Quote from Chapter 6: "Too often I hear my teaching colleagues and administrators pass off mobile media as a novelty at best, and - more often - a significant distraction to learning." I disagree with the author on this quote. I believe that the context of the author teaching at an urban high school has influenced the judgment of the teacher. I believe that, in general, education is supporting the use of mobile media more so than the teacher is exposed to seeing. I read and see in the news of where more and more classrooms are using mobile media to aid in teaching. Mobile media has done wonderful things in aiding in the instruction of students with learning disabilities across all walls of life. I found an article supporting this at: http://www.edudemic.com/mobile-devices-in-the-classroom/
This article is about all of the pros of using mobile media in the classroom and they make some solid arguments for its use.
This article is about all of the pros of using mobile media in the classroom and they make some solid arguments for its use.
1. How did the Ask Anansi game support critical literacies?
The Ask Anansi game supported critical literacies because the students had to read between the lines of clues and figure out how they could get information that would lead them to the badges. A good example is the clue for the Malcolm X book badge.
The Ask Anansi game supported critical literacies because the students had to read between the lines of clues and figure out how they could get information that would lead them to the badges. A good example is the clue for the Malcolm X book badge.
2. How did the Ask Anansi game support academic literacies?
The Ask Anansi game supported academic literacies because of the amount of writing that the students had to do to participate in the game. The exchanges between the teacher and students were just like any other types of work that is completed in the classroom.
The Ask Anansi game supported academic literacies because of the amount of writing that the students had to do to participate in the game. The exchanges between the teacher and students were just like any other types of work that is completed in the classroom.
3. How did the Ask Anansi game support digital literacies?
The Ask Anansi game supported digital literacies through the use of the mobile media devices and the tools that were available to the students. The students used these tools and gained in understanding digitally.
The Ask Anansi game supported digital literacies through the use of the mobile media devices and the tools that were available to the students. The students used these tools and gained in understanding digitally.
4. What is meant by the term "reading the word and reading the world and writing the world"? Give an example from the chapter.
The term "reading the word and reading the world and writing the world" means that a reader has to read the work, see how it relates to the world and then response on how it fits in their world. The example in the chapter is when the students wrote onto their school's Wikipedia page. They put in information about how the school operates on top of the basic information of facts.
The term "reading the word and reading the world and writing the world" means that a reader has to read the work, see how it relates to the world and then response on how it fits in their world. The example in the chapter is when the students wrote onto their school's Wikipedia page. They put in information about how the school operates on top of the basic information of facts.
Reference:
Avila, JuliAnna, Pandya, Jessica Zacher.(2013)Critical Digital Literacies as Social
Praxis. Peter Lang Publishing: New York, New York.
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