Where do social action, art, music, technology, media, pop culture, and most importantly, student needs intersect?
It's common sense. We have to meet our students where they are. We have to know our students and the cultural wealth they bring to our schools. Using what they already know as a method of mediating new learning is just good teaching. So why not meet our students in a mileu that they already know? Using digital tools, thus, capitalizing upon a student's digital literacy, will facilitate literacy instruction. How do we do this? How can we make this a campus-wide practice? How do we sustain it?
via spotlight.macfound.org New literacies create new purposes and audiences for authentic writing.
via scribd.com Here's a helpful resource to find out about some tools you might not know about. Information is good.
A new way to help teach our students to be media producers...look forward to this. Skoodio NewSchools Venture Pitch 2011 from James Truong on Vimeo.
via dmlcentral.net Always thought of literacy as being a social practice, but I never took the time to consider the importance of social networking tools and how they shape our identity. Makes...