Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Innovation in Evaluation April 4th and 5th, 2011 Cambridge, MA Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessment Margaret Weigel, bambini media

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | About me…

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Project New Media Literacies… -- one of the first three projects funded by the MacArthur Foundations $50M Digital Media and Learning Initiative (2005).

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Project New Media Literacies… -- one of the first three projects funded by the MacArthur Foundations $50M Digital Media and Learning Initiative (2005). --Year One: Framework for new media literacies Prototypes of potential work

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Project New Media Literacies… -- one of the first three projects funded by the MacArthur Foundations $50M Digital Media and Learning Initiative (2005). --Year One: Framework for new media literacies Prototypes of potential work

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Project New Media Literacies… -- one of the first three projects funded by the MacArthur Foundations $50M Digital Media and Learning Initiative (2005). --Year One: Framework for new media literacies Prototypes of potential work “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century”

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | What constitutes a participatory culture?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | What constitutes a participatory culture? -- Low barriers to participation (i.e. access)

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | What constitutes a participatory culture? -- Low barriers to participation (i.e. access) -- Strong support for creating and sharing work with others

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | What constitutes a participatory culture? -- Low barriers to participation (i.e. access) -- Strong support for creating and sharing work with others -- Informal mentorship where experience and knowledge is passed down to novices

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | What constitutes a participatory culture? -- Low barriers to participation (i.e. access) -- Strong support for creating and sharing work with others -- Informal mentorship where experience and knowledge is passed down to novices --A sense of meaning and purpose

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | What constitutes a participatory culture? -- Low barriers to participation (i.e. access) -- Strong support for creating and sharing work with others -- Informal mentorship where experience and knowledge is passed down to novices --A sense of meaning and purpose -- Some degree of social connection with others (individuals, a community)

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Two fundamental challenges…

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Two fundamental challenges… -- What to teach

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Two fundamental challenges… -- What to teach -- How to teach it

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Two fundamental challenges… -- What to teach -- How to teach it -- The Transparency Problem: educating students to identity how media shapes information via presentation…

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Two fundamental challenges… -- What to teach -- How to teach it -- The Transparency Problem: educating students to identity how media shapes information via presentation… -- The Ethics Challenge: educating students to behave as a responsible participant and community member….

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | What skills can be cultivated? -- Play -- Performance -- Simulation -- Appropriation -- Multitasking --Distributed Cognition --Collective Intelligence -- Judgment -- Transmedia Navigation -- Networking -- Negotiation

