I had never heard the term "new literacies" until this course. After reading and looking at the posted pages, it is my understanding that new literacies are not just the new technology available today (blogs, wikis, social networking, animotos, etc.), but how it is used in the classroom. New literacies should promote communication and collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making and other 21st century skills mentioned in NETS for Students. Literacy is always changing and it is important for teachers to have the knowledge of how to use these new technologies to promote profession growth, digital citizenship, students learning and other standards mentioned in NETS for Teachers. According to Dr. Donald J. Leu's video, Integration of New Literacies, the new technologies do not replace teachers they support us, but they require news skills on our part. We need to be comfortable using these technologies ourselves before we try to use them in our classrooms.
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Leu, D. Dr. Donald J. Leu, at the University of Connecticut discusses New Literacies more detailed information is available in the book Teaching with the Internet. Retrieved from http://ctell.uconn.edu/canter/canter_video.cfm?movie=1b_integration.mov
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Diana I love your insight on New Literacies!! While reading through these webpages, I felt as though there was so much out there for me to learn to incorporate this new technologies within my classroom! I am very interested to follow your blog and see how you use this class to incorporate technology within your classroom!
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