Digital and critical literacy

The video "digital and critical literacy" explained how a hoax website was used to explain to students how critical evaluation of a website is crucial for effective research. Many students tend to believe everything they read on the internet as it is presented in a particular format, as a website's reliability can be more difficult for students to criticise if it looks good. The students need to examine the construction, values, conventions, who is the intended audience and the ownership. The video also goes into the importance of professional development for teachers as a lot of teachers are unfamiliar with such technology.

teachertube.com

The website www.teachertube.com seems like a good website for teachers to contact one another, see what other teachers are up to, get and share ideas, post photos and many other things. This collaboration is a key to successful professional relationships and building skill sets and creativity.   

www.teachertube.com

New literacies

New literacies encompasses a range of factors including, but not exclusive to: 

* interactive 

* incorporates new knowledge and skills

* community learning

* using technology to present things in a new and different way

* sharing 

* Web2.0

* reaching a wider audience with the allowances technology makes. 

Today, the concept of "text" and "literacy" is a much broader concept than even imagined 10 years ago.