Texts in the 21st century

Texts* in the 21st CenturyETAQ State Conference 2011
Kelli McGraw
Queensland University of Technology
* Please do not sniff the texts.

The medium is the message…

English Teacher…
Words?
Books?
Listening?
Stories?
Letters?
Radio?
Voices?
Communication?
Poetry?
Quotations?
Shakespeare?
Imagination?
Ball point pens?
Drinking tea?
Sitting in armchairs?
Stacking things nicely?
Keeping old things?
Drifting? Flying?
KNOWING?

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/
Connecting online enables use to access texts we might otherwise not discover.
It’s a library that never closes.

Digital publishing makes possible the creation of new digital genres…
Digital narratives like http://www.inanimatealice.com/

Digital publishing also creates new audiences and modes of authorship…
e.g. Consider the digital literacy required to understand (and make) ‘hyperlinks’.
Digital journalism Readers can comment Collaborative publishing

http://www.12words.com.au/
Digital publishing encourages new text forms and features…including ones that could just as easily exist on paper.

The lesson: WRITE. EVERYWHERE.

Equity?
(access)
(inclusivity)
Literacy?
(print)
(live)
(digital)
Workload?
(time)
(online privacy)
Creativity?
(traditions)
(mastery)

for more…
http://kellimcgraw.com/2011/06/30/the-medium-is-the-message/
http://kellimcgraw.com/2010/10/14/shape-arts-curriculum/
http://www.polyvore.com/curriculum_ideas/collection?id=514296
http://kmcgraw.wetpaint.com/page/Bookfuturism
http://englishteachinginoz.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/#!/kmcg2375/english-educators
http://www.slideshare.net/kellimcgraw
…my weblog
…digital collage maker
…resources wiki
…teaching blog
…micro blog
…these slides!

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