The document discusses using digital media tools to support adult literacy. It focuses on skills like self-expression, life skills, problem solving, collaboration and culture. Both skills-based and social context approaches to literacy are considered. Sample literacy activities integrating technology are provided, like using videos and role-playing to build comprehension around local tragic events. The document encourages connecting with other educators through Twitter and looking at other European projects integrating digital tools into literacy curriculum. It emphasizes reflecting on how learners can achieve instructional aims using alternative digital approaches.

1. Using Digital Media Tools for
Adult Literacy
Vanessa Camilleri
University of Malta

2. Source: http://tinyurl.com/p8ebz2r

3. Source: http://tinyurl.com/ocn9qta

4. Focus on …
• Self-expression
• Life skills
• Problem posing
• Collaboration amongst learners
• Learning how to learn
• Culture
• Language awareness

5. Focus on …
• Culture
• Language
awareness
• Basic literacy
• Skill
enhancement
• Biliteracy
Source: http://tinyurl.com/h8ph9ts

6. Skills based vs. Social context
• Literacy as an individual accomplishment,
consisting of a set of skills that exist
independently of the context (setting,
situation) - phonics
• Literacy as a need of humans to communicate
and share meaning using a set of social
practices influenced by individual goals,
collective experiences, and societal values –
communication

7. TECHNOLOGY TO THE LITERACY
CURRICULUM?
..but how do we link

8. Sample: ‘Making Meaning: Oral Communication
& Interactive Reading & Writing
Theme: Local Tragic Events
Instructional Aims
• Connecting background
knowledge with new
information
• Connecting learner
experience to reading and
writing
• Building comprehension
strategies (predicting from
context)
Activity
• Students watch video clips /
look at posters
• Small group discussions
(polls/votes?)
• Student watch video clips
(no sound) and predict
language used

9. Sample: ‘Making Meaning: Oral Communication
& Interactive Reading & Writing
Theme: Local Tragic Events
Instructional Aims
• Developing effective
reading strategies
• Strengthening
communication skills and
interaction strategies
• Linking everyday events
with problem solving and
literacy
Activity
• Students can look at
pictures and build a story of
tragic event
• Students discuss verbal and
non-verbal interaction using
prepared video clips
• Students role play (perhaps
emergency & rescue) and
fill in forms

10. Sample: ‘Making Meaning: Oral Communication
& Interactive Reading & Writing
Theme: Local Tragic Events
Instructional Aims
• Learner experience to
develop graphic literacy
• Linking problem solving and
communication skills
• Creating meaning through
writing and role playing
• Building background
knowledge
Activity
• Students interview each
other to find out who has
similar experiences
• Students watch critical
video and decide how
problem could be handled
choosing options
• Students create their own
videos in class (extending
role playing)
• Guest speaker invited

11. Source: http://tinyurl.com/q6fuagu

12. Oral Communication – 15 mins
Theme: Local tragic events (developing the
learning story)
Instructional aim: Connecting learner
experience to reading and writing
• What activity would lead to the aim?
• What technology/digital medium would you
use?
• How will you measure whether the aim has
been achieved?

13. Time to listen – 10 mins
Source: http://tinyurl.com/j4t9jps

14. Oral Communication – 15 mins
Theme: Local tragic events (following up on the
learning story)
What is the instructional aim?
What activity would lead to the aim?
What technology/digital medium would you
use?
How will you measure whether the aim has
been achieved?

15. Time to listen – 10 mins
Source: http://tinyurl.com/j4t9jps

16. Learning from each
other is good…
But try
reaching out
Source: http://tinyurl.com/pg57noy

17. Connect to Twitter – 15 mins
• Sign up on Twitter.com
• Go to search… #edchat
• Go to search…#adultedu
• Go to search…#lifelonglearning
• Go to search…#eddigera
• Go to:
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/12
/40-educational-tweeters-every-teacher.html
to follow some interesting educators.

18. Time to listen – 10 mins

19. …and present!
Source: http://tinyurl.com/pgj738n

20. …but there is morehttp://tinyurl.com/pal93fu

21. Let’s look at other EU Projects/Resources
Source: http://tinyurl.com/h5eys4x

22. Visit…
• http://caldys2.eu
• http://www.theteachertoolkit.com
• http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/liter
acy/21-literacy-resources-for-the-digital-
teacher/
• https://adulted.musd.org/digitalresources

23. Revisit your previous thoughts.
Reflect, tying in what you have now found to
alternative ways in which your learners can achieve
the aim.

24. Why should all this matter?
Thank youhttp://tinyurl.com/p5w7nps