Week 10 reading and discussion

EDUC 6810 Reading and Discussion #10

Read Chapter #4: Critical Literacies and Social Media: Fostering Ethical Engagement with Global Youth and answer the following questions:

1. How has social media changed reading and writing processes in the digital age?

 The relationship between reading and writing  has changed in the sense that readers use social media to edit , click on links, add comments or change content. According to our text, they may actually be expected to do these things. The ability to be consumers and producers of knowledge  is now more widely available. This then lends itself to necessitate new ethics of exchange and interpretations to those distant and unknown.  

2. Explain "cosmopolitan practice" in relation to digital literacies and it means for learning in school.

This is a growing understanding of how to interact and exchange ideas across language, views and global boundaries.  It is a practice of hospitable stances in reading and composing, with emphasis on inclusivity and mutual respect. Many students have never  traveled outside of their neighborhood and now they can contact students from across the globe. They must learn that they are responsible for their writings.

3. How did the cosmopolitan conversation video challenge support critical media literacy?

The students were asked to think about the issues that were important to them and reflect on how it may affect others. They were asked to critically think and consciously maintain or alter their views, beliefs and values. They had to research, what and how they wanted to communicate their meaning, thus taking the responsibility for their video.

4. How does this quote from the text, "In this digital age, traditional content creation such as book reports, unit projects and essays, cannot be merely digitized and regulated to the end of the unit as capstone demonstrations of content mastery," make you think about how digital technologies should be used to support learning in school?

Mastery in the 21^st century involves more than the standard regurgitation of information in the form of a book report or essay. They must be able to interpret, critique and post creative compositions. They to chat amongst themselves , experiment with construction and maintenance of an online profile. And this should be done with the teacher who has interpreted, critiqued, posted compositions and guide the students in ethical and listening manner.

5. How do the digital stories you watch this week support the concept of cosmopolitanism?

These would all be considered cosmopolitanism because these students were from way around the world and taught through pictures, words and song about them and their country. These videos are something that would lose much of their knowledge through print. They can also be viewed all over the world and not just in specific texts, that may never be seen by other students.

6. In a blog posting, copy and paste a quote from the text :

 … “ Not only do we see this [complexity of student-produced texts or processes] as not representative of the writing/composition necessary for college, career and the 21^st century in general , we would argue that youth need experience composing across modes of communication, with others who are distant and unknown…exchange with these distant and unknown to others.” (2013, pg 80)

Avila, J. , Pandya ,J.(2013). Critical digital literacies as social praxis. NY, New York: Peter Lang.

I feel we talk and talk about critical medial literacy but it is not incorporated into the curricula and pedagogies of the digital age students. If it is , it is as supplemental course or courses for children at risk for failing. In this age of digital everything, technical jobs and college classrooms are vacant due to the lack of skills these high school graduating student have.  Tyson and Eva developed skills in 4 weeks, but what happens after? These classes should be typical not extraordinary.

I am sure this is sure how many teachers feel. I know I did and I think this is one reason why it is just a complement to curriculum, and not the curriculum.

Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy?

 

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