Comments on: Why digital literacy != the ‘aftermath’ of literacy http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Tue, 22 Aug 2034 22:56:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: amcunningham http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 amcunningham Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:10:04 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2890#comment-3461 Really interesting. There is a word for a term which becomes so ubiquitous that it is meaningless, but for the last year or so I have been struggling to remember it and can't! Digital literacy seems to be here to stay... or digital fluency....or digital competence...<br><br>Because the tools that are used to demonstrate these literacies are ever changing there is a feeling that we should look to the underlying literacies if going to instruct students. But are we clear about what those literacies are? Do they change as the tools change? Should we just be leaving students to find their own way?<br><br>As I say, really interesting. Really interesting. There is a word for a term which becomes so ubiquitous that it is meaningless, but for the last year or so I have been struggling to remember it and can't! Digital literacy seems to be here to stay… or digital fluency….or digital competence…

Because the tools that are used to demonstrate these literacies are ever changing there is a feeling that we should look to the underlying literacies if going to instruct students. But are we clear about what those literacies are? Do they change as the tools change? Should we just be leaving students to find their own way?

As I say, really interesting.

]]> By: amcunningham http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3044 amcunningham Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:10:04 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2890#comment-3044 Really interesting. There is a word for a term which becomes so ubiquitous that it is meaningless, but for the last year or so I have been struggling to remember it and can't! Digital literacy seems to be here to stay... or digital fluency....or digital competence...<br><br>Because the tools that are used to demonstrate these literacies are ever changing there is a feeling that we should look to the underlying literacies if going to instruct students. But are we clear about what those literacies are? Do they change as the tools change? Should we just be leaving students to find their own way?<br><br>As I say, really interesting. Really interesting. There is a word for a term which becomes so ubiquitous that it is meaningless, but for the last year or so I have been struggling to remember it and can't! Digital literacy seems to be here to stay… or digital fluency….or digital competence…

Because the tools that are used to demonstrate these literacies are ever changing there is a feeling that we should look to the underlying literacies if going to instruct students. But are we clear about what those literacies are? Do they change as the tools change? Should we just be leaving students to find their own way?

As I say, really interesting.

]]> By: amcunningham http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2687 amcunningham Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:10:04 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2890#comment-2687 Really interesting. There is a word for a term which becomes so ubiquitous that it is meaningless, but for the last year or so I have been struggling to remember it and can't! Digital literacy seems to be here to stay... or digital fluency....or digital competence...<br><br>Because the tools that are used to demonstrate these literacies are ever changing there is a feeling that we should look to the underlying literacies if going to instruct students. But are we clear about what those literacies are? Do they change as the tools change? Should we just be leaving students to find their own way?<br><br>As I say, really interesting. Really interesting. There is a word for a term which becomes so ubiquitous that it is meaningless, but for the last year or so I have been struggling to remember it and can't! Digital literacy seems to be here to stay… or digital fluency….or digital competence…

Because the tools that are used to demonstrate these literacies are ever changing there is a feeling that we should look to the underlying literacies if going to instruct students. But are we clear about what those literacies are? Do they change as the tools change? Should we just be leaving students to find their own way?

As I say, really interesting.

]]> By: Medela metro bag http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2686 Medela metro bag Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:07:14 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2890#comment-2686 Thanks for the interesting read, i loved it.<br><br>Debra Thanks for the interesting read, i loved it.

Debra

]]> By: leoncych http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2684 leoncych Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:32:18 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2890#comment-2684 Tough one Doug - wearing my poetry hat I can see the point and exaclty why I included your thesis on the word in a CPD ICT resource I am writing with Theo for ICT teachers - the word itself has quotation marks around it but I'm stuffed to think of another term... Tough one Doug – wearing my poetry hat I can see the point and exaclty why I included your thesis on the word in a CPD ICT resource I am writing with Theo for ICT teachers – the word itself has quotation marks around it but I'm stuffed to think of another term…

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2683 Doug Belshaw Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:34:04 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2890#comment-2683 I think that the fact that you (and I, to some extent) interpret literacy as being about 'communication' gives away our prejudices. Literacy's as much about power as about communication. It's about inclusion and exclusion.<br><br>But that's not the point of this post. It's about 'literacy' as a term being hijacked and being devalued as a word that connotes any useful meaning. It no longer, to my mind, delimits and sets boundaries. If that's the case, then it's no longer a useful term... I think that the fact that you (and I, to some extent) interpret literacy as being about 'communication' gives away our prejudices. Literacy's as much about power as about communication. It's about inclusion and exclusion.

But that's not the point of this post. It's about 'literacy' as a term being hijacked and being devalued as a word that connotes any useful meaning. It no longer, to my mind, delimits and sets boundaries. If that's the case, then it's no longer a useful term…

]]> By: Ben Grey http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/08/19/why-digital-literacy-the-aftermath-of-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2682 Ben Grey Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:42:27 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2890#comment-2682 The same can be said for the word consequences. It isn't inherently negative, but that is what people associate with the word.<br><br>I still don't think literacy was ever exclusively about reading or writing. I believe it has always been about communicating. It's how we process the input and output of communication. The mediums change, but literacy remains the roots of how we communicate.<br><br>If we're going to use monikers like digital or attention or financial or media, then yes, we will need to carefully consider what happens to the meaning of the base. The issue as we've discussed quite a bit in the past is that we're losing sight of the forest for the trees in a way here. We're getting caught up in all the descriptors, and by so doing, we're losing literacy.<br><br>Teaching kids to be better at paying attention, managing finances, dealing with multiple forms of media are all important things, but I don't think they are necessarily about how we're communicating directly one with another.<br><br>These are certainly only brief thoughts, and are entirely my opinion on the issue as I continue to wrestle with it as you are, Doug. Keep up the conversation; it's an important one to continue. The same can be said for the word consequences. It isn't inherently negative, but that is what people associate with the word.

I still don't think literacy was ever exclusively about reading or writing. I believe it has always been about communicating. It's how we process the input and output of communication. The mediums change, but literacy remains the roots of how we communicate.

If we're going to use monikers like digital or attention or financial or media, then yes, we will need to carefully consider what happens to the meaning of the base. The issue as we've discussed quite a bit in the past is that we're losing sight of the forest for the trees in a way here. We're getting caught up in all the descriptors, and by so doing, we're losing literacy.

Teaching kids to be better at paying attention, managing finances, dealing with multiple forms of media are all important things, but I don't think they are necessarily about how we're communicating directly one with another.

These are certainly only brief thoughts, and are entirely my opinion on the issue as I continue to wrestle with it as you are, Doug. Keep up the conversation; it's an important one to continue.

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