Friday, September 5, 2014

New Literacy Tools - Reflection

My strengths:
  • I feel like I usually pick up on how to use new literacy tools fairly quickly, since I have a lot of experience with some of them.
  • I really like incorporating multimedia into things, like one might do with a multi-genre research project, so tools like Blogger and Glogster suit my communication style.
  • I have a particular interest in exploring new literacies as a teacher and as a learner.

New literacy tools as a learning aid: 
  • New literacy tools help us communicate more effectively when we are not communicating in person. E-mails and phone calls would likely fall short in comparison.
  • The tools also help us share not only our ideas, but relevant resources, videos, etc. This helps us not just talk with one another, but actually engage with one another.
  • Tools that allow us to do things like annotate each others' videos aid us in our ability to support each other's learning.

Question: 
  • What do you think your biggest struggle will be with using the new literacy tools this semester?

3 comments:

  1. Hi, Angela! I think the biggest struggle will be to keep up with all the tools as I don't know how often we'll use all of them.

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  2. ^what Melissa said! My head is spinning with all these new, cool apps/tools!

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  3. Your new literacies section is awesome! Way better than mine! Killing it!

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