Pondering Media, Literacy, & Learning in a Networked World
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Pondering Media, Literacy, & Learning in a Connected World
Dr. Alec CourosRegina Teacher’s ConferenceRegina, SaskatchewanMarch 8, 2013
me
ABANDONED
The Blur
personal(ish)
One Photograph - Everyday - Online
professional(ish)
~2000 participants from ~70 countries
change
the way we were...
Gaming
Mobile Gaming
Multi-Player Gaming
Music Piracy
System Upgrade
Media Personalization
Troubleshooting
EdTech
“The Complete Interactive Multimedia Encyclopedia”
shifts
Convergence
Ubiquity
atoms <---> bitsscarcity <---> abundanceconsuming <---> creating
standardization <---> personalizationindividuals <---> networks
significant shifts in media
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html
“More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month that the 3 major US networks created in 60 years.”
“72 hours of video are uploaded every minute, or one hour of video is uploaded to Youtube every second.”
@drtonywagner
“Today knowledge is free. It’s like air, it’s like water...
There’s no competitive advantage in knowing
more than the person next to you. The world doesn’t care what you know. What the world cares about is
what you can do with what you know.” (2012)
influence of technology
Poll #1: How many hours of screen time do you average per week?
Poll #2: What percentage of that screen time is used for engaging in social media?
Poll #3: Have you ever ‘creeped’ somebody’s Facebook profile?
Children aged 12-15 are spending on average 17.1 hours/week on the Internet (equivalent to their TV time)
Smart phone ownership is at 28% for 12-15 year-olds.
12-15 year-olds are prolific social networkers. 1 in 4 have a Twitter profile, & an average of 286 FB friends.
37% of 3-4 year-olds use the Internet.
relationships
130,729 people like this130,729 people like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alainbachellier/2572801898/in/photostream/
"To immortalize this moment ... the girl seems to forget the original pleasure."
attention & curiosity
participatory culture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3601144842/sizes/l/in/photostream/
What’s your background in video
editing?
I just do it for fun. I’m self-taught.
How long did it take to film and edit?
I started in November, but then I had to start from
scratch a couple months afterwards, so I spent
months and months on it.
slide by @gcouros
“I made a deal with my students at the start of a video project this semester, that if they collaboratively wrote an entire script and filmed it that I would do by best to
share out their final product.... I believe they have created something amazing due to their passion and
determination to have their voice heard.”
identity
“The average digital birth of children happens at about 6 months.”
“In Canada, US, UK, France Italy, Germany & Spain ... 81% of children under the age of two have some kind
of digital profile or footprint.”
Easily Copied
Viewable by MillionsEasily Edited
Instantly Shared
by DEFAULT
with EFFORT
PRIVATE
PUBLIC
Teaching Resilience
literacy
Children and young people are described as ‘the collaboration generation’, eager to work together
towards common goals, share content and draw upon “the power of mass collaboration”. This combination of individualisation and collaboration is often presented
as giving young people a propensity to question, challenge and critique. These are individuals who “typically can’t imagine a life where citizens didn’t
have the tools to constantly think critically, exchange views, challenge, authenticate, verify, or debunk.
The Digital Native - Myth & Reality, Selwyn (2009)
Look At This Savvy Kid!
zOMG, Look at the Learning!
Salad is Amazing!
“... age is not a determining factor in students’ digital lives; rather, their familiarity and
experience using ICTs is more relevant.”
“... the notion of ‘digital natives’ is inaccurate: those with such attributes are effectively a
digital elite. Instead of a new net generation growing up to replace an older analogue generation, there is a deepening digital
divide ... characterized not by age but by access and opportunity.”
21st Century Readers/Writers Must ...• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology.
• Build relationships with others to pose & solve problems collaboratively and cross culturally.
• Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes.
• Manage, analyze, & synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information.
• Create, critique, and analyze multimedia texts.
• Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments.
NCTE Framework for 21st Century Curriulum & Assessment (2007)
places to start
1Embrace & Model New Tools of Connectivity
Objectivism
Group growth
(Schwier)(Leinonen)
Individual growth
CognitivismConstructivism
Social Learning
shifts in edtech
start with 1 tool
2Connect & Learn Via Social Networks
21st Century Learning Networks
21st Century Learning Networks
Returning Fall 2013 - eci831.ca
3Participate Through Emerging Forms of Expression
1Consume, Create, Remix & Share
4Be (Appropriately) Open
“Martha shows every facet of great learning: real world change, making the environment around her better,
sharing her thinking with the world, having a conscious for the world beyond her immediate horizons, and
robustness in the face of incredible media and social media pressure.” (McIntosh, 2012)
original slide by George Couros
conclusion
“Some of the comments on Youtube make you weep for the future of humanity, just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and naked hatred.”
(Lev Grossman)@leverus
humanize
NOT
industrialize
personalize
NOT
standardize
Private Public
Closed Open
thank you
http://[email protected]
@courosa
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born
in another time. ~Tagore