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Joel Bloch commented on Beatriz Lupiano's blog post Thoughts after listening to L. Lessig on fair use, copyright and online video
"I'm currently writing a book about this topic so I'm excited that someone is actually interested. I've enclosed a link to a presentation I gave last month - http://prezi.com/yht2ngoai3ow/. I'm not sure it makes much sense without…"
Mar 8, 2010
Vanessa Vaile commented on Joel Bloch's blog post tagging as rhetoric or literacy?
"I think of as a way to find sites again (memory not speaking as often or as clearly as I'd like) and more recently to create resource "links pages" (urls) with rss feeds. A combination database and communication tool."
Feb 21, 2010
Joel Bloch commented on Joel Bloch's blog post tagging as rhetoric or literacy?
"Nina: Rhetoric asks the questions why did you tag a certain piece for a particularly context or community. What was your purpose in tagging a particular piece? But also it looks at your own role in the learning community for whom you are tagging?…"
Feb 18, 2010
Nina Liakos commented on Joel Bloch's blog post tagging as rhetoric or literacy?
"I am way over my head here. Carry on!"
Feb 18, 2010
Joel Bloch commented on Joel Bloch's blog post tagging as rhetoric or literacy?
"I can't repost because there is an agreement to not share postings. What she means is that she tried to explain tagging as a rhetorical act, referring back to Aristotle, about how to consider the needs of your audience, establish your own…"
Feb 17, 2010
Vance Stevens commented on Joel Bloch's blog post tagging as rhetoric or literacy?
"Can you point us to the original post? I'm having trouble grasping what she means from your brief recap, but it seems if a rhetorical tool is employed to achieve a particular response, then this would by definition be a form of literacy, or…"
Feb 17, 2010
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tagging as rhetoric or literacy?

A professor of writing and technology recently posted a comment on another list about the difficulties of getting students to appreciate tagging. She mentioned that she tried to get them to think about tagging in rhetorical terms - understanding the needs of the audience in particular rhetorical contexts, etc. It makes me think about whether we are talking about tagging as a form of literacy or as a rhetorical tool for achieving a particular response?
Feb 16, 2010
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Nina Liakos commented on Joel Bloch's blog post key digital literacy
"I looked at your slideshare presentation--very interesting. I wish I could have heard your commentary. I am not good at these tools. I seem to hit a wall every time I try to use Audacity, which even some of my technophobic colleagues have mastered…"
Feb 12, 2010
Joel Bloch commented on Nina Liakos's blog post Notes on listening to the recording of Mike Coghlan's synchronous session on Changing Literacies
"I had an interesting exchange with Michael on public/private. I felt that the development of social media was putting too much pressure on people to make everything public. Michael felt he could publish anything he thought. On the other hand, I am a…"
Feb 12, 2010
Joel Bloch commented on Joel Bloch's blog post Keen's argument
"The point I think Keen misses is that the reason that people are turning to these Web 2.0 sources it that they have become disillusioned with the traditional forms of media and the gatekeepers who control the access to them. But Keen is worried…"
Feb 11, 2010
Nina Liakos commented on Joel Bloch's blog post Keen's argument
"Yes, we've seen that point of view (anyone who speaks English can teach it to foreigners). I think there are still some jobs in some places that seek native speakers to "teach" English (model it, more like). The challenge when so many…"
Feb 11, 2010
Joel Bloch posted a blog post

