Notes from K12 Online Conference
Where have I been?
I recently dove into the tech-wave and began swimming in the sea of ever-changing communications. Blogging is one of the many new waters I am exploring. When I first heard of this media, I thought it was nothing but a glorified e-mail package. I could not see a real need for this as, I already write to people via my internet mail. Now, I can see this is a multi-faceted communication tool. I can add photos and videos.(Not that I yet know how!) I can share my thoughts or keep them private. I can tell you all about me or I can remain a mystery. My choice. You can respond to my blog or you can simply read and follow my thoughts. I'm still not comfortable in the blog world, but like any new tool, you have to use it to learn how it best serves you.
iPods-iSpeak-iSing-iListen-iLearn
Conference speaker:Sylvia Tolisano
I found this audio presentation to be very newby friendly. The way she gave examples from her own life made the technology seem more accessable. Infact, I borrowed my daughter’s Ipod for the first time, and downloaded music and a podcast onto it.
I don’t recommend listening to an informational pod cast and trying to shop at the same time! I spent way to long in BJ’s because I kept stopping to concentrate on the information coming through the headset. I’m sure I scared several people.
I loved the explanations of how and why to use various accessories. I alos liked the pod casting Sylvia recorded while on vacation. What a great way of sharing with others about the places they may never get to visit, and what a great way to make an audio diary of the experience.
Sometimes, I feel as if my world is getting smaller because of family, time and financial constraints; but this new web2.0 world opens and accesses people, places, and events that stretch my learning and imagination.
Globally Literate audio session
Coutesy of Clarence Fisher in Manitoba, Canada
Literacy: What is that? How is it changing?
History of Literacy:
Always changing
Always about production of messaging, comprehension of messaging,& interactive messaging
Valuable
Text: stone tablets, scrolls, books, punctuation & spacing, left to right, top to bottom, alternating directions, meandering ladders, etc.
Literate in our times:
Faster level of change
Types of text are varied:
Photos & Videos
Print based
Spread sheets, & graphs
pod casts
Multimedia txt
Forms of representation
Need to give kids skills that can occur within electronic space
A snowball of communication
Editing takes place post-publication
Single source information is not enough
Competition for global recognition
New literacy Skills:
Access: Find text, locate information, looking for images, archives, audio
RSS, Aggregators, bloglines - current information & emersion
Content: skim vast amount of material & focus deeper: Rss
Videos, exterior links,etc. Text online in many different forms
Response: evaluation! How current is it? Does it have other links? Root sites?
Reliability??? Be critical!
Creation: Production - Print is not dominate
Blogging - interactive
Video, audio, plays, skits, etc.
Representation needs to fit:
AUDIENCE
Information
Atmosphere
This conference seesion was great for a newby because it used language I could identify with and then bridged over into the new web2.0 speak. Because of the gradual induction into rethinking “literacy”, I was able to understand uses for this new technology.
After listening to several of these presenations, I decided to re-classify myself in the techno-world from being a "newby" to really being a"nano-newby".
I recently dove into the tech-wave and began swimming in the sea of ever-changing communications. Blogging is one of the many new waters I am exploring. When I first heard of this media, I thought it was nothing but a glorified e-mail package. I could not see a real need for this as, I already write to people via my internet mail. Now, I can see this is a multi-faceted communication tool. I can add photos and videos.(Not that I yet know how!) I can share my thoughts or keep them private. I can tell you all about me or I can remain a mystery. My choice. You can respond to my blog or you can simply read and follow my thoughts. I'm still not comfortable in the blog world, but like any new tool, you have to use it to learn how it best serves you.
iPods-iSpeak-iSing-iListen-iLearn
Conference speaker:Sylvia Tolisano
I found this audio presentation to be very newby friendly. The way she gave examples from her own life made the technology seem more accessable. Infact, I borrowed my daughter’s Ipod for the first time, and downloaded music and a podcast onto it.
I don’t recommend listening to an informational pod cast and trying to shop at the same time! I spent way to long in BJ’s because I kept stopping to concentrate on the information coming through the headset. I’m sure I scared several people.
I loved the explanations of how and why to use various accessories. I alos liked the pod casting Sylvia recorded while on vacation. What a great way of sharing with others about the places they may never get to visit, and what a great way to make an audio diary of the experience.
Sometimes, I feel as if my world is getting smaller because of family, time and financial constraints; but this new web2.0 world opens and accesses people, places, and events that stretch my learning and imagination.
Globally Literate audio session
Coutesy of Clarence Fisher in Manitoba, Canada
Literacy: What is that? How is it changing?
History of Literacy:
Always changing
Always about production of messaging, comprehension of messaging,& interactive messaging
Valuable
Text: stone tablets, scrolls, books, punctuation & spacing, left to right, top to bottom, alternating directions, meandering ladders, etc.
Literate in our times:
Faster level of change
Types of text are varied:
Photos & Videos
Print based
Spread sheets, & graphs
pod casts
Multimedia txt
Forms of representation
Need to give kids skills that can occur within electronic space
A snowball of communication
Editing takes place post-publication
Single source information is not enough
Competition for global recognition
New literacy Skills:
Access: Find text, locate information, looking for images, archives, audio
RSS, Aggregators, bloglines - current information & emersion
Content: skim vast amount of material & focus deeper: Rss
Videos, exterior links,etc. Text online in many different forms
Response: evaluation! How current is it? Does it have other links? Root sites?
Reliability??? Be critical!
Creation: Production - Print is not dominate
Blogging - interactive
Video, audio, plays, skits, etc.
Representation needs to fit:
AUDIENCE
Information
Atmosphere
This conference seesion was great for a newby because it used language I could identify with and then bridged over into the new web2.0 speak. Because of the gradual induction into rethinking “literacy”, I was able to understand uses for this new technology.
After listening to several of these presenations, I decided to re-classify myself in the techno-world from being a "newby" to really being a"nano-newby".
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