Moodle

As we wade through the waters of new electronic genre, these alternative discourses take us into areas that require comprehensive assessment measures. It is difficult for anyone to comment on the full landscape of a wiki or blog without authentic experience with these forms.

A recent survey of experiences with these alternative discourses revealed that the more multi-modal the form was, the less secure teacher candidates felt with these discourse forms. Some complex forms appeared to be more helpful experiences than others. Setting up a personal website with Moodle, for example, was one form that appeared to be not only comprehensible to create but also comprehensive enough to be deemed a good learning experience.

Learning in community

Well, four months have gone by now. I've learned a lot -- how to make video wallpaper, how to podcast, how to vodcast, and how to combine all of this onto a website. It's been fun teaching these multi-meaning systems and exploring how to put it all together especially since there are so many eager "readers" of these genre.

Along the way I began to network with many good insights from this list:

Will Richardson’s Wiki: Connective Writing: http://weblogged.wikispaces.com/Connective+Writing

Newsblur: http://www.newsblur.com/

Flipboard: http://flipboard.com/

Pulse: https://www.pulse.me/

Google Currents: https://www.google.com/producer/currents

Edublogs: http://edublogs.org/

Engchat: http://www.engchat.org/

Educational Chats on Twitter: http://cybraryman.com/chats.html

Educational Wikis: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

Chippewa River Writing Project Wiki: http://chippewariverwp.wikispaces.com/

Fordham GSE Media Literacy and Technology Wiki:http://medialiteracytech.wikispaces.com/Home

Cooperative Catalyst: http://coopcatalyst.wordpress.com/

The Atlantic: “Why American Students Can’t Write”: http://www.theatlantic.com/debates/education/

Moving Chicago Schools Forward: http://www.movechicagoschoolsforward.com/resource-guide/

School TM Wiki: http://schooltm.wikispaces.com/

National Writing Project: http://www.nwp.org

INNOVATIONS IN TEACHER EDUCATION

This blog is now open to ICT 4 TE members and all. Describe or comment on literacy innovations that you think should be taught in the context of literacy learning. Sign in and use this blog to post your ideas about literacy innovations in teacher education. Please post innovations that relate to new genre (e.g., blogging, podcasting, vodcasting) and new technologies that foster literacy. Thank you in advance for sharing your ideas. -Karen
Questions to ponder (adapted from Gee):
1. What is the significance of these innovations?
2. What activities are associated with these innovations?
3. What identities are formed through these innovations?
4. What types of relationships are formed through these innovations?
5. What political perspectives are fostered and suppressed through these innovations?
6. What is connected and disconnected through these innovations?
7. Which sign systems and knowledge and language are privileged and dis-privileged through these innovations?