The document discusses the impact of new technologies on reading and writing practices, emphasizing how the internet alters collaboration and information sharing in academic contexts. It highlights both benefits and drawbacks of Web 2.0 technologies for education, including the necessity for new literacies and the challenges of managing vast information. The authors argue for an expanded understanding of writing and composition in the digital age, advocating for critical media literacy and adaptability in educational approaches.

1. It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I feel fine)New Technologies, Literacies, and Writing InstructionKathryn Nielsen-Dube and Kathleen Shine Cain, Writing CenterBridget Rawding, McQuade Library Wednesday, October 14, 2009

2. How do you read listservs, blogs, personal e-mails, or text messages as opposed to books, journals or newsletters? How do you write for listservs, blogs, personal e-mails, or text messages as opposed to books, journals or newsletters? How has the Internet and e-mail altered the ways in which you collaborate with colleagues on your writing, or even in professional discussions?How has word-processing technology (e.g., Track Changes) altered your writing process? How has the sheer volume of information and speed of transmission affected scholarship in your discipline?

3. Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Ushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

4. Technology and Resistance 1.0TrainingCostPrivacyIntellectual Property IssuesTechno Pedagogy Assessment

5. TechnopedagogicalCollaboration 2.0Internships and Service learningTapping the Living DatabaseTeaching and Learning CirclesConversations in Teaching and LearningWorkshops : Powerpoint, collaborative projects, interacting with experts, managing email, internet research strategies, web developmentYOUR STUDENTS

6. Benefits 2.0Pragmatic: Giving students experience with the tools they will use on the jobMore strategies to reach students with different learning stylesMultiple Pathways for PublicationInter/Cross Cultural Interconnectivity

7. Drawbacks 2.0The World Wide WastebasketCan n e 1 spel ne thing ne moor?A Global Village of Village Idiots Facebook may well own your conference and family pet pictures!Technological FailurePedagogical Failure

8. New Media/Old SkillsIt’s still about information literacy, but…Critical reading, traditional research and composition are no longer the whole pictureNew kinds of information sources

9. New LiteraciesEvaluating information in the “new media”Visual/Media LiteracyParticipatory CultureExpanding notion of “writing”

10. New CompositionsExpanding the relationshipsLearning a new mediumComposing in a new medium

11. New AssignmentsWikipedia Projectshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projectsStudent Video Projects at Dartmouth Collegehttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~videoprojects/index.html

12. A Vision of Students Todayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o