1. New Literacies, New Practices : Media Literacy and Web 2.0 Applications Dr Jackie Marsh, UKLA University of Sheffield

2. New literacies, new practices This presentation is based on the premise that literacy is changing in a new media world (Kress, 2003; Lankshear and Knobel). We need to develop new educational practices that relate to children and young people’s out-of- school practices if the literacy curriculum is to be relevant and meaningful (Marsh and Millard, 2005). This presentation will focus on the use of web- based tools to develop media literacy, specifically the analysis and production of news.

3. What is Web 2.0?

4. (Angermeier, 2005 )

5. Some of the most useful products and services for educators interested in media literacy Blogger Wikis Podcasting Syndication

6. How can Web 2.0 develop media literacy? Products and services enable manipulation of and reflection on data. Collaboration and participation are key factors – can encourage group critical reflection. Fosters agency and creativity of individuals e.g. citizen journalists.

7. Citizen journalism … …is the act of citizens ‘playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating information’ (Bowman and Willis, 2005) ‘Peoplerazzi’ http://www.nowpublic.com/http://www.nowpublic.com/

8. Wikis and citizen journalism

9. London bombings 7/7

10. Key question for pupils What are the advantages and disadvantages of ‘citizen journalism’?

11. News and blogs Many ‘news’ blogs maintained by ‘citizen journalists’ e.g. blog kept by Iraqi civilian Salam Pax, who was eventually invited to write a column for the Guardian on the Iraqi invasion Many newspapers now have blogs in addition to printed newspapers and online news

12. Folksonomic tags Links Blog archives, categorised by content Comments facility

13. Readers can report on offensive comments Identity of commenter and date comment sent stated

14. Key question for pupils What does a news blog do that a newspaper doesn’t, and vice-versa?

15. Syndication and news

16. http://www.frustratedcities.com

17. News and podcasting

18. http://mgsonline.blogs.com/geoblog/podcasts/index.html geoBlog: Podcasts

19. Evoca

20. http://radiowaves.co.uk/

21. Radiowaves

22. News and online publishing systems

24. Making the News

25. Monteney Primary: Making the News

26. Conclusion Web 2.0 products and services have great potential for work on the media. Pupils can create blogs, wikis and webpages relaying news as well as exploring the way in which news is created and reported across Web 2.0 platforms. Web 2.0 is changing the nature of journalism and the newspaper industry – contemporary pupils can be at the forefront of tracing these changes and their implications. New literacy practices are needed for new times – educators need to take risks and explore potential.