digital literacies apr2010
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Digital Literacies &DIY Moviemaking
Literacy Volunteers of NJ “Literacy for Life” PD conference
Michele [email protected]
Literacies ….
are not just about “reading” and “writing”
are always about reading or writing (or viewing etc.) something for some purpose
Now read this:
Behaviors allow the user’s interactions with the page to change the page, or to cause certain tasks to be performed.
Literacies are…
“socially recognized ways of generating, communicating and negotiating meaningful content mediated by encoded texts within contexts of participating in Discourses.”
(Lankshear & Knobel, 2006: 32)
An example of meaning beyond the level of the text: Oolong the Pancake Bunny
LOLcats
LOLcats
LOLcats
Lolcats: icanhazcheezburger.com
Collaborative pooling of ideas/humor
Deeply intertextual
“lolspeak” Insider
knowledge
Digital Literacies
When we talk about “digital” literacies it’s helpful to distinguish between “new technical stuff” and “new ethos stuff”
New Technical Stuff
“You click for A and you click for red”
Digitally-mediated networks DIY (do-it-yourself), tinkering,
mucking around, etc. High touch, low cost tools Democratized access to quality
finish and distribution
New Ethos Stuff
Reflects the expansion of an emerging mindset
Evident in the logic of Web 2.0
• Value is a function of dispersion
• A “post-industrial” view of production
• Products as enabling services
• A focus on leverage and non finite participation
• Tools are increasingly tools of mediation and relationship technologies
• The focus is increasingly on “collectives” as the unit of production, competence, intelligence
• Expertise and authority are distributed and collective; hybrid experts
• Space is open, continuous and fluid
• Social relations of emerging “digital media space” are increasingly visible; texts in change
• Value is a function of scarcity
• Production is based on an “industrial” model
• Products are material artifacts and commodities
• Production is based on infrastructure and production units and centers (e.g., a firm or company)
• Tools are mainly production tools
• The individual person is the unit of production, competence, intelligence
• Expertise and authority are “located” in individuals and institutions
• Space is enclosed and purpose specific
• Social relations of “bookspace” prevail; a stable “textual order”
The world increasingly operates on non-material (e.g., cyberspatial) and post-industrial principles and logics. The world is “decentered” and “flat.”
The world basically operates on physical/material and industrial principles and logics. The world is “centered” and hierarchical.
Mindset 2Mindset 1
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
GoogleNetscape
Tagging (“folksonomy”)Directories (taxonomy)
WikisContent management systems
ParticipationPublishing
WeblogsPersonal websites
WikipediaBritannica Online
FlickrOfoto
Clarifying Web 1.0 / Web 2.0
Participating fully in digital literacies
Aesthetics, appreciation, form and composition are all key dimensions of many digital literacy practices
Includes willingness to share, work collaboratively, support others’ contributions
Includes conceptualization of the production, the design, “insider” norms and criteria for judging quality
Being an AMV remixer
Before you get started on your own video, you must first figure out what is a good anime music video and what makes it good. Figuring this out isn’t some 10 minute revelation. You have to watch many videos over and over again that are considered good. Watch them closely. Watch them several times in a row. Why is the video good? Be sure to view a minimum of Phade’s Required Viewing [hyperlink]. Figure it out and then try to do what they did.
(AMV.org/guides)
For example….
Fan Fiction
DIY Manga comics
Wikipedia
Podcasting
E.g., podcourse.blogspot.com
Machinima
Affinity space: http://www.machinima.com
So what?
The deep importance of recognizing adult learners’ existing literacy proficiencies and practices
“Participation” is deeply meaningfulThe importance of understanding the
“new ethos” of current timesWe each need to find ways to
leverage digital literacies in formal learning contexts
http://NewLits.org
Examine a range of digital literacies resources
Free music to download under “Anime music videos”. A how-to chapter on digital movie making is here, too
Feel free to explore and contribute your own materials
Workshop: Movie making
Look for these icons :
Moviemaking: Windows Movie Maker
Moviemaking
Moviemaking (iMovie ‘08)
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Make Love, Not Warcraft -- Artard
http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=10820