Group+1

Group 1: Melissa Harris Richardson, Douglas Miller, Erin Swanson, Yolanda Wiggins, Cecilya Williams

Common Working Definition of Literacy

To be literate means to communicate by reading, writing, speaking, and viewing various types of literature and media. It involves comprehension and making connections with what is read, etc. New literacies include connecting with technology such as social networking, chatting, texting (understanding new abbreviations), electronic reading, blogging and video creation.

Our Initial Ideas about Literacies / New Literacies represented visually:

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