In the article "Disruptions: Social Media Images Form a New Language Online" by Nick Bilton, one quote really stuck out to me:
"Another blow for the English language where children won’t even bother to communicate in LOL-speak anymore?" (Bilton).
In this visual metaphor, I am comparing this family dinner where no members are communicating with each other, to the original blow to the English language in which everyone communicates through technology instead of face-to-face communication.
Caption: The English language continues to deteriorate as we continue to lesson face to face communication.
I am from Fairmont, West Virginia, and I am teacher at a local middle school right down the road from where I live. I teach Library Skills to 5th and 6th grade. I am also the Student Council adviser, Yearbook adviser, and Girls' Basketball coach at my school.
I want to able to be an asset at my school when it comes to implementing new technologies into our curriculum. I am hoping that this class will help me succeed in this goal. I want to learn about different new media age strategies that could help my students be more productive 21st century learners.
I have already declared Digital Media, New Literacies, & Learning as my degree. So far, I have completed the following courses:
ONLR 6808 Tech Tools in Learning
ONLR 6804 Copyright Issues for Online Digital Media Enhanced Instruction
EDUC 6814 Game Design and Learning
I found this video/commercial on literacy, and I absolutely fell in love with it, so I had to share.
I also wanted to share this video poking fun at literacy and digital media. As a teacher/librarian, teaching students to use digital media responsibly and ethically are extremely important.
