December+DESE+Presentations

A few representatives of the New Literacies Group came together for two days of presentations at the DESE Summit for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment on December 7 and 8, 2010. Here are some of the presentations and informational resources that were provided to the school administrators in the workshops.

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 * An Overview by Don Leu**

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 * New Literacies in the Classroom [Tuesday session]**:

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**New Literacies in the Classroom [Wednesday session]**:

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__**New Literacies Resource List**__

**Selected Books**
 * // The Digital Writing Workshop //, by Troy Hicks ([] )
 * // Teaching the New Writing //, edited by Kevin Hodgson, Anne Herrington, and Charlie Moran ([] )
 * // The Socially Networked Classroom, // by William Kist ([])
 * // Curriculum 21 //, edited by Heidi Jacobs ([] )
 * // Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom //, by Will Richardson ([] )
 * // Teaching the iGeneration //, by William Ferriter and Adam Garry ([])

**Assorted Online Resources** > @http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/
 * **Massachusetts New Literacies Wiki:** The home of our New Literacies project, including an overview of our participants' integration projects. http://massnewlitinstitute.wikispaces.com/
 * **Digital Is …** : A site by the National Writing Project that showcases how and why technology can be part of learning environments. []
 * **Digital Culture and Perspectives:** An online journal about New Literacies. []
 * **The New Media Consortium** :News and insights into the field of New Literacies. []
 * **New Digital Media and Learning** :A resource from James Gee, a report (free as PDF) about the transforming nature of digital media. ([])
 * **Kairos**: An online journal of "digital and multimodal composing practices" includes teaching with technology narratives, new research, and reviews:

**Some Important Videos**
 * **Did You Know, 4.0 version** :An amazing documentation of data that shows the changing world influenced by various technologuy []
 * **The Machine is Us/ing Us** :A video by a university professor (Michael Wesch) about the transforming nature of digital text and tools. []
 * **New Literacies Institute YouTube Collection:** This includes some video reflections from Massachusetts teachers from the summer institute. []