Title: EPISODE5 – Taking another read of digital literacy

Products mentioned at the beginning:

• FlipVideo camera
• Google Reader

Notes: We’re still trying to apply older approaches to “digital literacy.” Let’s explore some more appropriate approaches to reading dynamic content.

Not much conversation from the outside, but we were talking about if there is a need for a different way to approach digital texts. Is there a fundamental difference in how we read print and non-print texts?

In answering that question (which I may or may not have really answered), we can recognize the tension between literacy pedagogy that either encourages reading for fluency (enjoyment) or reading for precision (skill).

One program mentioned in the podcast that addresses digital literacy (and that recognizes the skill-based view of reading) is the Big6. I also mentioned the Big6 Research Paper organizer in the podcast.

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Next Week’s TalkShoe:
Episode 6: Moodle Chat: Capturing conversation in a blur.
Episode Notes: Is there value in treading on the “kids” territory of IMing? Information overload with so many voices and the same time?
Start Time (EDT): 03/23/08 07:10 PM EDT