New Media & New Literacies

The two articles that I will mention in this blog are Teaching Skills That Matter, and Improving Digital Practices for Literacy, Learning, and Justice: more than just tools. Across both articles, the main takeaway emphasized the importance of teaching our students digital literacy, while keeping in mind that technology should not replace our instruction but enhance it. Digital Literacy is important because it is used daily in our professional and personal lives and we are constantly, fluidly switching between non-digital and digital resources.  Main Take-aways In the article, Improving Digital Practices for Literacy, Learning, and Justice, the author emphasizes the importance of preparing our students for a world outside of school, in regard to digital literacy. Students must have authentic learning goals, and then digital resources can be used as an extra tool to enhance the lesson. For example, Garcia mentioned English teachers “exploring social justice movements by looking at th...

In today's day and age technology is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly widespread. But what role does this technological expansion take in literacy? Literacy as we know it refers to reading and writing, but when implementing technology and the media, how does literacy change and what does it look like? I will be referencing two articles that address this “new” form of literacy; Expanded Territories of “Literacy”: New Literacies and Multiliteracies by Yuan Sang, and Improving Digital Practices for Literacy, Learning, and Justice by the International Literacy Association.  As society changes, literacy must adapt and change with it. In the article, Improving Digital Practices for Literacy, Learning, and Justice, the quote “our classrooms must move fluidly between the digital and analog worlds that we simultaneously inhabit” stood out (International Literacy Association, 2018). In almost everything that we do, we are constantly moving between digital and analog worlds at t...

Hi everyone! My name is Kayla Mulvaney and this is my first semester taking courses at Suny Empire. I graduated with my Bachelors Degree from Russell Sage in 2022. I studied Childhood Education while I was there, and then received my initial grades 1-6 teaching certification. This coming school year will be my third year teaching 6th grade Science and Reading, and I am so excited for the school year to commence! When I had initially accepted the position as a 6th grade teacher I was very anxious because I had felt much more comfortable in the lower grade levels, however to my surprise I found a love and passion for 6th grade, and middle school!  I chose to pursue the M.Ed because I want to sharpen my teaching skills, and learn more so I can become the best teacher possible to my students. I want to be able to provide my students with the opportunity to excel academically, and become the best versions of themselves. It is important to be that I build my "teacher tool belt" so ...