6816 - Weekly Reading #10

How does the project detailed in the video support research process that consistent with the kind of research people encounter in the workplace.

It uses the workplace to resolve real issues and helps the people work together and help each other.  They also used technologies that help with the 21st century skills that are very important.  They ended up using the local people for help which is great and this supports research processes.  Within this project, there were able to observe things, collect different sorts of data, and they used the data collected to solve the problem at hand.

How does this project support new literacies?

This project supports new literacies by using the technology that is used within Web 2.0 tools and the technology that engages students to learn.  These new literacies were used to help the students become engaged and work together to learn the 21st century skills.  They used observations, collection of data, and usage of the data to solve problems.  This is the literacy our students need to learn.

Sources:

Jenkins, Henry. (2008). Educause Learning Initiative. What can Wikipedia Teach Us About the New Media Literacies. http://hosted4.mediasite.com/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=a3224ae765a64c70a8e33ee164992f511d

International Reading Association. (2009). New Literacies and 21st Century Technologies. http://www.reading.org/Libraries/position-statements-and-resolutions/ps1067_NewLiteracies21stCentury.pdf

International Society for Technology in Education. (2012). ISTE 2012 Wednesday Keynote Dr. Willie Smits with Christopher Gauthier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-qjllPCOo