{"id":685,"date":"2009-05-03T16:21:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T21:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=685"},"modified":"2009-05-03T16:21:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T21:21:55","slug":"new-media-literacies-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=685","title":{"rendered":"New Media Literacies Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

I attended the New Media Literacies Conference<\/a> at MIT. During the day they reported on the development of Teaching Strategies and the Learning Library<\/a> which was rolled out the same day. The learning library is a place for people collect and share media and create challenges (activities). I am only just beginning to explore these tools.<\/p>\n

As always I found the conversation before and after the sessions rich and deep. My thinking is always stretch at such events. I have not really had time to process the day but am just sharing some short bits from the day. To see some of the tweets about the day please check out #nml09<\/a>. The following are some excerpts from the rambling notes I took during the day.<\/p>\n

The characteristics of a Participatory culture
\n1.With relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
\n2.With strong support for creating and sharing one\u2019s creations with others
\n3.With some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is
\npassed along to novices
\n4.Where members believe that their contributions matter
\n5.Where members feel some degree of social connection with one another (at the least they
\ncare what other people think about what they have created). <\/p>\n

Not every member must contribute, but all must believe they are free to contribute when ready and that what they contribute will be appropriately valued
\n_____<\/p>\n

A clip of Clay Shirky<\/a> was shown he was commenting that even a four year old knows “A screen that ships with out a mouse ships broken”
\n____<\/p>\n

The 4C’s of participating design.
\nconnections
\ncreating
\ncollaborate
\ncirculate
\n___ <\/p>\n

Henry Jenkins<\/a> spoke at the end of the day <\/p>\n

He commented that we should not be talking so much about the digital divide but the participatory gap –
\nHe suggests we should stay away from the term web 2.0, learning 2.0 ….. need to focus on participatory culture – it is not about the tools but what you do with the tools<\/p>\n

Schools spend a lot of money on sports, it is said because sports teach leadership, planning, team work, sportsmanship. The is true for World of Warcraft<\/a>. Yet people say it not worth pursuing. A guild leader is not much different the Student council president. <\/p>\n

my thought – no school would object to a chess club but I would think many would object to a WoW club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I attended the New Media Literacies Conference at MIT. During the day they reported on the development of Teaching Strategies and the Learning Library which was rolled out the same day. The learning library is a place for people collect and share media and create challenges (activities). I am only just beginning to explore these tools. As always I found the conversation before and after the sessions rich and deep. My thinking is always stretch at such events. I have…<\/p>\n

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