Wow! What an amazing week! We were able to muck about today on Flickr, Voicethread, and Bubbleshare. Dr. Joolz was great. The world now is no longer a world in which written language is dominant (Kress, 1997). This was clearly evident in today's presentation by Julia Davies.
In the panel discussion a question was brought forward about censorship and the darker side of the Internet that students might be exposed to. The answer: Bring it on!! Bring those issues into the classroom and create spaces for those discussions. Michele Knobel's analogy of the swimming pool was brilliant. Swimming pools can be dangerous but we do not ban swimming pools. Teachers need to learn how to swim and then must teach the students how to swim. Students need to be aware of what is out there and be able to look at digital literacy critically.
Colin Lankshear talked about approaching the curriculum as "a way of being" not just as content. We need to embody a world view that is lived in language and action, practicing values and relationships, through kindness, integrity, generosity, and humility as human beings.
It was a very inspiring and moving session which put into perspective who I want to be.
In the spirit of this session the "out of towners" were invited to dinner by a local classmate.
2 comments:
Hello Blogger Bon!
This week has really amazed me, too. As corny as it sounds, I really am thinking about technology and literacy in new ways. I know, they can put me on the brochure next year. Let's look forward to more transformations next week. T
Hi Babe, you appear to have mastered the computer! Does this mean I don't have to show you over and over again how to cut, copy and paste?
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