New Literacies Definition

The term 'new literacies' has been described by J. Callow (2008) as a skill which involves the sharing of information through a variety of digital mediums. The value is in the collective building of knowledge through blogs, online discussions and community based and social networking sites (Callow 2008). This information now engages the user and invites personal opinions or further discussions to be presented for the public to view. It should be noted however, with this ability to share information comes the need to critically analyse and evaluate the information presented. 


As a teacher, through new literacies we can begin to develop our lessons and the learning space by utilising technology as a tool to share, communicate and interact with our students and the subject content. 


Resources
Callow, J. (2008). New Literacies. New York & Web 2.1: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4),13-16