Thinking Hard - New Literacies

New Literacies

The term 'new literacies' refers to the different technologies used by young learners in constructing and sharing their own learning. These are technical in nature, requiring knowledge of and about the use digital electronic apparatuses, computers and related software, be it digital imaging, blog related, instant messaging, website maintenance and social networking, so called web 2.0 technologies, as well as mixing traditional media   (Knobel, Lankshear, 2006)
These new literacies describe new and interactive ways for students to share information and knowledge. Teachers can better meet the demands of modern students by allowing them to share in new literacies through web 2.0 technologies (Callow, 2008)

Callow, J. (2008). New Literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4), 13-16.

Happily Blogging Task 2

1. Can I copy material from the internet for research?

Yes, but its subject to the same fair use clauses as traditional media.

2. What constitutes research and fair use?

Fair use is an exception to copyright law that permits use of copyrighted material without the permission of the original author. Examples covered by the fair use clause include research, criticism, news reporting, teaching and library archiving. To be determined 'fair' it must be demonstrated how it either advances knowledge or progess of the arts through the addition of something new.
Copyright will not be infringed if its used for the purposes of research or study, provided the use is 'fair'. Research can be purely personal, and does not require enrollment in a course. As such, the extent to which 'personal research' contravenes 'fair use' is detailed as a 'reasonable' portion of text or notated music, normally 10%
Research is defined by the Australian Copyright Council as

diligent and systematic enquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover facts or

principles...”

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3. Can students (university or school) use music in videos that they make?

Normally students would need permission to use music in videos. Schools have a joint license agreement with AMCOS and ARIA that allows them to make certain video and audio recordings or music, including recorded music. Free use of material is available upon expiration of copyright also. As part of a course of study, use of music in video may be deemed 'fair' use.

Happily Blogging Task 1

Barone and Wright present 3 activities that could be of use to teachers.
Using laptops in class to demonstrate teaching with technology

1. Using the laptop to access the classrooms webpapge, students find out what the word of the day is. from here they can quickly access an online thesaurus to identify the meaning and synonyms for the word. a word application is then used for the students to write a sentence using the word of the day, demonstrating their knowledge of its usage. A quick visual image is created using a digital media program, and placed alongside the students sentence. the combination of visual media and literacy in a single document is a hallmark of new literacies.

2. Think-pair-share is a strategy used in classrooms to share ideas and encourage discussion between students. Students in this laptop enbled classroom would have their own partner worked out and sent to them, and think-pair-share initiated via Instant Messaging.

3. Use of one on one laptops in the classroom can better prepare children for creative writing sessions. Barone and Wrights example starts as a typical literacy lesson, the topic is 'Have you or someone you've know ever had an imaginary friend? Tell your buddy about this imaginary friend'. The teacher reads a picture book as an introduction to the writing session, but decides the class is not adequately prepared. He directs students to an internet site, http://www.writingfix.com/, which provides prompts on their characters colour, personality, shapes, appetite, etc. The teacher is able to move around the classroom and talk with students about their individual writing as the rest of the class completes their online writing.

http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.usyd.edu.au/docview/203281892/fulltextPDF/1325C1B5A182D167798/2?accountid=14757

Toondoo website - Make and share student built comics.

http://www.toondoo.com/