songs, music

19% have a blog

38% read the blogs of others

76% of social network-using teens leave comments on the blogs of friends

Self-expression and feedback

What Do We Mean By “Media”? Writing Photos Video Audio Maps Chat Twitter Games ? And now … the “mash up” of various media is creating new platforms of expression. For example: Mashing up Google Maps with narrative stories of place and then embedding the writing and photographs right into the map itself. Remixing Video content – adding layers of text and audio to video. Piecing together bits of audio from various sources to create a hybrid of voices, sounds and music.

Writing

Photos

Video

Audio

Maps

Chat

Twitter

Games

?

Media-rich Culture From: Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M, March 2005

Making Media Their Own 19% of all online teens say they remix content they find online into their own artistic creations 35% of teen bloggers remix content From Pew Internet and American Life Project -- http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/105/presentation_display.asp

Some Aspects of the New “Participatory Media” Culture Play — the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings Appropriation — the ability to sample and remix media content Multi-tasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge with others toward a common goal Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms. --From Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century -- by Henry Jenkins, etc. http://www.digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C-E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF

Play — the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings

Appropriation — the ability to sample and remix media content

Multi-tasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed

Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge with others toward a common goal

Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities

Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information

Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.

A media literate individual is able to produce , create and successfully communicate information in all its forms, not just print. -- David Considine http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/edmedia/medialit/article.html#What%20is%20Media%20Literacy

Writing into the Workshop What Story Would You Tell If You Were Presenting In This Workshop?