This document discusses teaching literacy in the Snapchat era. It argues that digital literacy must be at the core of education as most information is now consumed online. Meaningful online learning involves creating content rather than just consuming it. Instructors should design challenge-based and meaningful assignments that use technology and allow students to experiment. Storytelling and seeing/hearing each other online can foster empathy and correlate with higher student success. Innovations in online teaching are central to improving literacy instruction.

1. TEACHING LITERACY
IN THE SNAPCHAT ERA
MICHELLE PACANSKY-BROCK
brocansky.com

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How do you choose a hotel now?

4. In the social era, value is derived through
connections and relationships.
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5. 1978

6. …you can see anyTV show
you want to see anytime
you want to see it. …while
you’re doing something else
— even while you’re out of
the house. … It can also
videotape something off
one channel while you’re
watching another channel.

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10. fake news

11. “…we must put digital literacy at the core of the curriculum.We spend
countless hours teaching our students to navigate the world of research and
published books.And yet we graduate them into a world where the vast
majority of the information they consume professionally and personally will
come through the Internet.The literate culture of books and published
articles is one of the great achievements of our culture; it is necessary to
lifelong learning and must remain central to the education of our students.
But it must be placed side-by-side with instruction on how to best use and
critique the information environments that students inhabit on a daily basis.”
Mike Caulfield, @holden
director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University
Can Higher Ed Save the Web?
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/can-higher-education-save-the-web

12. informal learning is fueled by
technology, creativity, and sharing.
In the Snapchat Era,

13. A shift is taking place in schools all over the world as
learners are exploring subject matter through the act
of creation rather than the consumption of content.
2016 K12 Horizon Report
New Media Consortium

14. “My online instructor cared about me”
Jaggars, S. S. & Xu, D. (2016). How do online course design features influence student performance?
Jaggars, S. S. & Xu, D. (2015). Predicting Online Student Outcomes from a Measure of Course Quality,
is correlated with higher online student success.

15. -Samantha Becker Adams, @SamBeckTweets,
Educational Futurist
"We should cultivate
environments for learners
where they are encouraged
to experiment, fail, iterate,
dream and do,"

16. “If I have my students do
something, I want it to be really
useful to them and to others.”
-Laura Gibbs, @OnlineCrsLady
University of Oklahoma
Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash
Ch 6: Unlocking Learning, Best
Practices for Teaching with
Emerging Technologies
http://teachingwithemergingtech.com/open-version/
http://mythfolklore.net/

17. Laura Gibbs
University of Oklahoma
Final Student ePortfolio Project: https://sites.google.com/view/musicaldemonslayers
Teaches Mythology and Folklore,Ancient Indian Epics Online

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Meaningful Learning in
the Snapchat Era won’t
be achieved if it is
locked inside a Learning
Management System.

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Teaching online is
an opportunity, not
a barrier.

20. INNOVATIONS
in online teaching & learning
are central to improving the
relevancy of literacy instruction.

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Be human.

22. Share their own stories.
Share their own struggles.
Show their own growth over time.
Meaningful online instructors…

23. Seeing and hearing each other
is correlated with higher online student success.
Borup, J., West, R. E., & Graham, C. R. (2012). Improving online social presence through asynchronous video. The Internet and Higher Education, 15(3), 195-203.
Pacansky-Brock, M. (2014). Learning out loud: Increasing voluntary voice comments in online classes. In Lowenthal, P., York, C., & Richardson, J. (Eds.), Online
learning: Common misconceptions, benefits, and challenges. Nova Science.

24. Mike Smedshammer
English Faculty,
Distance Education Coordinator
Modesto Junior College

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Storytelling
fosters
empathy.

28. “Hi Professor. i have a
question for you.”
Photo by Asa Rodger on Unsplash

29. Dr. Pat Hendrickson, Southern New Hampshire University

30. Meaningful Assignments
photo by Mayur Gala from Unsplash.

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Design for
challenge-based
learning.

32. Made with Adobe SparkVideo (free!).
https://youtu.be/qDWiOzPECIo

33. Spring 2012
3 4-year institutions
sample: 780 seniors
http://meaningfulwritingproject.net/
Michele Eodice,Anne Ellen Geller, & Neal Lerner
The Meaningful Writing Project

34. More than 1 in 3 students described a personal connection
as a reason why their project was meaningful.
Eodice, M., Geller,A., & Lerner, N. (2016). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Logan:
University Press of Colorado.

35. 79%
21%
Yes No
For the project you
found meaningful,
had you written
anything similar?
Eodice, M., Geller,A. E., & Lerner, N. (2017). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Norman: Utah State University Press.

36. 79%
21%
Yes No
For the project you
found meaningful,
had you written
anything similar?
Eodice, M., Geller,A. E., & Lerner, N. (2017). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Norman: Utah State University Press.
(Teaching innovations matter!Try new things!)

37. 23%
77%
Yes No
Are there ways in which
this project might
contribute to the kinds
of writing you hope to
do in the future?
Eodice, M., Geller,A. E., & Lerner, N. (2017). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Norman: Utah State University Press.

38. You will be Googled.

39. In a crowded marketplace,
fitting in is a failure.
In a busy marketplace, not
standing out is the same as
being invisible.
-Seth Godin

40. passive consumers active creators of content

41. Design learning assignments that
are meaningful because mobile
devices are used.

42. Janet Mitchell-Lambert
English Faculty
Cerritos College

43. Prompt: Find a place that reminds you of a poem you
read for class and share what it is, state why, and share
a couple of lines of the poem.

44. Prompt: Find a place that reminds you of a poem you
read for class and share what it is, state why, and share
a couple of lines of the poem.

45. Student response.

46. Student response.

47. Making writing meaningful with
digital curation.
populr.me Adobe Spark Page (new) Google Sites Pinterest

48. Make Your Own Museum
Digital Curation Project
Meg Phelps
Art Appreciation (Online)
Ventura Community College
Project Showcase including project overview, student examples, and student feedback.
https://padlet.com/megphelps/8bthfyk9vemd

49. "This was a very unique, enjoyable project. I felt we
really had a chance to show what we learned,
while getting creative ourselves. It was also very
challenging. For me, even coming up with a theme
was a challenge, but I had a lot of fun with it. ...it
was a lot of work but it really gives us a chance to
show what we have learned."
- FALL 17 Student

50. “This assignment was cool
because it was different than
writing a boring paper."
-- Student FALL 17

51. The Giving Pledge
Clifton Justice
English Faculty
California State University Channel Islands
http://cliftonjustice.populr.me/the-giving-pledge

52. Project Overview
Read
Curate
Write
Compose a letter (1,000+
words/ 4 full pages w 2+
sources) explaining the Giving
Pledge and its connection to
your writing, identifying the
issues/organizations you want
to commit to, and describing
why these issues are important
to both you and the world.
The Giving Pledge is a digitally-inspired writing project by Clifton Justice, English faculty at CSU Channel Islands.
Passion Board
The Giving Pledge

53. The Giving Pledge
Passion Board
A passion board is a collection of images, sayings,
articles, poems, videos, and other inspirations about
what is important to you. You will use the passion
board as a tool for imagining the causes/organizations
you want to support in your giving letter.
Passion Board Example
The Giving Pledge is a digitally-inspired writing project by Clifton Justice, English faculty at CSU Channel Islands.
Final Letter Example

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Sharing your
teaching
innovations will
change the world.
Thank you to the faculty and
students featured in this
presentation for sharing their
contributions.