Miller and McVee in both Chapter 3 and 6 talked about Digital literacy and its integration Mostly about Digital literacy in Ch. 3 and its integration in Ch. 6, but in either case, I found each chapter to be extremely useful.
I enjoyed reading Ch. 3 because of the digital video aspect of it and its use in a classroom. I absolutely love watching movies and my collection of DVDs is going everyday. I was really happy to read about McVee and Miller saw the usefulness of digital videos in a classroom. Although the talk about grammar was a little confusing, I was able to grasp the main idea they were talking about. I think they were trying to tell us that there is so much literacy that goes into a digital video. Not only is the movie itself a work of many different literacies, but the work that goes behind the video also contains many literacies. Take a look at the short Vimeo clip link I posted below. This Vimeo is a storyboard by one of Disney's animators, Heidi Gilbert, about doing Wicked the Musical as an animated feature.
http://vimeo.com/19733014#at=0
You will find that the animated storyboard contains many literacies, such as design, perspective, color, and spacing.
And in case you were too lazy to follow the link (I just kid :P) , here is another example of a student doing another storyboard for Wicked in which she had to adapt it into a favorite T.V. show or movie.
In both cases, a lot of work and literacy went into each storyboard.
Digital literacies contain many different elements which I believe are essential for any student to go out and try. As a future teacher, I know I will strive to do something like this in my classroom because it is fun, yet useful at the same time.
What do you guys think? Do you feel digital literacies are valid? What would you have liked to see in your classrooms growing up?
Thanks for reading and have a great day! And remember....
~Add a little Streiff to your life~
-Joey S.
This is such an awesome post! Such helpful information! :)I think digital literacy could engage students that are not interested in learning in a traditional manner. I personally would have liked projects allowing more creativity.
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