Digital Texts in and Out of School complete

Introduction Quote – In contemporary societies, we must now include texts created via digital technologies when we speak of the texts that cocoon us in our everyday lives and allow us to make our way through the city as we navigate our various social, political, cultural and economic obligations.

Chapter 1. Young Peoples Video Productions as New Sites of Learning by Rebekah Willett Quote – One of the important developments for young people producing media is the ease of sharing their work with a potentially global audience.

 I totally agree with this statement, It is statistically proven by data created and collected from Facebook, Instagram and snap chat to name a few that young people post their information all over the social media spectrum. This is a global network complied by an online society that is not constricted by a single space, place or time. To go even further let’s consider YouTube, young people today are creating, watching and posting videos created by a smart phone. Young people are also sharing it worldwide to see how many people actually viewed their video and if any one posted a comments to their video.

Chapter 2. A Space for Play: Crossing Boundaries and Learning Online by Julia Davies Quote – Literacy is not just about decoding marks on a page; it is about performing social acts of meaning, where meanings and practices vary according to context (Barton and Hamilton, 1998; Street, 1997).

I agree with this quote it’s all about how you communicate and in the appropriate manner that works best for you and your audience. This would be a presentation with simple formalities that convey your message without confusion. This process could be through pictures, text or a video.

Chapter 3.Masters and Critics: Children as Producers of Online Digital Texts. By Clare Dowdall Quote-One key difference that has been observed is that new technologies allow children unprecedented power and authority as publishers and discriminators of text (Bearne, 2005; Kress, 2003).

This statement is true, when children are given the opportunity to create something online or on paper we all know there is a power of, this is mine because I created it. When they post their work for example the young boy in the TED Talk video I posted on my blog there is a sense of owner ship and accomplishment. This is because they are the creator and publisher of their own works. This would also apply when students work together to collaborate on class projects. Some student s will record the process, others will write, and others will be the actors. But it all comes back to it being their work.

 (Carrington & Robinson, 2009)

 

Media Ecology and Learning Case.

Interview with a "Digital Native"

Interview with a "Digital Native"

Below is the written narrative of questions and answers between my daughter and I. My daughter’s name is Victoria and she is 15 years old. I chose her as for my case study and final project. 

The Interview with my daughter

Walesca: What would be a pseudonym, or username, you would like me to use to represent you in my paper? Victoria -Moms just call me Victoria, really!

Walesca Do you have a computer/iPod/MP3 Player/ Wii/ etc…? Victoria - Yes, I have and iPod, a laptop, a Wii, and my smart phone.

Walesca  What kinds of things do you use the computer for? Victoria -I use the computer to download my music, listen to my music, social media, and research.

Walesca  What is your favorite thing to use the computer for? Victoria -Mostly I like to use it for social media to keep up with my favorite singer, or listen to music.

Walesca  How did you learn to do that? Victoria - I either taught myself or my brothers showed me.

Walesca  What are some other things you use the computer for? Victoria -I use it if I have major projects for school or papers to write.

Walesca  What is your favorite game? Why? Victoria -I don’t really play games as much anymore, but I like to play Mario Party with my brother sometimes.

Walesca Do you know other people who do this? Victoria -No… A lot of my friends play other games...

Walesca How do you use the computer at school? Victoria -For school I use the computer for research papers, projects, and for any in class activities we do.

Walesca How would you like to use the computer at school? Victoria - In school we already use the computer for a lot of things. Most teachers use the computer to lesson plan.

Walesca Do you think teachers would let you use computers to do those things? Why? Why not?

            Victoria -My teachers let me use the computer for typing papers, researching and for creating documents. I also think they would let us use computers to do other school base stuff Spanish translation, looking up history facts and YouTube videos…

Walesca Anything else you would like to tell me?

            Victoria -Nope… you owe me mom...

Activity #2 Connections

Some quotes from our course texts that I am considering including in my final case report that I feel relate to my findings in my interview are listed below:

Chapter 2. ~ Digital Wisdom and Homo Sapiens Digital by Marc Prensky

As technology becomes more sophisticated with continuous change, developing the capacity to help us make moral and ethical choices as well as more pragmatic decisions, what we call "human wisdom" will reach new levels. This will open gateways to enhancing our access to data, deeper analyses, and the ability to plan and prioritize. (Page 25) explains it best Digital wisdom arises the combination of the mind and digital tools; what the unenhanced mind loses by outsourcing it will more than make up by the wisdom gained.

Chapter 3. ~ Students the Net Generation, and Digital Natives – Accounting for Educational Change by Chris Jones

 “The existence of an environment (the world within to a world outside or as we know it) infused with digital and networked technologies (such as the young and the old), combined with an active engagement in these new technologies, leads directly to sharp generational break. Sums up chapter one and two. Does it really matter what name classification are being given to young people who are active or advanced users of the digital age

Chapter 4. Disempowering by Assumption “Digital Natives” and the EU Civic Web Project 

By: Shakuntala Banaji

 People integrate new media and technology into the ensemble of their existing media practices, and into the process and relationships of daily life. While media do possess particular potentialities or affordances, these will be realized (or not realized) in different ways by different people in different social context.  (Page 63)

Chapter 8. Beyond Google and the “Satisficing” Searching of Digital Natives

By: Gregor E. Kennedy and Terry s. Judd

Quote – “In Line with Eistenberg (2008) defines information literacy as “the set of skills and knowledge that allows us to find, evaluate, and use the information we need, as well as to filter out the information we don’t need” Page 123.