This document discusses how literacy is changing in a new media world, with literacy now encompassing functional, critical, social, new, and multi-modal forms. It explores how new literacies are more collaborative, distributed, and participatory. Examples of new literacy tools and practices discussed include blogs, wikis, citizen journalism, social media, and how these tools can both develop media literacy but also spread unverified information. The document concludes that educators need to help students navigate these changes and develop new literacy skills for engaging with online media.

1. Primary ICT Conference Thursday 27th March 2008

2. Learning on-line – from now and into the future … Dr Julia Davies University of Sheffield

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20. Flickr.com

21. Think of a title for these pictures…. How do image and words interact?

26. Slideshow

27. Bubbleshare link

28. Bendy Wendy

29. Community – tag = Primary

30. Voicethreads

31. Lady of the Lake

32. News and blogs

34. Blog Link

36. “ Kids are going on the internet and are believing everything they read we are creating an increasingly media illiterate culture … in order to understand the internet you need to be literate before you get to the screen….” (Andrew Keen: BBC Radio 4. 25.6.07.)

39. Wikis and citizen journalism

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43. Key question for pupils What are the advantages and disadvantages of ‘citizen journalism’?

44. Guardian news blog Guardian news blog

45. Guardian news Guardian news

46. 21 blogs

47. Blog link

48. YouTube

49. Key question for pupils What do a news blog and newspaper website do that a printed newspaper doesn’t, and vice-versa?

50. Syndication and news

51. Google News Google News

52. Vote for your favourite news story! Digg

53. News and podcasting

54. Making the News Making the News

55. Evoca Evoca

56. http:// radiowaves.co.uk /

57. The digital era has allowed us to cross space and time, engage with people in a far-off time zone as though they were just next door, do business with people around the world, and develop information systems that potentially network us all closer and closer every day. Yet, people don't live in a global world - they are more concerned with the cultures in which they participate. (Boyd: 2006)

59. Online MA in New Literacies Dr Julia Davies University of Sheffield [email_address]