1. CREATED BY: TAYLOR WALKER ANGEL ARIAS DANIELLE HABERMACHER ASHLEY VANDERGRAAF New Literacies Teaching with New Technologies LRC 320

2. New Literacy Definition  “Generally refers to a new form of literacy made possible by digital technology” (Wikipedia). New literacies are used in today’s classrooms and benefit the entire learning environment for students of all age groups. This includes media that has evolved over the last decade.

3. Examples of New Literacies Television Internet Clickers Skype

4. Television Television, besides uses for entertainment, can be used as a way to convey educational information with educational channels such as:  The National Geographic  The Discovery Channel  The History Channel These channels offer a variety of shows such as:  Documentaries on historical events  Geological information  How stuff works/are made  Etc.

5. Internet The Internet is one of the most useful tools in this day and age. Teachers can utilize the Internet in many ways  Research  Educational videos (through websites such as YouTube)  Communication (Email)  Helpful education websites (such as PBS.org) The Internet is an easy way for students to access information quickly.

6. Clickers Within today’s education system, clickers are starting to become popularized and utilized more often. There is a website that connects to the clicker:  http://www.turningtechnolo gies.com/ http://www.turningtechnolo gies.com/ The clicker is used for:  Attendance purposes  Testing purposes  Answering multiple choice questions

7. Skype Skype is a web-based application that is used for video chatting. Since online classes are becoming more mainstream, this literacy is very useful for communication within these classes. Teachers can use it as a way to conduct office hours for online courses. The application is accessible at http://www.skype.com/en/

8. Costs Television  COX offers economic cable for $34.99 per month  http://ww2.cox.com/residential/arizona/tv/cox- tv.cox?campcode=gn_r_tv_coxtv http://ww2.cox.com/residential/arizona/tv/cox- tv.cox?campcode=gn_r_tv_coxtv Internet  COX High Speed Internet is offered at $29.99 per month  http://ww2.cox.com/residential/arizona/internet/preferred- internet.cox?campcode=gn_r_internet_preferred http://ww2.cox.com/residential/arizona/internet/preferred- internet.cox?campcode=gn_r_internet_preferred Clickers  $50 each  Offered at the University of Arizona Bookstore