One of the interesting ideas today is that we are able to teach New Literacies without technology. This is a great way to get around technology issues, yet still emphasize the skills used in New Literacies which are engaging to students as skills they use in their daily activities.
1. "Snowball" activity: Write a comment or response to what was presented. Crumple up the ball and throw it to another student. He or she un-crumples the paper and writes a response to the response on the paper. Repeat and continue the process. This resembles the ability to comment on ideas such as a blog.
2. Brainstorm Corners: Take a large sheet of paper. Each member of the group takes a corner of the paper. They brainstorm ideas based on the topic. The students then share their lists and cross off any doubles. Then students can make categories that these ideas fit into. This helps students organize a Wiki for this topic and the categories will become page titles.
These two activities show that technology is not needed to allow students an opportunity to interact in a way that supports New Literacies. We can tap into students' skills used in their daily lives to make our lessons more engaging and student led. We can reference the technology or show them examples of how what they do in the class translates into "real world" examples.
Another reason why these activities are important is they are a bridge for the teachers who are
reluctant to using New Literacies . This allows them to start seeing the skills necessary for New Literacies without adding the worries of technology.
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