A talk for the Teacher Educators Conference in Hyderabad, India in February 2013.
ABSTRACT:
Digital literacies, the technical skills and social practices needed to effectively interact with digital technologies, are key 21st century skills, and are increasingly important in educational curricula. What exactly are these literacies, and where might they have a place in English language teacher training? We look at the theory underpinning digital literacies, explore how teacher training courses can address them, and consider the challenges involved in operationalising digital literacies in the low-resource classroom.
12. Digital literacies
remix
focus on
(re)design
personal
participatory
focus on
connections
network
H
W
code
(inter)cultural
print
?
Y
search
tagging
focus on
information
texting
mobile
information
focus on
language
hypertext
gaming
multimedia
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
14. Digital literacies
Reading is an unnatural act; we are no
more evolved to read books than we
are to use computers. Literate
societies become literate by investing
extraordinary resources, every year,
training children to read. Now it's our
turn to figure out what response we
need to shape our use of digital tools.
Clay Shirky
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
16. Digital literacies
Howard Rheingold
If you want to keep up, don't try
to keep up with the technologies.
Keep up with the literacies that
the technologies make possible.
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
18. Digital literacies
Digital literacies [are] essential skills
our students need to acquire for full
participation in the world beyond the
classroom, but they can also enrich
our students learning inside the
classroom.
Mark Pegrum
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
20. Digital literacies
Sugata Mitra
Unlocking the power of new
technologies for self-guided
education is one of the 21st
century superhighways that need
to be paved. Profound changes to
how children access vast
information is yielding new forms
of peer-to-peer and individualguided learning.
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
22. Digital literacies
Education is on the brink of being
transformed
through
learning
technologies; however, it has been
on the brink for some decades now.
Diana Laurillard
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
24. Digital literacies
It’s not about the technology. It’s
about the teaching - and the learning.
Choose the tool to fit the task - and
the context.
Me
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
26. Digital literacies
Implementing digital
literacies: the 3Ts
1 Training
• Integrate DLs & tech into preservice training delivery
• Replace ‘transmission’ pedagogy
with collaborative models & spaces
• TPACK & SAMR
• Provide ongoing in-house CPD
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
27. Digital literacies
Implementing digital
literacies: the 3Ts
2 Teaching material
• Integrate DLs into syllabi &
coursebooks
• DLs in low-resource contexts options
•Assessment for DLs & digital
artefacts
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
28. Digital literacies
Implementing digital
literacies: the 3Ts
3 Technology (in TT)
• Beware shiny box syndrome
• Identify economic pressure groups
• Allocate budget 80/20
• Explore options in TT e.g. BYOD
• Ensure tech subordinate to learning
aims
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com
31. Digital literacies
What [students] do in their online lives
has nothing to do with the things they
are learning in school; and what they
are learning in school has little or
nothing of value to contribute to who
they are once the bell rings.
Henry Jenkins
Nicky Hockly, The Consultants-E www.theconsultants-e.com