What is your current thinking about teaching "new literacies" as part of your ELA instruction? 
    

    When it comes down to teaching "new literacies" in a ELA instruction, I believe it is going to be pretty interesting and will require many of us, teachers, to be more creative. New literacies include the following: Traditional Literacy, Information Literacy, Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Computer Literacy, Network Literacy, and Digital Literacy. The importance of "new literacies" is being demonstrated right now during the pandemic. Covid-19 changed many different lifestyles and perhaps one of the biggest changes is online schooling. Many students and teachers had to accommodate with the new "normal" and for many it was not easy. 

    For me, I feel pretty confident in teaching "new literacies" as part of my ELA instruction. I do believe it will be challenging to balance things out and have limitations. However, today's children know more about technology than ever, so I believe it will not be as difficult to teach them how to use it, but rather how to use if effectively, positively, and beneficially. 

What obstacles to you see for teaching "new literacies" in the classroom?

    If i'm be honest, I do not see major obstacles in teaching the "new literacies" in the classroom. In my opinion, the biggest obstacle, if any, that teachers could face would probably be making sure students know where to find the right information and differentiate between accurate and inaccurate websites. Another thing would be finding balance between when to use technology and when technology would be considered "too much" or in other words, "over using it." 

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  1. Hannah KaneJanuary 21, 2021 at 6:34 PM

    Hi Esmail,
    I definitely agree that making sure having the right information for your students will be the biggest obstacle especially since website can change or completely just disappear and no longer exist. This can make it challenging if your lesson plan was going to be solely based off of those websites and now you would have to start from scratch! Great read I really enjoyed your post.

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    1. Hannah KaneJanuary 21, 2021 at 6:37 PM

      Hi the last post isn't showing my name it says unknown But my name is Hannah Kane sorry!

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