How do CONTEMPORARY MODES OF LITERACY differ from TRADITIONAL MODES OF LITERACY?????
What implications does this have for our students and the teachers in our schools?
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October 4th, 2007 at 11:10 am
This teacher is old school. Teachers of the future need to give up some control and follow kids interests and passion. Innovation doesn’t arise from control!
October 4th, 2007 at 11:11 am
This cartoon lacks subtlety
October 4th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I’m very against conformity in the classroom. Students should not be passive thinkers.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:12 am
The focus should be on critical literacy not on novel studies and SRA cards
Components include media, internet sites and their validity, current issues relevant to the students’ world.
Should be interactive and hands on, no english texts books……
October 4th, 2007 at 11:12 am
more interactive and relevant
more dynamic
modern up to date material
very opinionated
October 4th, 2007 at 11:13 am
This seems like a contradictory idealogy! How can you be independent when you have to do as the teacher says?
October 4th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Tteacher focused rather than student focused.
Ebooks and online resources versus traditional books.
Teacher led rather than student led.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:13 am
informal
uncensored
less pressure on political correctness
can be anonymous
free spirited
need for critical literacy
because of the anonymiity can be dangerous to the naive
October 4th, 2007 at 11:13 am
I think that contemporary literacy is much more visual than traditional modes of literacy. Students must be able to decode and think critically.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Contemporary literacy takes into account the new mediums which continue to develop within our society. As teachers we need to develop our understanding of these mediums to cater for this
October 4th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Wider media available
Vaster in content
Current and up to date
Caters for different learning styles
Exclusive in accessibility
Can be unreliable
Questionable validity
October 4th, 2007 at 11:16 am
The basics of literacies don’t change (ie reading & writing) but the medium will be constantly changing as does the form (ie language).
October 4th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Comtemporary modes of literacy are somewhat more complex than traditional literacy. There is an emphasis on being a critical consumer of information where in the past we were taught to not question authority so much. Also the mediums with which students are literate, and need to be literate in have changed. New technologies have had a big impact here.
October 4th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Excellent, thank you for sharing so much and giving us great good ideas.