key digital literacy

My favorite digital literacy is digital story telling. I've introduced it as part of a writing course for the past year. Digital stories are personal stories voiced by the writer + images + a soundtrack. They allow students to explore the relationships between words and images, give them a sense both as a writer and a creator of digital content, and let them share their work with the classmates and anyone else they want to.They work with a variety of technologies - blogger to post and share…See More
Feb 10, 2010
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Joel Bloch commented on Nina Liakos's blog post Notes on listening to Mark Pegrum's second video
"Last year (I think) there was a discussion with Stuart Selber. He characterized multiple literacies more from the perspective of their function. He categorized literacy skills as functional, critical, and rhetorical. It would be interesting to…"
Jan 24, 2010
Joel Bloch commented on Jim Buckingham's blog post Summary - Wesch’s “A Portal to Media Literacy” (June 09)
"Sorry, maybe I shouldn't write late at night. My point was that I don't find the dichotomy between the students' desire to learn and what goes on in the classroom that convincing. Of course, if you ask someone, they will say they want…"
Jan 21, 2010
Joel Bloch commented on Jim Buckingham's blog post Summary - Wesch’s “A Portal to Media Literacy” (June 09)
"I've always found Wesch's claim that nobody doesn't want to learn problematic. What else is someone going to say? Wesch is a cultural anthropologist; his job to lay out the nature of the culture he is studying without judgement.…"
Jan 21, 2010
Barbara Dieu left a comment for Joel Bloch
"I have been working on some resources for language teachers in Wikieducator, where I started a unit on visual and critical literacy. It's still very much a long draft, with material from different sources. I was wondering whether you would care…"
Jan 14, 2010

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tagging as rhetoric or literacy?

A professor of writing and technology recently posted a comment on another list about the difficulties of getting students to appreciate tagging. She mentioned that she tried to get them to think about tagging in rhetorical terms - understanding the needs of the audience in particular rhetorical contexts, etc. It makes me think about whether we are talking about tagging as a form of literacy or as a rhetorical tool for achieving a particular response?

Posted on February 16, 2010 at 1:12pm — 5 Comments

key digital literacy

My favorite digital literacy is digital story telling. I've introduced it as part of a writing course for the past year. Digital stories are personal stories voiced by the writer + images + a soundtrack. They allow students to explore the relationships between words and images, give them a sense both as a writer and a creator of digital content, and let them share their work with the classmates and anyone else they want to.They work with a variety of technologies - blogger to post and share… Continue

Posted on February 10, 2010 at 2:59am — 1 Comment

Keen's argument

Keen isn't the only one making this argument. Other journalists in particular are wondering how the lack of gatekeepers and the easy ability to publish will have on their profession. It's like a topic i sometimes hear about ESL teaching: some people believe that anybody who speaks English can teach it, so why pay us. Even some advocates of multimedia literacy are beginning to think there needs to be some pushback.This is what I feel when I hear Wesch. I don't know if this show is accessible… Continue

Posted on February 5, 2010 at 7:39pm — 4 Comments

Pegrum's lenses

The importance of Pegrum's idea of lenses is that it makes us look at multiliteracies from outside of our own perspective. Personally, I use other lenses - history of literacy, nature of technology, writing pedagogies - to frame the discussion but the important thing is that to understand multiliteracies we need to cross over to many different areas of thinking.

Posted on January 10, 2010 at 10:37pm — 2 Comments

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At 3:27pm on January 12, 2010, Barbara Dieu said…
Agree with you, Joe that there are other lenses and perspectives and that multiliteracies cross many areas of thinking. Pegrum's point of departure and focus is digital - it is through these lenses that he analyzes the world around him.

Literacy is a more general definition - it would be the ability to derive meaning, create, express yourself, be heard and act on effectively in different contexts and environments - the digital one being one of them.

While e-learning is rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly prominent in education, one must not forget that only 25.6% of the world population has access to the Internet so this conversation and discussion is really among a very small number of people who make decisions and act upon the rest.
At 6:10am on January 14, 2010, Barbara Dieu said…
I have been working on some resources for language teachers in Wikieducator, where I started a unit on visual and critical literacy. It's still very much a long draft, with material from different sources. I was wondering whether you would care to have a look at it and eventually contribute with suggestions or material to add.
http://wikieducator.org/ELT_Resources/visual_and_critical_literacy
http://wikieducator.org/Critical_Literacy_Methods

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