1. Unit 1: Literacies & College Writing September 14, 2011 WRA 150

3. Journal 9/14  What literacies do you posses that you wish you could use in school?  If you could, how would you use such literacies for academic work?  What kinds of literacies do you wish were taught in schools?

5. “‘Literacy’ means being able to read the world.” (Based on What Does it Mean to be Literate in the 21st Century?)

6. Traditional Literacies Verbal: Reading, writing, and speaking

7. Traditional Literacies Visual: Interpreting non-verbal messages (symbols, signs, graphs, maps, etc.)

8. Traditional Literacies Aural: Understanding music and sound

9. 21 st Century Literacies Digital/technological: Learning, using, and even creating new technologies

10. 21 st Century Literacies Critical: Knowing how to evaluate information rather than passively accepting it http://xkcd.com/285/

11. 21 st Century Literacies Information: Absorbing, understanding, and using new knowledge

12. 21 st Century Literacies Social: Being emotionally intelligent and able to read people/relationships. Also, being able to collaborate with others.

13. Traditional http://www.teachingforchange.org/profdev/civilrights/history

14. 21 st Century

15. Traditional  Local  Passive consumer  Automatically accept authority of text or teacher  Texts are static, single- medium, single-author, and unidirectional  Prepares you to follow instructions and conventions 21 st Century  Global  Active producer  Critically evaluate information being presented  Texts are mutable, multimedia, collaborative, and omnidirectional  Enables you to invent new ways of thinking and doing

16. Bio break

17. Remember, traditional literacy still matters in the 21 st century!

19. Peer review  Break into groups of 3 and exchange drafts  Read one person’s draft at a time, and then provide constructive feedback on each of the following: Is the literacy being discussed clear? If not, what could be done to clarify? Are the ideas arranged in a way that makes sense? What other arrangement strategies might be used? Is the author’s voice distinct? Appropriate? Engaging? Does the author connect his or her literacy to a larger theme or issue? What is the significance?