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Play “the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Play “the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving” + - Students are given ‘free time’ online to explore what interests them. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Play “the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving” + - Students are given ‘free time’ online to explore what interests them. ? Students use time online to chat with friends, skim the web, or browse inappropriate content.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Play “the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving” + - Students are given ‘free time’ online to explore what interests them. ? Students use time online to chat with friends, skim the web, or browse inappropriate content. Is there an identifiable academic payoff? Is there sustained/deeper exploration? Does it captivate the student’s attention?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Simulation “the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Simulation “the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes” + - Students grow a functional society from the ground up by playing “SimCity.” ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Simulation “the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes” + - Students grow a functional society from the ground up by playing “SimCity.” ? Students do not bother to discover what facilitates (or even breaks) the SimCity model.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Simulation “the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes” + - Students grow a functional society from the ground up by playing “SimCity.” ? Students do not bother to discover what facilitates (or even breaks) the SimCity model. Does the student understand processes better? Can the student deliberately alter outcomes by manipulating variables?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Performance “the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purposes of improvisation and discovery” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Performance “the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purposes of improvisation and discovery” + - A student adopts a professional role (I.e. architect) in a sustained fashion (epistemic games). ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Performance “the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purposes of improvisation and discovery” + - A student adopts a professional role (I.e. architect) in a sustained fashion (epistemic games). ? A student either chooses a role s/he is not interested in, and/or cannot sustain the role.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Performance “the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purposes of improvisation and discovery” + - A student adopts a professional role (I.e. architect) in a sustained fashion (epistemic games). ? A student either chooses a role s/he is not interested in, and/or cannot sustain the role. Does the student demonstrate an understanding of this role? Can the student engage with others while performing this role?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Appropriation “the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Appropriation “the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content” + - A student creates a collage out of photos of the Civil War found online. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Appropriation “the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content” + - A student creates a collage out of photos of the Civil War found online. ? A student finds some random images and slaps them together in no particular order.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Appropriation “the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content” + - A student creates a collage out of photos of the Civil War found online. ? A student finds some random images and slaps them together in no particular order. Has the student found meaning in the content? Is this meaning new? Is it apparent to an external audience? Can s/he explain the choices made?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Multi-tasking “the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus onto salient details on an ad hoc basis” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Multi-tasking “the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus onto salient details on an ad hoc basis” + - A student works on a ‘breaking news’ blog, updating content as it is sent along. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Multi-tasking “the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus onto salient details on an ad hoc basis” + - A student works on a ‘breaking news’ blog, updating content as it is sent along. ? A student gets distracted by text messages and , and does not return to the work at hand.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Multi-tasking “the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus onto salient details on an ad hoc basis” + - A student works on a ‘breaking news’ blog, updating content as it is sent along. ? A student gets distracted by text messages and , and does not return to the work at hand. Does the student focus on appropriate material? Can s/he pick up where s/he left off? Can s/he ignore stimuli as necessary?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Distributed Cognition “the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand our cognition.” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Distributed Cognition “the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand our cognition.” + - Student teams play a roleplaying game using handheld devices, which allow them to share information with other team members. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Distributed Cognition “the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand our cognition.” + - Student teams play a roleplaying game using handheld devices, which allow them to share information with other team members. ? Students don’t share information, can’t or won’t operate the devices, and show no interest in solving the puzzle.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Distributed Cognition “the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand our cognition.” + - Student teams play a roleplaying game using handheld devices, which allow them to share information with other team members. ? Students don’t share information, can’t or won’t operate the devices, and show no interest in solving the puzzle. Can the student operate the device? Does s/he use it appropriately? Can s/he understand/synthesize information? Is s/he engaged in solving the puzzle?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Collective Intelligence “the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others towards a common goal.” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Collective Intelligence “the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others towards a common goal.” + - Students compile a list of local government resources, publish it in a wiki, and initiate dialogues with community residents. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Collective Intelligence “the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others towards a common goal.” + - Students compile a list of local government resources, publish it in a wiki, and initiate dialogues with community residents. ? Students don’t share information with the broader community, or find it independently, that further the common goal.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Collective Intelligence “the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others towards a common goal.” + - Students compile a list of local government resources, publish it in a wiki, and initiate dialogues with community residents. ? Students don’t share information with the broader community, or find it independently, that further the common goal. Can the student interact with individuals and groups outside of school? Can the student identify existing information? Is the student engaged in the problem?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Judgment “the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources.” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Judgment “the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources.” + - A student researches and finds several different cropped versions of a single news photo online. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Judgment “the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources.” + - A student researches and finds several different cropped versions of a single news photo online. ? A student uncritically accepts the validity of images and content found online, and forwards found content along to friends.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Judgment “the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources.” + - A student searches and finds several different cropped versions of a single news photo online. ? A student uncritically accepts the validity of images and content found online, and forwards found content along to friends. Does the student look for markers of credibility? Does s/he seek out different perspectives? Does s/he look for the source of online content, and the perspective(s) of the author(s)?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Transmedia Navigation “the ability to deal with the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Transmedia Navigation “the ability to deal with the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.” + - A student uses a variety of platforms (instant message, PowerPoint, video camera) to create and share a story. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Transmedia Navigation “the ability to deal with the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.” + - A student uses a variety of platforms (instant message, PowerPoint, video camera) to create and share a story. ? A student uses a single modality to create a story, which is not shared online.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Transmedia Navigation “the ability to deal with the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.” + - A student uses a variety of platforms (instant message, PowerPoint, video camera) to create and share a story. ? A student uses a single modality to create a story, which is not shared online. Can the student find and create content in various forms? Can s/he conduct a search across multiple modalities? Can s/he follow a narrative across different platforms?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Networking “the ability to search for, synthesize and disseminate information in a social network.” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Networking “the ability to search for, synthesize and disseminate information in a social network.” + - Students stage a citywide protest about a pending bill in the State House via MySpace. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Networking “the ability to search for, synthesize and disseminate information in a social network.” + - Students stage a citywide protest about a pending bill in the State House via MySpace. ? Students are upset about a pending bill in the State House, but can’t coordinate a protest.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Networking “the ability to search for, synthesize and disseminate information in a social network.” + - Students stage a citywide protest about a pending bill in the State House via MySpace. ? Students are upset about a pending bill in the State House, but can’t coordinate a protest. Can a student network with peers? Can s/he contact adults and professionals via online tools?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Negotiation “the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and following alternative sets of norms.” + - ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Negotiation “the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and following alternative sets of norms.” + - A student successfully participates in a national online forum with a wide range of participants and opinions. ?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Negotiation “the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and following alternative sets of norms.” + - A student successfully participates in a national online forum with a wide range of participants and opinions. ? A student does not participate, and/or is unable to respectfully listen to different perspectives and opinions.

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | Negotiation “the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and following alternative sets of norms.” + - A student successfully participates in a national online forum with a wide range of participants and opinions. ? A student does not participate, and/or is unable to respectfully listen to different perspectives and opinions. Can a student respect alternate opinions? Can he express himself clearly? Can she argue her case ? Can he change his mind when appropriate?

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | More challenges…

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | More challenges… -- standardized testing

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | More challenges… -- standardized testing -- synthesizing assessment into existing subject domains

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | More challenges… -- standardized testing -- synthesizing assessment into existing subject domains -- shared standards across districts/states/nations

Frameworks for New Media Literacy Assessments Margaret Weigel, bambini media || OLPC Workshop || April 5, 2011 | INTRODUCTION | LEARNING CONTEXT | LEARNING CONTENT | MORE CHALLENGES | More challenges… -- standardized testing -- synthesizing assessment into existing subject domains -- shared standards across districts/states/nations -- combine assessment with taxonomy of skills, i.e. Bloom’s taxonomy