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New Literacies Introduction

This document introduces new literacies and what it means to be literate in today's digital age. It defines new literacies as having the ability to find, evaluate, and use information in any format, determine audience and purpose, recognize norms of different modes, collaborate, and engage with technology appropriately. It states that to be functionally literate, students need new literacies skills like accessing online resources to learn in an interactive environment and using different tools and strategies to learn about topics. The document discusses different types of literacies like basic, digital, media, science, financial, and civic/social literacies and asks the reader to reflect on what literacies they have used recently.

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New Literacies Introduction

This document introduces new literacies and what it means to be literate in today's digital age. It defines new literacies as having the ability to find, evaluate, and use information in any format, determine audience and purpose, recognize norms of different modes, collaborate, and engage with technology appropriately. It states that to be functionally literate, students need new literacies skills like accessing online resources to learn in an interactive environment and using different tools and strategies to learn about topics. The document discusses different types of literacies like basic, digital, media, science, financial, and civic/social literacies and asks the reader to reflect on what literacies they have used recently.

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Introduction to

New Literacies
Interdisciplinary Instruction Team

https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/II
What does it mean to be literate?

Write a brief statement about what it


means to be literate.
Use your magic box to
find the answer.
Critical literacies

• Ability to find, evaluate, and use


information in any format
• Determine intended audience
and purpose
• Recognize norms of the mode
• Collaborate
• Engage with technology
appropriately, effectively,
efficiently, and ethically.
New Literacies
Read
Write
Speak
View
Listen
Demonstrate
Present
Collaborate
Behave ethically
To be functionally literate, students need new
literacies

What is new literacy and why is it important?


• Using new literacies helps students to learn in an interactive and
dynamic environment. Students access resources and materials to foster a
global connectedness that reaches far beyond the walls of their schools.
They also use different tools and strategies to learn about a specific topic.
Traditional

Media

Some Digital

forms of Science

literacy Health

Financial

Civic/social
• Basic: print on page
• Digital: using technology
What literacies • Media: decode messages in the systems
have you used where they exist
• Science: facts, research, knowledge
this past week? • Financial: understand and use money
• Civic/social: cultural norms
• Health: making decisions for self,
community, planet
Why do new literacies
matter?

How you teach is as


important as what you teach!

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