GRDG620: The Nature & Acquisition of Literacy Literacy & Technology Dr. Gloria E. Jacobs

The Book

Agenda Preparation for Literacy Artifact Review Presentations 4:40 - 5:00 Literacy Artifact Review Presentations 5:00 - 6:00 Break 6:00 - 6:15 Sharing 6:15 - 6:30 Small Group Discussion 6:30-7:00 Minilecture 7:00 - 7:15 Next Week 7:15 - 7:20 Writing Minilesson 7:20 - 7:25 Literature Circles 7:25 - 7:45

Literacy artifact reviews

Sharing What did you learn from the literacy artifact review? How is your understanding of literacy changing as a result of this course? What continues to challenge you?

Andrea Lunsford Interview The myth of digital literacy

Small Group Discussion

Discussion Questions What is technology? List the various forms of technologies mentioned in Baron’s article. What are the principles of learning in the new media age (draw on Jacobs (2011) as well as Baron (2001)? What does Baron mean when he writes “As each new technology becomes popular and familiar to people, a new literacy spreads across the population, creating new forms and new possibilities for communication” (Baron, 2001, p.71). What conclusion can we draw from Baron’s article regarding the relationship between literacy and technology? What is the role of the teacher in regard to integrating technology into the classroom community?

Technologies and New Literacies 3 New Ways of Viewing Literacy Paradigmatically: What we define as literate behavior has changed. Sociocultural models of literacy: literacy is context specific thus what is defined as a literate act depends on the context. Ontologically: Changes in technology, the world, the character and substance of literacy has brought about a new way of using and relating to texts. Our relationship to texts has changed. Chronologically: Changes in technology has brought about new forms of literacy.

The New Readers Infographic

Next week: New Literacies Larson & Marsh, chapter 2 Gainer & Lapp (2010). Finish Literature Circle Book and be prepared to discuss then share (jigsaw) Guided Reflection #4 Canceled Instead draft a 2 page paper defining literacy. Bring this to class for workshopping. Explore at least two definitions of literacy from the authors we read (excluding Kucer). Include at least one of the expanded definitions recently learned. Explicate these definitions using the readings and succinctly explain your understanding of them. Identify the foundational theories that inform these definitions of literacy.

Writing Minilesson Synthesis: When more than one author says the same thing (but with their own spin). Summary, Paraphrase, Direct Quote

Summary Quotation Paraphrase The New Literacy Studies (NLS) views language and literacy use as tied closely to the ideologies of a culture (Street, 1995) and as such what counts as literacy is intrinsically associated with the historical, cultural, social, and political values of a community and is contested in relations of power. The NLS, then, takes nothing for granted with respect to literacy and the social practices with which it becomes associated, problematizing what counts as literacy at any time and place and asking “whose literacies are dominant and whose are marginalized or resistant” (Street, 2003, p. 1). That is, literacies are not a set of neutral skills but are deeply embedded within social context and are indices of the power relations enacted within the local context (Barton, Hamilton, & Ivanic, 2000; Hull & Schultz, 2001, 2002a; Lankshear & Knobel, 2003; Luke, 1994; New London Group, 1996, 2000; Street, 1995, 2003). 13 2009 13

Literature Circles Discuss your book