D.A.T.E ~ part 2

The session that I enjoyed the most throughout the conference was presented by Patrice K. VanSlyke and Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs. The title of this session was "Dealing in the Digital".

Six things stood out the most to me:

• Increased Demand: This included Multimedial literacy, digital communication, a competitive job market, and literacy as social practice.

• Digital: Is the definition of literacy keeping up? Everything is becoming digitalized: libraries, music, films, movies, etc.

• Cross Curricular: Create natural bridges as communication, such as: "fear free" explorations, student teacher blogs, wikis, youtube, and discourse mapping. (http://laurie.sl3dge.net/speak.htm)

• Text Analysis: Technology is reshaping society, critical literacy, and can we live without technology anymore?

• Technology in the classroom: Danger!! Use Wisely!

Teachers need to be prepared for their students finding misinformation on the internet, their students misusing the internet resources, performitivity, and critical literacy. (www.easywhois.com)

• Risk to Students:

Non-Authentic experiences, Limited use and vocabulary, and teacher knowledge.