tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post2160555130764916284..comments2023-07-22T08:53:37.900-06:00Comments on New Media Narratives: Writing and Publishing in a Developing Field: Howard Rheingold's five new media literacies provide model for 21st education system.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post-5639571022541776942012-02-28T13:06:26.473-07:002012-02-28T13:06:26.473-07:00Thank you for this - I think you've captured f...Thank you for this - I think you've captured for me the importance, pathway and markers we need to be aware of. And as someone who has students affected by what is and isn't happening in the Alberta school system, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge of what is happening. <br /><br />You point out that the "curriculum is void of discussion on the risks associated with networked behaviour". I would add that even worse, it seems void of discussion on the benefits of networked behavior. <br /><br />(segue to rant)<br /><br />While Nero is fiddling, Rome is burning. Children who should be learning about digital literacy as outlined by Rheingold are being left behind. The child born in 2010? The child born in 1995 should be our starting point so that we don't continue to pretend that we have plenty of time to prepare ourselves and our children for the world we are living in now.<br /><br />Schools are only now getting wifi connectivity. Many still forbid children from using their smart phones in class as learning tools and instead, take them away without determining if use is appropriate. Too many teachers use smartboards like electrified chalkboards and continue to lecture rather than engage. And from what I see, kids may be connected but they're by and large ignorant of the tools around them. We realized decades ago that kids learning about sex on the schoolyard was a recipe for social disaster. Kids learning digital literacy on Xbox is no better. They won't have the skills they need to prevent the digital equivalent of unplanned pregnancies and STDs.<br /><br />This isn't a blame the teacher rant. I know teachers are working very hard to ensure their students are learning 21st century skills and that the system is trying to equip teachers with the new tools required. But without the kind of curriculum and culture shift you discuss, many students will be left behind. They will be like students in the 70s partly educated in the imperial system of measurement, partly in metric, and stranded somewhere between.Judith Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187881191079129428noreply@blogger.com