“Technology plays an important role, not alone
but as a constantly changing set of socially situated tools for literacy, for
making sense of the world and ourselves”
(p. 104)
I chose this simply because it is exactly as I
feel. I have always said that technology
has its place in teaching, but I think that when we rely solely on it children
lose some of the skills that they need.
For example children are not asked to learn their multiplication tables
anymore. They simply pull out a calculator
or “Google it” to find the answer to a problem.
I know children love technology and they love to spend as much time as possible
trying to play games or chatting on social media, that many of them don’t
realize how much they can learn from technology. Mostly, it is just something to have fun
with.
When talking about technology and literacy I
think you have to look at it as an evolution, this is sort of a cool representation
of social medial evolution and fits in really well with our text.
1.
What is the difference
between an "essentialist," "traditionalist" or
"autonomous" "perspective of technology and literacy and a New
Literacy Studies of "ideological"perspective on technology and
literacy? Which perspective do you adhere to? Why?
Essentialist means to focus
only on the abilities of technology, not in the way it’s used. Ideological means
to focus on the attributes and abilities of the technology in social communities
and how all of the different social areas are affected when using technology. Autonomous
means that it will continue to build on itself in dynamic and self augmenting
ways. I adhere to the essentialist view of
technology. I think without society and without people driving it then
technology doesn’t have a purpose.
2. Give three concrete examples of how the
teacher in the chapter supported "new literacy" or "critical
digital literacies" practices with blogging.
The teacher used blogging
and had her students post pictures to receive feedback from the people who
could see them. She asked that the
students be aware of the messages they were presenting. The students know that
the best work from the class will be placed on the teacher's blog, so they will be competing with
each other. She required that the
students be organized, be able to exhibit their knowledge and opinions in a way
that was interesting to the most amount
of people.
References:
Avila, J., & Pandya, J. (2013).
Critical digital literacies as social praxis. (pp. 95). New York, NY: Peter
Lang Publishing.
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