tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912277.post114903608002306775..comments2023-03-07T05:44:29.388-08:00Comments on Mark's edtechblog: New Literacy?Mark Ahlnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272987393319865752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912277.post-1149063865741618162006-05-31T01:24:00.000-07:002006-05-31T01:24:00.000-07:00I always appreciate when someone deconstructs an i...I always appreciate when someone deconstructs an image to consider the implied messages it carries. There are a lot of conventional messages expressed at the elementary level with commercially produced bulletin board materials, and I'm thinking that there is a good critical literacy project available in a simple walk through the halls with students. Are you planning to include your students in the construction of the new graphic? <BR/><BR/>Just a thought about an alternative, probably because it happens to be convenient, but Will Richardson's post about the <A HREF="http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/the-learner-as-network/" REL="nofollow">Learner as Network</A> may suit your purpose. The pencil image implies a learner who creates content. The writer who is a node in a network is one who is stimulated by multiple influences, synthesizes information and creates new meanings that are shared with a community. <BR/><BR/>You got me thinking now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912277.post-1149041096900852272006-05-30T19:04:00.000-07:002006-05-30T19:04:00.000-07:00Mark: enjoyed the post...WHEN will we (teachers a...Mark: enjoyed the post...WHEN will we (teachers and administrators)begin to accept that their are new ways of doing things, new ways that we must explore and use with our students? The graphic says it all-we'll use what is comfortable and has "always worked." I'll be looking forward to your new "pencil." DaveDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323501470071470799noreply@blogger.com