Skip to main content

New Literacies in an Era of Participatory Culture

Participatory Culture is when members are free to contribute to society with their creation of problem-solving on an issue that is being valued.  It also related to the new literacies of online reading comprehension that create new skills for meaningful decision making.
The “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century” paper mentioned that media is a social mode of production, and I agree with this point. He also mentioned that participatory culture revolves around learning and investigating with technology and creating something and solving problems by thinking out of the box to change society.
Embracing participatory cultures into everyday practice in classrooms are vital and teachers need to be guides for the learners.  There might be some difficulties the teacher and the students face, but it is how these problems are being dealt with rather than to avoid having problems.  Learners would be using technology to create collaborations with their peers, augmenting on a topic by defending their opinion on an issue and solving real-world problems. Having online activities also give opportunities for learners to think critically, which is very crucial for our learners’ education and building technology skills on privacy in online communities. It is also crucial for the learners' future and preparing them for whatever occupation they are pursuing.

Comments

  1. BritteanyEDT619October 26, 2019 at 11:52 AM

    Good emphasis on using technology as a tool for collaboration. It could be easier for some students to express their opinions and thoughts online with their peers. Or, it could even extend in class group discussions outside of the classroom to further build on ideas.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Jennifer Kotlewski-BrewsterOctober 27, 2019 at 6:45 PM

    I totally agree that the teachers need to be guides for their learners, as they need to be taught the importance of building positive online skills.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Position Statement

I personally support Kozma’s position because in his article it is emphasized on how attributions are variables in media theory while Clark pointed out that it is not necessary for a medium!  Also, using media to influence learning as a result, in looking for sufficient conditions when learning in-seat classroom fails to occur.  In Kozma's conclusion, I do agree that changing our view of educational technology to advance and develop with teaching. That way, we will be able to improve and move forward in education and learning! As for my statement on the media’s influence in learning, is a great potential to create especially in this digital age as a connection between media and learning!  I believe nowadays learners become bored very easily in the classrooms, also they would get distracted and lose interest.  In my opinion, it’s a great way to integrate technology in the learning process and not to be too focused only on technology at the same time....
6 comments
Read more

My Personal Goals

My three personal goals I set at the beginning of the semester for using technology: 1. Using Telegram Messenger to communicate with learners without giving out my personal cell number. To use it as a tool to  answer questions, to correct sentences and sending audio/video recordings. Here they have a more private setting to share their thoughts among their peers. 2. Using Twitter to have learners correct or to comment on their peers' tweets. Here the learners can use  E mojis  rather than having a plaintext as well as in  Telegram , which has the learners feel more comfortable . 3. Using  Google Classroom  that it can create a safe and private virtual classroom for learners to communicate with peers and the teacher as an online discussion board. As of now, I had a few difficulties in reaching my goals this semester. Teaching ESL parents from Mexico as part of my practicum, it was challenging having them work outside of the cl...
Post a Comment
Read more