New Literacies, New Practices : Media Literacy and Web 2.0 Applications

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New Literacies, New Practices Media Literacy
and Web 2.0 Applications

• Dr Jackie Marsh, UKLA
• University of Sheffield

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New literacies, new practices

• This presentation is based on the premise that
  literacy is changing in a new media world (Kress,
  2003 Lankshear and Knobel).
• We need to develop new educational practices that
  relate to children and young peoples
  out-of-school practices if the literacy
  curriculum is to be relevant and meaningful
  (Marsh and Millard, 2005).
• This presentation will focus on the use of
  web-based tools to develop media literacy,
  specifically the analysis and production of news.

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What is Web 2.0?
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(Angermeier, 2005)
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Some of the most useful products and services for
educators interested in media literacy

• Blogger
• Wikis
• Podcasting
• Syndication

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How can Web 2.0 develop media literacy?

• Products and services enable manipulation of and
  reflection on data.
• Collaboration and participation are key factors
  can encourage group critical reflection.
• Fosters agency and creativity of individuals
  e.g. citizen journalists.

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Citizen journalism

• is the act of citizens playing an active role
  in the process of collecting, reporting,
  analyzing and disseminating information
• (Bowman and Willis,
  2005)

Peoplerazzi http//www.nowpublic.com/
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Wikis and citizen journalism
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London bombings 7/7
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Key question for pupils

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of
  citizen journalism?

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News and blogs

• Many news blogs maintained by citizen
  journalists e.g. blog kept by Iraqi civilian
  Salam Pax, who was eventually invited to write a
  column for the Guardian on the Iraqi invasion
• Many newspapers now have blogs in addition to
  printed newspapers and online news

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Folksonomic tags
Links
Blog archives, categorised by content
Comments facility
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Identity of commenter and date comment sent stated
Readers can report on offensive comments
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Key question for pupils

• What does a news blog do that a newspaper
  doesnt, and vice-versa?

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Syndication and news
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http//www.frustratedcities.com
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News and podcasting
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http//mgsonline.blogs.com/geoblog/podcasts/index.
html
geoBlog Podcasts
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Evoca
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http//radiowaves.co.uk/
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Radiowaves
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News and online publishing systems
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Making the News
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Monteney Primary Making the News
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Conclusion

• Web 2.0 products and services have great
  potential for work on the media.
• Pupils can create blogs, wikis and webpages
  relaying news as well as exploring the way in
  which news is created and reported across Web 2.0
  platforms.
• Web 2.0 is changing the nature of journalism and
  the newspaper industry contemporary pupils can
  be at the forefront of tracing these changes and
  their implications.
• New literacy practices are needed for new times
  educators need to take risks and explore
  potential.