Neal,+Tracy+Ann

The term "new literacies" did not change too much for me. Being a science teacher my students are challenged everyday with defining vocabulary and information given. But as a teacher we must find new and challenging ways for students to be creative in learning "new literacies," such as incorporating web 2.0 tools. I like Julie Corio approach to the PBI process by posing questions/compelling questions. I think it is hard for students and even myself to form questions that involves thinking deeper and asking questions that are worth asking. As a different we normally using the K-W-L chart, but her chart was different. It involved asking questions, instead of stating what you know or learned from the text. This helped one to learn more about a topic. Information is given in a variety of forms. But our students are familiar with getting information faster from technology. Information is posted at a faster paced on technology. So information is rapidly availiably by using technology. New literacies push us to inquire, explore, and become more creative about our content. For example I used Julie Corio approach earlier, we must use the technologies that our students are using, such as the internet, to help our students read and write about what they learned. This can open up to new questions for students to explore. New literacies students to inquire more about topics. This helps teacher to really teach instead of give information for students to remember. This will enable teachers to help students inquire, explore, and become more creative in the classroom. It will also help students to branch out of "their world" to become more global and think about others situations and how others think. This design help me see how much information really needs to go in a lesson. These lessons help you focus on a goal or question (compelling question) that you created in the beginning. This also is a process that is going to help our students to really engage in lessons and understand information they recieve. I have created a twitter account to communicate with others and to stay up-to-date with information. As a teacher we also have our own webpages. I have extended my online identity by creating an Edmodo account to help my students and to stay up-to-date with educational tools in Science. I want to eventually create a blog for others to see. If I had one more day at the Institue, I would like to learn more about cool tools related to my content area. I felt that there was plenty of time for us to explore more than 1 cool tool to use.
 * 1. Now that you’ve had this #|professional development experience, how are you defining “new literacies?” How do you think your definition has changed or evolved this week?**
 * 2. Describe some new literacies that you learned about this week? What did you know about these topics before the week began and how has your experience this week contributed to your understanding of these new literacies?**
 * 3. In what ways are the new literacies prompted by technology? How do they affect one another?**
 * 4. How do new literacies affect the way we think about academic]] content? Describe an examples of how some specific academic content is affected by changes in the ways we reading write and thinking (i.e. new literacies).**
 * 5. How do new literacies affect the way we think about our teaching practices? How do they affect the development of new teaching practices or approaches to teaching?**
 * 6. During the week, you learning about several conceptual / theoretical frameworks for understanding the new literacies including, project-based inquiry, TPACK, Bloom’s revised cognitive theory, online identity, and #|global literacies (i.e. cultural competence, cultural awareness, cosmopolitanism). Describe your personal perspective on new literacies as it is informed by these conceptual and theoretical ideas.**
 * 7. How does the design process you learned about in your design studio work and the video digging deeper session support your understanding of the creative process?**
 * 8. You learned this week about how to manage, and in some cases create, your online identity. What action steps will you take (are you taking) to manage and further extend your online identity?**
 * 9. If you had one more day in the Institute, what would you like to learn more about and why?**