I recently had the privilege to work with a group of early and elementary teachers from a school near UConn and spent the morning discussing the changes to literacy that are happening as a result of ICTs, and about halfway through the talk, I was interrupted by some teachers that didn’t believe what I was saying. It…
In a new series of blog posts, brothers Ian O’Byrne, a researcher at the New Literacies Research Lab, and Scott Myers, English teacher and Department Head at a high school in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, share their thoughts on issues of the thoughtful integration of the Internet and other communication technologies into classrooms. The first…
Here with the New Literacies Collaborative, we frequently use the term new literacies and at many talks, presentations and conferences new literacies is added into a title or abstract…but what does New Literacies actually mean? For a class on new literacies that I teach here at the University of Connecticut I start the course by…
Here with the New Literacies Collaborative, we frequently use the term new literacies and at many talks, presentations and conferences new literacies is added into a title or abstract…but what does New Literacies actually mean? For a class on new literacies that I teach here at the University of Connecticut I start the course by having the students answer…
My task for the Statement of Philosophy and Pedagogy portion of the Comprehensive Exams is included below. I have embedded my response at the bottom. During completion of your coursework, you have encountered many theorists and scholars who have espoused tenets of thinking, teaching and learning. In 8, double-pages or fewer (Compliant with APA guideline;…