New Media and New Literacies

I decided to choose “Improving Digital Literacy for Practices” and “Digital Literacy” as the two articles I looked at. As I reflected on the two readings I noticed a lot of similarities between the two. One common trend that I was noticing was the admiration of digital literacy from the younger generations. Both articles discussed that they acknowledged that the younger generations use social media and their electronic devices more than the past generations. This has created an increase in the use of technology, including digital literacy, in and out of the classroom. One thing I found interesting was, “For example, an English classroom may explore social justice movements by looking at the rhetorical structure of hashtags in social networks, or a social science classroom may use video editing software to support student-created documentaries tied to the history of the school’s community. In both cases, the digital tools are secondary to the teacher’s literacy and learning goals.(ILA, ...

Blog Post for New Literacies: Digital Literacy is one of the most up and coming topics in the education department. Every time my school has a staff meeting our IT department comes in and gives us a new literacy tip or trick to help enhance our teaching or to make things easier/shorter. We even had a meeting where they discussed Magic School AI and how we should be using that to shorten our planning down. I am going to be honest, I haven’t used it for much. I typically use it for topic based word problems in math. Example: Multi digit multiplication but then having the word problems be about football. I find this engages the students and makes learning fun. A lot of what we read during Professional development is online through a link or PDF. As a younger teacher, this doesn’t come with any difficulties for me. I do have some teachers who have been teaching for years and they find it difficult to navigate a computer, much less learning online. I found it interesting when NCTE Position ...

Hello, My name is Fallon Morris and I grew up in Baldwinsville, NY. I still live in Baldwinsville and love the cute town it has to offer. I taught at an Oswego,NY elementary school last year where I taught 4th grade. This year I decided to teach closer to home. I accepted a job 15 minutes away at a tiny school called Cato-Meridian. This was such a difference from my last school. They start in Pre-K with one another and go all the way up to senior year with the same kids (There is only one elementary school). I have been teaching for two years so I am still learning the ins and outs of teaching. I have an extremely difficult class this year where I have anger aggression kids as well as 8:1:1 kids that push into my room for science, social studies, and ELA. I received my bachelors from Keuka College where I was dual certified in both General Education and Special Education. My college was very tiny BUT it was on a really beautiful lake. I played soccer in college which allowed me to mak...