Matt’s Notes
I was really inspired by Doug’s choice of topic today… maybe because, according to him… I chose it… a couple (few)(???) episodes ago… I will defer to my senior colleague on this…
In lieu of trying to talk substantively about any one thing, I found myself grazing these past few days… in and around TUMULTUOUS BUT ULTIMATELY VERY GOOD PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES…
- I am no longer UN-employed… I am SELF-employed… 506 Consulting Ltd, has been… truthfully… in my mind longer than I’d care to admit… once it became clear my last position was going to be tough to hold onto… you might start thinking… “how to account for this time on my CV??” and so, Friends, I am now “a Consultant”… soon to be a legit, legally incorporated business operating in the province of British Columbia…
- I’ve been looking at the photographs in Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws. This was, partially, a function of being short on time this week… but… I look at these pictures, these photographs, these documents… of what was… and all the futures both lived and possible… the living personhood of some ancestors and elders… an entire way of life both explicit and implied… it’s to be taken somewhere else while wholly remaining where we are right now…
- I spent a lot of time looking at Google Fonts today… I’ve gone there for the Metal Mania font we use at the music podcast… and the font for my new consulting venture is… Zen Antiqua Soft… which… in all honest sincerity… completely conveys the vibe I’m after with said venture…
- I’m proud (weirdly) to say that I’m now a paid member of Unsplash Plus!
- I spent a pretty good amount of time with the Calculator Soup Roman Numeral Converter… V_VI or DVI… this may or may not be due to my recent, admittedly weird, interest in Stoicism… via Amazon Kindle…
- The Hybrid Pedagogy folks remain very cool…
- Internationally-renowned Secwepemc poet, researcher, and educator Garry Gottfriedson will be launching his new book Bent Back Tongue at TRU this Wednesday evening…
- Doug sent me a link to R/podcasts… which I haven’t actually looked at yet… but is probably cool!
There was probably more… but that’s all I’ve got right now… Thanks as always, Doug, for the compelling topic…
Great Moments in Going Underground, parts I-III (GIF’s)
Doug’s Notes
Is education a niche media subculture?
We seem to get stuck teaching literacies with each cultural technology effect that comes along.
‘Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning. It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives. For individuals, families, and societies alike, it is an instrument of empowerment to improve one’s health, one’s income, and one’s relationship with the world.’
UNESCO, 2016
We would like to suggest that the term ‘dynamic literacies’ is one way to think about an inclusive, umbrella term which is responsive and inclusive enough to describe the changing nature of meaningmaking in the context of digital media and culture. ‘Dynamic literacies’, is, for us, a term which brings together the shifting and contested versions of literacies.
‘Dynamic literacies’, a key concern of this book is the changing nature of teaching and learning in response to the widespread consumption and production of digital media texts and artefacts in wider culture. We recognise, in turn, that this has a great deal to do with how we define ‘literacy’ with ‘ because literacy is in some senses in a symbiotic relationship pedagogy’; our shared understanding of what it means to be literate determines not only what we learn but how we learn and even what it means to be a learner.
Potter, J., & McDougall, J. (2017). Digital media, culture and education: Theorising third space literacies (pp. 1-205). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
The introduction of each new medium (radio, film, television, and finally the internet) during the 20th century has been accompanied by anxiety about its imagined effect on less educated, “vunerable” social groups.
Sefton-Green, J. (2006). Chapter 8 Youth, Technology, and Media Cultures. Review of research in education, 30(1), 279-306.
Educators must work together to ensure that all young Americans have access to the skills and experiences needed to become full participants, can articulate their understanding of how media shapes perceptions, and are socialized into the emerging ethical standards that should shape their practices as media makers and participants in online communities.
Schools as institutions have been slow to react to the emergence of this new participatory culture
Transmedia navigation The ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.
Jenkins, H. (2009). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century (p. 145). The MIT Press.
We look forward to seeing you next time… to be continued… even during the Holidays!
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