As you read The World is Flat, think about the implications for you as a teacher and students. Are we preparing students for the world as it was, is or will be.
The NC Reading Literacy Strategic Plan
Let’s talk about the North Carolina Reading Literacy Strategic Plan. What do you see as the strengths and limitations of this document? Think about your own teaching. How does this impact what you teach?
Gaming and virtual worlds
We’ve visited Second Life and viewed the video in which James Paul Gee discusses gaming in education. What are your thoughts about the educational uses (current and future) of these virtual worlds in education.
The World is Flat and other things
You are reading The World is Flat and have also have reviewed the NC Reading Literacy Strategic Plan. Think about this plan developed by North Carolina and the ideas presented in the book. What do you see as the changing need in education for standards, pedagogy, and content? Think about these texts and how they relate. Also, feel free to post any thoughts you have about either text. This is our final blog post so let’s do these texts justice and have a good conversation. BT
Digital Worlds and Gaming
We’ve examined (briefly) SecondLife. View the video of James Paul Gee discussing gaming and multiplayer games at http://www.edutopia.org/james-gee-games-learning-video. Let’s discuss what you see as some of the potentials for these technologies in teaching. Try to examine both the potential positives and problems.
Multiliteracies in the early grades
One of the themes that has emerged deals with the uses of digital technologies in the early elementary grades. I’d like you to view the following slide show:
http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/its-elementary-web-20-in-the-elementary-classroom
After viewing this, go to the following website and look around for applications that might fit with your teaching and the needs of your students:
http://www.go2web20.net/
Post up any ideas you have as a comment here. Bruce
Tools for Creating
We have explored several Tools for Creating that help us create audio, video and image texts. Discuss your experiences using some of these tools and think about the pedagogic implications. How can these shape teaching and learning? What ideas do you have for K-12 instruction?
Welcome to the Multiliteracies Blog
Welcome to the Multiliteracies Blog, a project of the Center for Adolescent Literacies at UNC Charlotte. This blog is open to graduate students and others who are interested in the theory and pedagogy of Multiliteracies.
